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AI as your MTB skills and practice guide: A new approach to self-coaching
Conversational AI can offer customized insights and strategies to improve your mountain biking skills and practice habits
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Overcoming expert blindness: Unlock MTB skills through peer learning
Discover the untapped benefits of learning side-by-side with your peers
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Trail Mix: A blend of new MTB voices to follow on Substack
Welcome Berm Peak (Seth Alvo), Bike 198 (Robb Sutton), Porter MTB (Eric Porter), and Super Rider (Aaron Lutze)
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When is MTB sessioning practicing and when is it performing?
It’s important because it determines where you place your focus
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There are hidden benefits to a deliberate MTB sessioning group ride
Ride a little, talk a little, ride a little, talk a little, ride ride ride, talk a little more
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Mountain biking skills practice can mitigate age-related cognitive decline. However...
The sweet spot is likely different from what you think.
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Use the power of 'so far' and 'not yet' when learning an MTB skill
When and how often do you say "I can't"?
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Part 1: It matters how you think about the stress of learning, practicing, and performing MTB skills
Combining a stress-is-enhancing mindset with a growth mindset is the key
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Reflection can be more beneficial than additional practice
A surprising research result that has implications for your MTB practice
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What have I learned after two months of practicing "What did I learn today?"
Plateaus? Beginner? Any stage of learning?
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MTB Practice Lab
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Science-based strategies to help you get better at practicing mountain biking skills
Recommendations
PorterMTB
PorterMTB
Eric Porter
The Art of Mountain Biking
The Art of Mountain Biking
Danielle LeCourt
BIKE198’s Substack
BIKE198’s Substack
BIKE198
Super Rider
Super Rider
Super Rider
Berm Peak
Berm Peak
Berm Peak
Contact
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Books
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Peter C Brown, Mark A. McDaniel, and Henry L. Roediger
The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills
Daniel Coyle
The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything... Fast!
Josh Kaufman
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear
Websites
The Learner Lab: The Science of Learning. Simplified.
Trevor Ragan
Train Ugly
Motor Learning Skills + Practice/Drill Design by Trevor Ragan
Bulletproof Musician
Online courses, newsletter, and podcast on how to practice more effectively and perform under pressure. By Noa Kageyama
Podcasts
The Learner Lab Podcast
Deep dives into topics that can help us become better learners. By Trevor Ragan
Better Brain Fitness
Explores the frontiers of how to keep our brain healthy and fit, so that we can perform at our best and do the things we love for as long as possible. By Drs. Tommy Wood and Josh Turknett
The Huberman Lab Podcast
Neuroscience: how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health
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