DONUTS & BIKES: The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast
DONUTS & BIKES - The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast - will help transform your riding while delighting your taste buds! The hosts, Paul Howard (GSMBC President & Education Director, ZEP MTB Camps Owner & Head Coach, PMBIA Founder & Past- President) and Kristian Jackson (Senior Lecturer at Appalachian State University’s Department of Recreation Management & Physical Education, Trail Boss Rocky Knob Bike Park, GSMBC Coach Mentor) are two of the top-tier, industry leading mountain bike coaches and instructor trainers, with over 40 years of collective experience. Listen in as Donuts & Bikes pairs all things MTB skills and coaching, along with a feature donut on every episode. Get your ride and eat on and bite into Donuts & Bikes!
DONUTS & BIKES: The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast
Riding & Coaching into your 30's, 40's, and Beyond
How can we keep coaching and riding into old(er) age? In this episode, your hosts reveal that they are not youngsters, while also divulging a few clues on how they've managed to keep the stoke for riding and coaching over the decades. This discussion builds from the last episode and expands these ideas to adult mountain bikers. Listen in for details on:
- Adults vs kids – what are some differences in how they learn and how they ride?
- Riding and getting older
- Inspiration and riding
- Why learning as an adult is difficult
- Growth mindset and why this matters
- How how we think impacts how we learn
- Getting older or getting busy? – The relationship between cause and effect and performance
- How to use self awareness and inner dialogue as tools
- Lifestyle choices and learning
- The Happy to Maintain Mindset
- A Donut of the Day that sets the bar for Donuts of the Day.
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DISCLAIMER
The views and opinions on The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast: Donuts & Bikes are those of Kristian Jackson, Paul Howard, and guests, and don’t necessarily reflect the views of GSMBC, PMBIA, or others mentioned. Guest content reflects personal opinions and is not intended to offend or misrepresent any person or group.
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