Download or read book The Mental Cyclist written by Kyle MacRae and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-07-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mental Cyclist will change the way you think about your cycling, and yourself, so you can do more on your bike. Your mind is smart. It knows you inside out. But sometimes it tells you stories. Negative stories that shatter your self-confidence. Then, when you think about doing something challenging, something you'd love to do, your mind goes: nope. The stories aren't real. But they feel real. So they limit your ambitions. Affect your performance. Spoil your fun. The Mental Cyclist will help you see these stories for what they really are - and demolish the psychological barriers that hold you back. Rationally. Mindfully. Permanently. Change your mind. Change your ride. As you break free from the barriers, you'll learn how to make your mind work for you, not against you. You'll design the cyclist you really want to be, and commit to your personal Mental Cyclist Challenge - an ultimate personal cycling challenge that takes you well beyond your current comfort zone. 300 pages of fully accessible learning 12-stage Mental Cyclist Manifesto - practical mind training for cyclists 30 powerful journal exercises for developing deep self-expertise 12-week planner for tracking emotional progress towards your Mental Cyclist Challenge Becoming a Mental Cyclist is not about pushing your body through the pain barrier and achieving superhuman feats in the saddle. Nor is about changing your personality, or balancing your chakras, or asking the universe to magically make your life better. It's much more powerful than that. More than a marginal gain. It's about getting to know yourself better so you can do anything you want to do. The Mental Cyclist Manifesto At the heart of The Mental Cyclist is this 12-stage practical exploration of what's really going on inside your head when you ride. The text provides the learning, and the user exercises help you build expertise in yourself. You complete the exercises journal-style within the book as you go along. When you understand what holds you back and what drives you forward, you'll learn how to change your mind to change your ride. STAGE 1 - SUPERCHARGE YOUR SELF-ESTEEM STAGE 2 - SUSTAIN YOUR SUPERPOWER STAGE 3 - MAXIMISE YOUR MOTIVATION STAGE 4 - FEEL THE FUN STAGE 5 - SQUASH SELF-CRITICISM STAGE 6 - BIN THOSE LIMITING BELIEFS STAGE 7 - SHAKE OFF THE STRESS STAGE 8 - THWART THE THREATS STAGE 9 - DESIGN YOUR DEFENCES STAGE 10 - FIND YOUR FLOW STAGE 11 - ESCALATE YOUR EXPERTISE STAGE 12 - COMMIT TO YOUR CHALLENGE Your Mental Cyclist Challenge Why a challenge? Because a challenge is a goal, and goals keep life interesting. They motivate us to get off our butts and go do cool stuff. Your comfort zone is the mental equivalent of an easy ride. It's pleasant enough but it's well within your capability. If your comfort zone was a colour, it would be beige. The colour least likely to excite or delight, to stir your loins or set your heart on fire. Your Mental Cyclist Challenge will be something that does set your heart on fire. Something that motivates you to push beyond your comfort zone. Something that makes you think you might fail (but you won't). Something you know you'd really, really love to do (and you will). The Mental Cyclist will help you design the ultimate personal challenge for you, and then plan your milestones and goals, and finally monitor your progress in a 12-week tracker. The Mental Cyclist is designed for recreational cyclists of every age, ability and ambition.