Sports psychology is a frontier that can tremendously improve your running performance. It can transform your approach to training, recovery, races, and dealing with setbacks. We believe it can improve your life as a whole!
That isn’t an aggregation. The skills you practice in your sport can be applied to everyday occurrences such as:
- How you handle external factors that you can’t control for
- What to do when you don’t meet your goals or expectations
- How to gain clarity in your mind about what you want
- Identifying and dealing with triggers
That’s why we offer resources here at Strength Running for getting started with mental toughness and a full program for mastering your mindset.
On today’s podcast, we have a mental performance expert who is sharing her recommendations to help you improve your running today – even if you aren’t going for a run.
Addie Bracy Encourages Sports Psychology for All
Addie Bracy is an expert in mental training for athletes. She excels on the road, on the track, and on the trails and mountains. She’s a Certified Mental Performance Consultant, author of Mental Training for Ultrarunning, and has consulted with elite athletes in swimming, softball, basketball, and track and field.
Addie is a contributor to the Strength Running community as well! You may recognize her from the lifting demonstrations in our flagship weightlifting program High Performance Lifting.
Today’s episode is about becoming a more mentally fit athlete. Addie shares her view of sports psychology and how it can be leveraged by everyone:
In this episode, we also explore topics about:
- Problems with idealizing a race
- How we can better prepare for races
- Non-physical skills that will help runners
- Differences between stress and pressure
- Common triggers for runners
- Visualizations that help
This is just a small snippet of the actionable steps that Addie provides. Hear more in this podcast and check out her book for additional information.
Subscribe to the podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, or Google Play.
Links & Resources from the Show:
- Follow Addie on Instagram and Twitter
- Check out her website at Strive Mental Performance
- Read about how Addie gets things done
- Find a CMPC in your area
- Learn more about training your mind
Thank You InsideTracker!
Our show is supported by our longtime sponsor InsideTracker. Today, more than ever, it’s essential that we’re making the right decisions to keep our bodies healthy. To help us be resilient, prevent over-training, and optimize our running to get the most from it.
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Thank You PATH Projects!
PATH Projects continues to be a great supporter of this podcast! I’m grateful for their partnership and want to share more about their products that I’ve been loving because they so durable and comfortable.
PATH Projects is an online-only retailer of high-quality running gear and apparel. That means there is no retail markup, making their products quite affordable.
In particular, I’ve just started wearing their 3” Sykes shorts and they’re a little different from the 5” Sykes shorts (you can see those in action here). The material is thinner and lighter, which is perfect in a performance short, and they’re obviously shorter. I’m not sure if my wife thinks they’re too scandalous or loves them, but I’m wearing them constantly.
PATH uses new technical fabrics, like the Japanese fiber called Toray Primeflex, to create award-winning apparel for endurance athletes. In fact, their Brim shorts and Tahoe base liner won Runner’s World’s 2018 Gear of the Year award. And the Pyrinees hoodie was named one of the best six sweatshirts for running in the cold by Gear Patrol.
You know you’ll be wearing the best when you select PATH Projects!
