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MENTALITY - The use of the brain, it's a forgotten subject. The placebo
effect.
It's the brain that controls everything, and very few people do really
know how strong the brain really is. I say that if you convince the
brain enough, you can see a pink dragon if you like to, its just all
about being strong enough mentally a guy told me. That was when i was
doing moto trials. He said "If I have a pain in my back. I don't think
if there's something wrong with it. I think of my life, if something
isn't the way it should be, what is stressing me, that is most likely
the problem" The brain makes it into a pain. That is child stuff for
the brain. There are so many hidden powers in there that you should try
to use. People use far from all their strength normally. There have
been mothers who have lifted cars because the children were laying
under it. If you set your brain to it 110% you will get a lot more out
of it then normally (anything really). I guess you use like 70% of your
true strength, even though you try to use em all! The use of the brain
is also like 12% or summit ridiculous low like that.
So when your going at stuff in trials you should concentrate on using
ALL of your hidden powers in you to get that little extra. Maybe you
can even like sidehop 10" higher! Mental blocks... If you don't trust
in yourself you will never make it. Sometimes I can see that in the
eyes of other rider's if they are going to make it up or not. When
you're going at something you can't think, "I don't think I'll make it
up". You have to commit 110% and think "I'm making it up here!!!" No
matter WHAT! ABSOLUTELY committed is what you have to be! You will see
this everywhere, for example in weight lifting, do you think the guy
going for 600 pounds in bench press thinks "This is so heavy I'm not
going to make it!" No, he is thinking more like: "aaargh this is going
up no matter what! I'm giving it ALL, I got ARGHH!" AND he gets it up,
you think it stops there? No! Then when he have gotten it up he
shouts/thinks, "that was easy!" Why? Because if you have the right
attitude, the right way of thinking, if you convince the brain enough
you can do anything!
Some have mental blocks in like "oh I can't ride in rain, I can't ride
when it's slippery" or something like that. If you think that you will
automatically stink in it even though you might actually be good at it.
What you should do is to try to get rid of all your mental blocks,
instead of saying to yourself "I suck when it's slippery". You say "I'm
actually quite good when it's slippery". Of course "slippery" is just
an example; it can be about everything really, gaps, side hops,
braking.
Fear is a mental block, if your afraid when your doing something you
can't concentrate properly, you have to eliminate all fear! You should
be aware of the danger but you should not be afraid. How to do it? Well
that's mostly for you to find out, the best thing is not to think at
all! Don't think of the danger, just do it! I have another saying that
is "Gravity? No respect!" This have helped me a lot, I don't want to do
40 inches side hop and 7 feet drops, what is that? That is nearly flat!
I want to do 70inch side hops and 30 feet drops! Therefore I train and
have a dream of getting unmanly springiness and physique (I wear a
superman bracelet on my arm). I love to fly! Jumping down 15 feet to
legs on grass is just a laugh for me. Some times I wonder what would
have happened if I didn't believe in myself falling the 15 feet. It
would probably turn out ugly! "20 feet you might think "That is a super
human!" But it may only be that he has belief in himself and knows what
he`s doing, nothing else" He knows it will turn out well, that is
nothing!! The human body is capable of so much more than you actually
think.
So what to do while riding a section (or whatever)? You should not
think at all, don't think at the consequences, the danger, if your
gonna make it or not, just ride. When coming to hard parts like a big
side hop or gap, concentrate a bit more to use all those extra powers
to get up, maybe a bit more on techniques but they should come
automatically. But the thing that is really vital and have sooo much to
say is how much you struggle to get up, one dab is one point so you
should NOT dab! Give it some real effort, jump around like a freaking
monkey if you have to, but do not put that foot down! Here is no point
of being lazy, do WHATEVER you can to not set that foot down (THIS IS
REALLY IMPORTANT). Giving that little extra effort (or huge) to not put
a foot down could have everything to say, you might end up at 20th
place instead of first! But it isn't just in competitions you do this.
It's whenever! If you put down a foot in training, you will probably
put a foot down when it counts as well, because that's what you're used
to.
Bruce Lee once said "You should do it with real effort, not anger, but
with feelings"
But what should you have in mind in general when riding trials? A lot
of guys have the wrong thoughts when riding, thinking stuff like "I'm
gonna show em", And when failing at stuff (they could never do at first
place) they say "OH OMG! THIS IS SO F***ING BAD ¤#%#%"#"#%#" ARGH
DAMMIT WHY THE F*** ?=!! ! THIS SUCK!!" This is a very bad thing. You
make yourself angry/unstable and not capable of riding. When riding you
should only have one thought and that is to ride! Keeping in mind from
before, always struggle hard to NOT put that foot down. If you do fail
do a little "dammit" or nothing at all, you failed, it isn't lethal.
Just think of what you did wrong and leave it behind you. There's
nothing more to do, it have happened and you just have to forget it.
JUST RIDE AND GIVE IT EFFORT!
Remember that if you want to be good, you really have to work for it.
You didn't come out of your mom with a trials bike in your hands! (Even
then you would most likely suck without training) When I'm training on
touch hops, I may be doing 5 touch hops in a row with ease and still
not be happy with the result. I maybe didn't get the height I want.
So I hope you understand how the brain works now.. Remember, I do not
say thinking right away it will make you do 60" side hops. Fitness is a
huge part of it. But that will be in another article. But it will help
you to become a better rider. Not just bike trials, but it can help you
in everything you do.
In short:
- Be sure you make it!
- 110% dedicated!
- Reach out for all those hidden powers and use them!!
- Get rid of any mental blocks. Be positive!!
- Get a goal to work towards. You have to have an ambition, this is
REALLY important!!
- You should not think while riding a section (or whatever), if you get
into trouble, then stop and think (keeping in mind you do from before
always struggle hard to NOT put that foot down)
- Just ride and give it effort!
- The placebo effect, if you just believe it enough, the mind makes it
real.
You have probably had a dream that you were so sure were real. The
brain is capable of so much. I have dreamt that I was flying across
mountains. I have made up a landscape in my mind, a landscape with
millions of trees; there are rivers, snow, little branches, waves, and
different unknown people. It's just so strong.
- Thomas Remvik Aasen
I copied it for you.
