The Triathlon Mental Performance Podcast · Neil Edge

Pre-Race Nerves: How to Stay Calm & Focused on Race Day

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The host reveals that relabeling pre-race anxiety as excitement changes how your body responds, turning nerves into a performance advantage.

The host of The Triathlon Mental Performance Podcast presents three evidence-based mental tools to help athletes transform pre-race anxiety into a performance advantage. He explains how to control the nervous system through breathing, direct focus with the 'what's my job' rule, and reframe nerves as readiness using cognitive reappraisal techniques.

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