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Mental training is the key to success in all sports. How many times have you heard top professional athletes say, "It's 80% mental"? I can't recall ever hearing a top athlete say, "well I'm just physically stronger than my competition". Imagine how much faster you would be if you could consistently have mistake free races while riding at 95% of your max ability. That is what Nicolas Vouilloz does and that is why he has 10 World Championships. Do you really think he is stronger and/or has more skill than Steve Peat, Chris Kovarik, Cedric Gracia, or Kirt Voreis? I don't think so, he has 10 World Championships because he can consistently have a "peak performance" on race day.

Mental training has many facets and over the next few months I will address several of them here.