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The Brave Athlete

Calm the F--k Down and Rise to the Occasion

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The Brave Athlete

By: Simon Marshall PhD, Lesley Paterson
Narrated by: Simon Marshall, Lesley Paterson
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The Brave Athlete solves the 13 most common mental conundrums athletes face in their everyday training and in races. You don't have one brain - you have three; your ancient Chimp brain that keeps you alive, your modern Professor brain that navigates the civilized world, and your Computer brain that accesses your memories and runs your habits (good and bad). They fight for control all the time and that's when bad things happen; you get crazy nervous before a race, you choke under pressure, you quit when the going gets tough, you make dumb mistakes, you worry about how you look.

What if you could stop the thoughts and feelings you don't want? What if you could feel confident, suffer like a hero, and handle any stress? You can.

The Brave Athlete from Dr. Simon Marshall and Lesley Paterson will help you take control of your brain so you can train harder, race faster, and better enjoy your sport.

Dr. Marshall is a sport psychology expert who trains the brains of elite professional athletes. Paterson is a three-time world champion triathlete and coach. Together, they offer this innovative brain training guide that is the first to draw from both clinical science and real-world experience with athletes.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2017 Simon Marshall and Lesley Paterson (P)2017 Tantor
Cycling Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Sports Psychology Triathlon Sports Human Brain Mental Health Health Performance Anxiety Sports Anxiety

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a very well presented book with some very interesting insights and tips. I look forward to putting it all into practice. the relaxed writing style, and easy narration, make it an entertaining as well as educational audiobook

brain food!

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I read this after a run of losses in my martial arts competitions. After reading this book numerous times my win rate went through the roof.

Highly recommended if you suffer from nerves and self doubt before competing.

Amazing book!

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What made the experience of listening to The Brave Athlete the most enjoyable?

Life - changing, from both a performance and general life point of view. A lot of complex information, provided in an easy to understand format. I have purchased a copy of this book to support the audio version, and even sent one as a gift to a friend. Its the first book I've ever felt compelled to write a review for, it was that good.

After competing in my first tri event last year I had a lot of questions / fears about stepping up from a half to full distance event, and having the mental fortitude to complete it. With the tactics and information in the book I feel a lot more confident that I will be able to train my mind over the coming months, as well as my body. The book certainly delivers on this front.

I have spent a lot of time researching / reading similar books and this is really the only one I found to contain a lot of relevant content, not just pushing a couple of simple points home.

I feel that it is going to have a massive effect in my personal life too, as I start to try and wrangle my professor and chimp brains !

What about Lesley Paterson and Simon Marshall ’s performance did you like?

Its nice to hear the voices of the actual authors, it makes you feel like one of their athletes

Hands down the best book I have found on the topic

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I am not an endurance athlete, or coach, but so many of the stories, techniques and advice in this book can be applied to my training! I feel like it's relevant to anyone looking to better their performance....athlete or not working on and understanding our crazy brains during challenging sessions/days/months definitely makes us better, stronger, and perhaps most importantly happier along the way! The sense of humour throughout also made it a super enjoyable listen :)

Awesome book for helping me work on mindset during training!

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I got this book last year in hard copy but didn’t get round to reading all of it. I did read the chapter on mentally getting through injury and have come out of it stronger and faster than ever (4 x PBS!). I am so pleased I downloaded it and listened to the rest of it too, it’s a great book. Lots of tips that I will put into practice and hopefully help me give the extra percentage gains needed to get under 3hr marathon! Calm, focused, fast...

Easy listen, great tips...better runner because of it

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