I remember the first time I sat on a rowing machine and thought “can I do this”, I was thinking this just before my first ever 2,000m test.
Looking back on it I wasn’t really thinking the right way for that test, you see I thought it was a win or lose situation.
What I hadn’t explained to myself at the time was, the “result” was going to be “what I believed I could do”.
And at the time I didn’t believe I was as good as I needed to be.
The result was I didn’t do too well, 6.52 from memory. I knew it needed to be nearer 6.47.
Those 15 seconds were lost in my head, I didn’t believe I could do it, even though I’d done all the training, in a boat I was better than most, when we raced we won.
It’s a superpower to believe in yourself.
Today I think differently, I coach people to think differently.
I help people think about the outcome differently. And therefore and in a lot of cases people do better than they had thought, this is what “getting fit to row” is all about, believing you can get fitter, and move better, and doing so make you a better you.
Here’s today’s Podcast: https://www.getfittorow.com/get-fit-to-row-podcast/110-self-belief-is-a-superpower
Here’s today’s Youtube video: https://youtu.be/IKZUlm7zqqM
