I am doing some research for sports psycholgy and I am interested in what motivates people to get out there and train for a race, what keeps you going to the gym?
Do you set Goals?
How do you get yourself out the door to ride when its lashing down with rain?
Or do you just sit back and hope for the best?

I think seeing something is the best motivation wether its a pro hitting a section super fast or someone on here posting a pic of a big no hander, whatever it makes you want to go out and try it so in that sense you've given yourself a personal goal without really thinking.
Everyone wants to look as fast or stylish as the people they watch.

I really struggle to train on the turbo while i'm off the bike because theres no goals so deffinately setting goals is the most important and specific training.
If you don't feel like your benifiting from something or achieveing anything at the end of it you wont do it.

Video's and music really physce me up but then I just want to go out and hit everything at warp speed it doesn't help me focus on a specific goal.
I think theres a very fine line between being hyper and being motivated, when your hyper you haven't got a specific focus you just want to ride, when your motivated you want to do something better, faster, bigger.

An amazing vid will get you thinking i could do that with practice and makes you want to ride.

What makes you go out when you feel like that though? Just a desire to ride, boredom etc?

my motivation is seeing fat people

and thinking god help me if end up like them

and my adict to adrenalin

LOL Rscott.

What motivates me is an ace vid of people doin wicked stuff which makes you think i could do that if i go and ride.

is this just cycling or other stuff as well?

Hi,

Couldn't sustain the levels of commitment that are required to get on the podium regularly at the major races.

So gave up, racing to win! It's not the end of the world and I'm back to having fun now, I got a lot of respect for anyone who podiums.

It's one thing to motivate to keep fit or have fun. It's quite another to win races!

Matt