Ten Minute Tips #71: Avoiding Panic Training (Starts Now)

About this episode

The episode discusses panic training, its causes, and strategies to avoid it while addressing related topics like nutrition and goal setting.

Our coaches discuss what panic training is and how it manifests, common reasons for it to occur, ways to plan now to avoid falling into the trap, and ways to pivot before and even during panic training mode. We touch on all sorts of related topics like nutrition and panic dieting, setting milestones and assessing realistic goals, the impact of social media, and a couple ways to rethink training or goals to fit your season, plus answering your listener questions.

People in this episode

Host: Empirical Cycling

Topics covered

• panic training
• nutrition
• goal setting
• social media impact
• training strategies

Keywords

• panic training
• nutrition
• milestones
• social media
• training goals

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