Mindset Basics
To quote Larry Cain; “The mind wins first”.
This is so true but it is fair to say that without preparation “The Mind loses first”
On most races, the most likely culprit for poor performance, is your mind.
Why our minds hold us back
Evolution has given us many built in protections against over exerting ourselves and causing physical harm. SUP racing and especially SUP Endurance Racing looks a lot like flogging yourself to near death and your mind will try really hard to make you stop doing it.
The good, the bad and the great
The good news is that the Mind can be trained in similar manner to the rest of your body.
The Bad news is that it takes just as much effort to train as your muscles do.
The Great news is that you can make huge performance gains quite quickly with mindset tweaks that would take months and years to make by physical training.
How hard can it be
To train the mind you are going to:
- Have a really deep look at how your motivation and self esteem are built up
- Evaluate how you react to various situations
- Practice techniques to improve your response to those situations
- Store the stuff that really works for you as a lifelong Toolkit that will get you through training and races
Note Quick Wins
Mindset training will start to make noticeable improvements from the day that you start doing them
