Notes From OTC Camp Classroom
Some notes from our classroom time here at the Olympic Training Center:
Focus on recovery: sleep (most important part of recovery), lots of stress factors from life outside of sports.
Nutrition: know when to fuel yourself (such as after a workout), don’t skip meals, eat right.
Knowing when to stop and listening to your body. Being the bigger person and knowing when to stop.
Have a good mindset when dealing with stress. Personal things can make you have a rough workout. Find a way to brighten up your day and find something to be positive about.
Bonus: don’t listen to the haters. Surround yourself with people that are more supportive.
Being in love with the process. The man who is love with the destination will not go as far as the man in love with the journey.
Choosing your environment: be around people who can challenge you but are also positive. Make sure people don’t let you stay complacent.
Be confident
Recovery: get enough sleep, put enough fuel on the body (food), get injurys taken care of asap. Do the little things
Mental health: The longer you are in a sport the longer you will know how you react to things
Balance. A happy athlete is a fast athlete. Find ways to get outside support systems so you can be happy with things. Don’t take yourself too seriously.
It’s just sport not war.
Don’t be afraid to take reasonable risks
Fun: you have a reason why you’re doing it, you love it. Connected to the peers your with the environment you are in. Why did you start this sport and did you have fun along the way.
Stay connected to why. Think about why you love the sport. Racing and being competitive, the lifestyle, going fast, interactions seeing how far I can get.
Finite game: at some point it ends ( a world championship), the infinite game is the goal you are trying to achieve that never stops, being competitive, riding with friends.
Patience: across the board all encompassing. Patience empocses the whole list. Everyone wants to be good and wants to be good fast. But this leads to injury and people will over do it. You can’t always get confidence from getting good numbers. What is the end goal and what is the small goals along the way. You gotta know the end goal won’t be achievable right away: confidence that you will get to the end goal eventually.
Commitment to trusting the process. Being ok with changes and committing to it over time. Being very attached to an outcome is dangerous so you gotta enjoy the journey there.
Stay challenged. Put yourself in challenging situations. Be comfortably uncomfortable. When your head is shoved against the mat in wresting you learn the most.
1. "I never lose. I either win or learn" - Nelson Mandela
2. Relationships Matter!
3. I am unique... stop comparing.
4. Proactive vs Reactive
5. Permission to feel good...
6. Practice doesn't make perfect, it makes permanent
7. Know what matters. Measure what matters. Change what matters.
8. Sport/Health/performance its a long-game thing.
9. A variable system is a healthy system.
10. Applied toad > load tolerance= tissue damage/injury
a. Frequency > Volume > Intensity in order of importance for training
1. Training intensity can sting so take precaution
2. 13. 14. Less is often enough! Slower training often means faster racing! A big engine needs big brakes!
15. Stress + Rest = Growth (i.e. health=performance)