Being Hard on Yourself? Try This Instead.

09/18/24 • 8 min

You’ve heard the old cliché: We’re our own worst critics. We’re often much harder on ourselves than others in our lives are on us. This holds true for endurance athletes: It’s not uncommon for endurance athletes to beat themselves up about things such as how they did (or didn’t) do a workout, how their training is going, or what their race results are.

While it may be true that we’re our own worst critics, this doesn’t mean that it needs to always be true. Instead, try zooming out.

Read this Coach Tip Tuesday:
https://www.fullcircleendurance.com/blog/being-hard-on-yourself-try-this-instead

Sources:
Magness, S. (2022). Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness. HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

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09/18/24 • 8 min

The Full Circle Podcast - Being Hard on Yourself? Try This Instead.

Transcript

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Hello, and welcome to the Full Circle Podcast, your source for insights into the science and art of endurance sports training and racing. I'm your host, Coach Laura Henry. Today is Coach Tip Tuesday.
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I've heard and seen athletes being incredibly hard on themselves over the years. There are all sorts of manifestations of it, but it's something I've been consistently observing since I became an endurance athlete and coach. Athletes will say things like, I am

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