‘I’m going to win this stage’ Henry Ford once said ‘if you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re probably right’ Jean deGribaldy told Sean Kelly ‘of course it’s possible to race the Tour of Flanders, then go straight to the 5 day Tour de Basque and come back up to ride Paris…
At a time when many people are suffering from a lack of motivation or experiencing extra procrastination there may be a very simple solution. Just do one. A while back I was doing a Bike Fit for Grant Simmer, CEO of the INEOS Team UK Americas Cup sailing team. As we were chatting about fitness…
A young boy learns to cycle his bike without stabilisers for the very first time, having tried and tried for months on end. Faint scars on both knees and elbows show just how hard he has tried to reach this milestone without ever even considering that it might not be possible. He now proclaims with…
What would Mark Pollock do if he was cured in the morning and found himself able to go cycle a bike? Would he let a few drops of water from the sky stop him? Would he laugh at the thought of someone else using a bit of bad weather as an excuse for not using their fully functioning bodies in a way that he could only dream of?
Everyone experiences days when they do not feel like going training. We have all been there. It would be easy to stay in bed, watch tv, sit on the couch, surf the web, have a quick look at Facebook that turns into an hour or any multitude of other distractions that seem like valid reasons…
