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Join The Cognitive Advantage Newsletter and look forward to research-backed bike wisdom and stories with a point that will improve your performance and resilience on the bike and in life. Content that’s worth your time and adds a fresh perspective to your day. You'll also receive a welcome email with five mental strategies you can use straight away for more flow, more often out on the trails.
Cognitive shortcuts that make you a better rider
Hi there Thinking Doer-ers! I hope you’ve been enjoying some excellent times outdoors embracing the lovely spring weather – or the magic colours and feelings of autumn for northern hemisphere readers! This newsletter includes a big thank you, a story about what your trail talk reveals about your riding and your mind, and a perspective shift courtesy of a $2500 TV for parrots. I hope you enjoy the read and it gives you a new idea or two to experiment with next time you're out riding. If you're...
How mountain biking builds more than physical health | Also: 2 upcoming workshops!
Hi there Intelligent Action Crew! I hope you’ve been having good weeks and, if you live anywhere near Newcastle, that you’ve been thoroughly loving the return of warm sunshine to your days! All the extra time indoors this winter has made it one of the coldest I’ve experienced. Not the coldest on record, but the coldest in terms of how hard I’ve found it to get warm and stay warm. I mentioned installing underfloor insulation briefly in my last email on flow. To my surprise, my partner Cam was...
The power of one change | Also: sale ends Wedsnesday!
Hi there Thinking Doers! Firstly, a quick heads up that our 25% off sale for the online course ends on Wednesday. This is a bonus reminder about that for people who are glad for bonus reminders!! Online course: Mastering cues for riding well under pressure I've also just built a page with more details on online coaching, and now have 10 sessions a week available. If you're interested in stepping back from the trails to work on your MTB mindset for next time your on the trails, or expand on...
Course sale! | And the power of observation when expanding your skills
Hi there Intelligent Action Crew! I hope your week is off to a nice start and you’ve been doing and enjoying some interesting and exciting things! Australian Mountain Bike magazine recently published an online version of an article I wrote unpacking what happens when you ‘commit’ to an obstacle. I’ve loved seeing the response to this article and how such a simple expression shared from one rider to another, ‘You’ve just gotta commit’, can have such a tension-reducing, ride-improving impact....
Two powerful cues for peak performance | Plus: new merch and online coaching!
Hi Thinking-Doing Crew! Something I’ve been buzzing about lately is hearing from people doing the "Mastering Cues for Riding Well Under Pressure" online course about a) what they’ve been getting out of the course (a total joy for any course creator to hear, I imagine) and b) the cues that they draw on for moving well when it counts. Cues are words, phrases, images, sensations and sounds that help to prompt our long-term memory, sharpen our focus, or a coordinate complex series of body...
Building resilience in sport and in life
Hi there Thinking Doers! Late last year, I interviewed Jason English, multi-time World Endurance Mountain Bike Organisation 24-hour solo champion, about the Hunter Schools MTB coaching and events he runs. This was for part of the story I was writing on the Glenrock State Conservation Area for Flow Mountain Bike. One part of the interview has really stuck with me. We were discussing how skills learned on the bike go far beyond just riding. Jason English runs mountain bike skills sessions for...
Braining, biking and how remarkably we adapt to change
Hi Intelligent Action Crew! I hope the week has been a good one so far and you're looking forward to something on the weekend that brings a big smile! Here's a story to get you thinking about doing, and doing some thinking! Biking, braining and how remarkably we adapt to change I got back out on my mountain bike this week for the first time since achieving a PB bruise at the Quad Crown Black Pearl mountain bike race in Newcastle a couple of weekends ago. You can see the bruise over on my...
Join The Cognitive Advantage Newsletter and look forward to research-backed bike wisdom and stories with a point that will improve your performance and resilience on the bike and in life. Content that’s worth your time and adds a fresh perspective to your day. You'll also receive a welcome email with five mental strategies you can use straight away for more flow, more often out on the trails.