Mental Toughness: Sport Psychology with Dr. Jenny Susser

6:30 pm, Thursday, April 26, 2012
Signature Cycles of Greenwich
RSVP to Lori Hoefer: lori@signaturecycles.com or (203) 485-0500.

Mental Toughness is defined by sport psychologists as “a natural or developed psychological edge that enables mentally tough performers to generally cope better than their opponents with the demands and related pressures that occur at the highest level in sport.” Really, it should say “any level” in any sport, performance, or even training. The key to this definition lies in two words, “developed” and “cope”. This edge can be accessed through mental skills training and practice. Sport Psychology uses mental skills training, similar to a coach using drills or workouts to teach and practice . Once these skills are strong and usable by an athlete, the coping part becomes easier and better.

Dr. Jenny Susser is a Clinical Sport Psychologist with experience on every level. Once an All-American and US National Team swimmer, then coach at her alma mater, UCLA. Now as a Sport Psychologist, she knows what it is to train and compete at the highest levels. Her work with athletes across all sports, ages, and levels gives her experience that when combined with her background, creates a powerful platform of Sport Psychology.

Signature Cycles welcomes Dr. Susser for an evening workshop on sport psychology and improving your cycling performance. You will learn about Sport Psychology and how to apply it to your current situation and level right now! The evening will be two-fold. First, learn about mental skills and concepts. Focus, confidence, and goal setting are foundations of mental skills training and will each be defined and discussed in detail. Second, we will break into small groups and work on how applying these tools to your specific program and needs. It will be a great jump start to your own mental skills training program and put you on a powerful track to accomplish your goals and feel great about your performance.

Greenwich Shop Ride, March 24th

We’ve had unbelievably amazing weather for March (I can’t quite believe it’s almost April, but that’s another story). Unfortunately we have some rain coming in this weekend, so you’d better get out on your bike tomorrow morning!

In addition to Getting Your Season Started, our regular ride will leave from 28 Bruce Park Ave at 9:00 am. The usual route, the usual pace (about 16 mph). Call with any questions: (203) 485-0500.

“Get Your Season Started” Women’s Ride!

Saturday, March 24, 9:00 am at Signature Cycles of Greenwich

It’s time to dust off the cob webs and swing a leg over your bike for the start of the 2012 cycling season! Join fellow women riders for the first official ride of the year! A properly functioning road bike is required. We will ride a nice rolling route in the back country of Greenwich. Riders should be able to ride for 1 1/2 hours and cover approximately 22 miles. Please arrive ready to roll at 9am!

After the ride, stay around and enjoy a BBQ on us!

Contact Lori Hoefer with any questions: lori@signaturecycles.com or (203) 485-0500.

Dr. Max Testa on Muscle Coordination Training

Here is part four of our series of videos from Dr. Max Testa’s talk at our Greenwich Studio’s Passoni Bicycles introduction event. In this portion of Dr. Testa’s talk, he covers muscle coordination and pedaling efficiency, and how outright muscular strength is not such a great thing if those muscles are not coordinated in their firing sequence.

Dr. Max Testa on Muscle Coordination Training from Signature Cycles on Vimeo.

Dr. Max Testa on the Performance Secret of Mitochondria

On December 5th and 6th, 2011, Dr. Max Testa visited us for the introduction of Passoni Bicycles to Signature Cycles. We were treated to an amazing talk about his long history in the Pro peloton, his training techniques and methodologies, his current work, and hilarious stories about Pro cyclists past and present.

This is the first video in a series which we will release over the coming week in which Dr. Testa discusses how important cellular mitochondria are to athletic performance (and everyday life!).