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Martin Bingisser

April 2019 in review: mental training

May 1, 2019/by Martin Bingisser

Physically developing athletes is only part of the game. Champions require excellence across all pillars of sport, from the tactical to technical, from the physical to mental. Throughout the month we took a look at how athletes can improve their mental game, with a special focus on case studies of how concepts are put into practice by top coaches and athletes. We put together 3 new podcasts and 8 new articles from our team of coaches.

Below you’ll find links to all our new resources and some highlights from our archives on the topic. As always, become a Plus Member to make sure you get access to all of the vast resources on the site.

» Past themes: see a full archive of our past monthly themes here.

Resources on mental training

New podcasts
  • HMMR Podcast Episode 195: The champion’s mind with Adam Nelson and Szymon Ziolkowski
  • HMMR Podcast Episode 194: Mental skills with Mona Pretorius
  • GAINcast 159: Sports Psychology

New articles
  • How to fall on your ass and get up to win gold by Martin Bingisser
  • Are you tough or are you trained? by Chris McCormick
  • Living beyond fear: lessons from Free Solo by Martin Bingisser
  • A case study in holistic exercise design with Jean-Pierre Egger by Martin Bingisser
  • Mental toughness and mountaineering by Craig Pickering
  • An athlete’s perspective on mental training with Sergej Litvinov by Martin Bingisser
  • Can you catch anxiety? by Craig Pickering
  • Psychological considerations for strength coaches by Michael Bingaman

Archived podcasts
  • GAINcast Episode 130: The playmakers advantage with Len Zaichowsky and Daniel Peterson
  • HMMR Podcast Episode 14: Mental toughness with Kibwé Johnson
  • HMMR Podcast Episode 48: Mental biases (with John Kiely)
  • GAINcast Episode 66: The champion’s choice with Chris Webb
  • GAINcast Episode 124: Making the champion’s choice
  • HMMR Podcast Episode 70: Records and Rio with Kibwé Johnson and Benn Harradine
  • HMMR Podcast Episode 38: Meet prep

Archived articles
  • Mental toughness, boot camps, Navy Seal training and other nonsense by Vern Gambetta
  • Keep it messy by Craig Pickering
  • Handling expectations like a boss by Kibwé Johnson
  • The Little Engine That Could by Vern Gambetta
  • Mental toughness by Vern Gambetta
  • Overcoming overconfidence by Jonathan Marcus
  • Situational practice by Jason Young
  • For the love of the game by Martin Bingisser
  • The peak-end rule by Martin Bingisser
  • Lessons on achieving impossible goals from the Dawn Wall by Martin Bingisser
  • Failure is an option by Vern Gambetta
  • We have it backwards by Vern Gambetta

Tags: Climbing, Coaching, Featured, General Training, Hammer Throw, Jean-Pierre Egger, Mental Toughness, Mental Training, Monthly Theme, Mountains, Sports Psychology
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Martin Bingisser is the founder of HMMR Media, Swiss national hammer throw coach, and 11-time national champion.

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