Blackline Cycling

An article on Dani's question is coming soon. What to do? == Find another way to win - create your own game. When we feel like we are losing/declining, we are playing someone else's game. As I wrote on True Wealth, we start life by playing our parents' game. The sooner we understand our programing... the sooner we can adjust it to our own ends. Play games where we "win" regardless of outcome ✅ Consistency ✅ Enjoyment ✅ Kindness ✅ Outdoor Exercise ✅ Shared Experiences These aren't traits or strategies, these are games where we 100% control the outcome. Where I can cultivate a sense of daily wins? Devices beating you down? Train without devices - can you? How does it feel? => Thepoint above is HUGE for the data obsessed athlete with chronic anxiety. ➡️Always seeking to prove something via tracking a signal that's mostly noise. ➡️The noise of the system thereby reducing adaptation, enjoyment and performance If you use stimulants to mask fatigue, or to enable you to do more, then remove them - get a clear view on fatigue levels and true motivation. Many are scared to face the reality they need less stress in their lives. Why might that be? Look deeply into that feeling. It's another source of anxiety, for many. Diversify identity - @BStulberg has written excellent advice on this, which has helped my Superelite pals. Turn off the music for easy training - listen to your breathing, feel your heart beating, learn how to relax while moving Exit Strava & Social media for a time - I started with a 30-day test. I was off Strava for years. It was a time when I needed to focus on something other than performance. Stay strong and healthy, you can always come back. Surface, then face fears - much of what drives our concerns, anxiety and obsessions is an illusion. The reason I choose difficult, long-term goals is because "performance" is a tool for me to craft (part of) the life I want to live. Performance, itself, is also an illusion - performance is fleeting. Same deal with every other form of external success There's nothing at the finish line - the people who like us for our victories have love an image that isn't us => that's a lesson we will hear from champions with their heads on straight When something's not working, have the courage to change === But what if performance does matter? Then make evidence salient I travel the world with my spiral bound notebook Inside are key workouts, tests, sets, writing ideas and meeting notes. I've been generating evidence since the early 1990s. This was before I started daily exercise There have been many notebooks over the years. I rarely look back, it's the act of writing evidence that I find useful Same deal with keeping a training log. The act of entering the workout helps me feel satisfied.