Two Big Mountain Biking Myths That May Be Holding You Back

There are two great myths of the cycling community that retain many riders. The myth of the "natural athlete" and the myth of the "magic pill" have played an important role in the declining confidence of the riders for years.

I'll start with the "natural athlete." Many people seem to think that the best are gifted in sports or born with a natural talent and that is simply not the case. While we all probably know someone who seems to do well in all sports that they try (which can be frustrating course), these "natural athletes" are rare and, unfortunately, are rarely reach their potential. To achieve your potential requires more work (which, if done right can be fun) just ask Michael Jordan. If the air of a natural athlete, it was MJ, wow, man could fly. Michael Jordan was not a good natural athlete, did you know he cut his team its first year and sophomore years?

That's right, Michael Jordan was not as good as 10 other children his age in his hometown, but we do not know the name of one of those children who were "better" than it did we? Why is engraved the name of Jordan in our brain? Because he worked hard on the fundamentals of basketball and has worked hard in the gym and DOJ reached its potential. Tennis great Chris Evert said: "I was not the fastest or the strongest in the game at the time, but it was ranked No. 1 in the world! Golf great Tom Kite is legally blind without his glasses , describes himself as an average putter, which leads the ball short, but he won the U.S. Open in 42 years! Anyone who has ever met me was probably under whelmed at first, I walk funny, have asthma and the two separated shoulders heavily. Heck, I never came close to pass the Presidential Fitness Test "as a kid. Yet, despite not being a "natural athlete" I made for myself in the snowboarding and mountain biking.

If I were Michael Jordan and the work ethic is more important to his belief system, I even went to later in these two sports. It is my belief in "natural athlete" to be better than me which gives me 100% in my training. Yes, even if I had given 100%, I would never be able to beat someone with Ned Overend of lung capacity in a cross-country skiing race, but it would be the summer fun to see how I could almost come. Fortunately, the skills do not have large lungs. So do the labeling, you're better every day and you surprise yourself.

The "magic pill" or "pros secret" does not exist. Many people think that if they knew that "something" that Steve Peat, JHK, Sam Hill. Ryan Trebon, or the person who knew their hero son they could ride as well as them. Well, I hate to break your heart, but there is no magic pill or secret powers, how the top is at the base. Mountain biking, like most sports, martial arts, skiing, motocross, auto racing, gymnastics, etc. requires the control and database maintenance to do.

Unfortunately, as in the martial arts and skiing these bases are not intuitively you must first learn the basics. Learning is easy with the professor of law, requires the mastery of their work (even with the best teacher). The magic pill? Knowledge and mastery of basic skills. For more myths that May be you http://www.betterride.net check out my free course on the 10 most common mistakes made by most of the riders and to solve them.

A bit of Zen: Try to look at life with a "Beginner's Mind" with a spirit of initiative you are open to all possibilities, with an "expert" mind your choices are very limited. Think about how many "experts" were wrong, the experts once thought the world was flat, and nobody can run a mile in under four minutes. Having a spirit beginners really allows you to put your ego aside, learn and enjoy life more.

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Gene Hamilton, is a licensed USA Cycling Expert Coach and has over 18 years of coaching experience, including 11 years coachhing ATV. Please click here: Gene http://www.betterride.net free for over ten errors on riding and how to correct them. Gene's coaching is coaching many top pro racers (Chris Van Dine, Eli Krähenbühl, Andrew Pierce, ..) and top junior experts (Ben Hulse, Naish Ulmer, Worthington Parker, ...) as well as thousands of recreational runners. Gene is a very good racer too, in 13 seasons as a pro downhill rider, he won a silver medal (2002) and two bronze medals (2006, 1999) at the UCI World Masters Championships.