by Josephine Perry | May 9, 2021 | Book reviews, Books
I was recently working on a piece for Cycling Weekly on Imposter Syndrome and realised one of the reasons cycling can seem such a mysterious world (even to really competent riders) is the history and the language. We may know that simply grabbing our bike and going...
by Josephine Perry | May 4, 2021 | Book reviews
Dan Bigham is a cyclist and engineer who wanted to use his engineering knowledge to have a crack at the national team pursuit championships. I won’t give too much of a spoiler but the process went well and gives a story we all love to read; the wannabe’s underdogs...
by Josephine Perry | Apr 22, 2021 | Book reviews
I was intrigued about this book as one of the authors (Jerry Lockspeiser) is at the same running club as I am. It was co-authored by Andrew Roberts. I love hearing the stories of runners; what they love about running, what they hate, what helps them to thrive and what...
by Josephine Perry | Apr 10, 2021 | Book reviews, Books, Exercise Addiction, Exercise psychology, Support
Over lockdown a number of people reached out who needed support for disordered eating but didn’t fit the NHS guidelines for getting support. They couldn’t afford private psychology and nutrition help and were struggling. This lack of NHS support unless you have a...
by Josephine Perry | Apr 5, 2021 | Book reviews, Books, Motivation, Performance Psychology
So, hands up – I am biased. I am in this book! Just a little bit but Damian and I worked together before his epic Pennine Way record attempt in the summer of 2020 and he discusses the work we did in the book. But despite me marring the pages I still loved it. It is...
by Josephine Perry | Nov 22, 2020 | Book reviews, Books, Goal setting, Motivation, Performance Psychology
I work a lot with teenage track runners and while many of the girls are inspired by Autobiographies by athletes like Kelly Holmes, Jess Ennis or Chrissie Wellington I struggled to find some that teenage boys felt they could really relate to. So a quick shout out on...
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