Beyond The Line - Mind Training

17min to listen during warm-up or anytime during the day.

To get mentally stronger, you need to recognise that you have weaknesses. You need to be aware of them and actively work on them, without waiting to get bitten by them in the midst of your ‘A” race.

Olivier Baillet @ Beyond The Line / Mind Training

15min to listen during warm-up or anytime during the day.

In races, we tend to make excuses for our so-called failures, or on the contrary to blame ourselves for everything bad that happens to us. I suggest we should take full responsibility for the things that are happening to us on which we have a certain level of control, and work on improving for next times.

Olivier Baillet @ Beyond The Line / Mind Training

15min to listen during warm-up or anytime during the day.

On how to shift your mental critical voice to something more positive that will help your performance.

Olivier Baillet @ Beyond The Line / Mind Training

15min to listen during warm-up or anytime during the day.

If you think that resisting is your best weapon against adversity, think twice: I suggest that acceptance will bring you further.

Olivier Baillet @ Beyond The Line / Mind Training

15min to listen at the beginning of your workout, during the warm-up time.

How to get out of the autopilot mode and come back to being aware of what you are doing.

Olivier Baillet @ Beyond The Line / Mind Training

Food for thought today, no mind training exercises.

15min to listen at the beginning of your workout, during the warm-up time.

Are you more motivated by training for the sake of training (the 'journey') or by the target at the end of the road (the 'goal')? 

One type of motivation provides you a stronger foundation and can be cultivated. 

Let's see what I mean by that...

Olivier Baillet @ Beyond The Line / Mind Training

15min to listen at the beginning of your workout, during the warm-up time.

Noting your emotions and thoughts is the first step towards a better awareness and understanding of your mind. Today you'll do this exercise, taking note of your emotions and thoughts several times.... It's harder than it looks!

Olivier @ Beyond The Line / Mind Training

15min to listen at the beginning of your workout, during the warm-up time.

Reconnect with your inner child, the pure unaltered joy that you use to feel when exercising as a kid. 

Olivier Baillet @Beyond The Line / Mind Training

Recording to be started approx 10min BEFORE your training session.

Bringing your full presence is your best weapon.

Olivier Baillet @ Beyond The Line / Mind Training

To be used while riding:

https://whatsonzwift.com/workouts/ftp-tests/ftp-test-shorter/

Fear, disappointment, expectations, not being in the present: you’re not alone with these issues, but this talk will help you deliver your best nonetheless!

Olivier @ Beyond The Line

To be used while riding:

https://whatsonzwift.com/workouts/zwift-academy/month-2-session-12-hill-reps/

Vizualisation works.

But it only work if you 'live' your visualisation with emotions.

We hereby go through 4 race scenarios during which we learn to visualise the right attitude living the emotions that will help you go through difficulty.

Olivier @ Beyond The Line

To be used while riding: https://whatsonzwift.com/workouts/2018-prl46-prep/week-10-day-5-high-intensity5min/

To be used while riding:

https://whatsonzwift.com/workouts/zwift-academy-2019/7-vo2max-development/

A hard anaerobic threshold workout, perfect to practice pain acceptance.

Olivier @ Beyond The Line