
171: How Jonny Davies Built Confidence for the G1M Ultra
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7 clipsConfidence is an action, not a feeling
βconfidence is an action, not a feeling. That's been the biggest biggest part of this. You know, you don't feel confident and then go in something, you go in something, and then you get gain confidence as a byproduct of consistency of hard work.β
Journaling separates personal identity from fleeting emotions
βI think the best way to understand the feelings and emotions you often get through sessions is to put it on paper because you're merely then getting out of your body, getting out of your head, separating yourself from them. I understand, you know, I'm a big believer in you aren't your feelings or the person experiencing those feelings.β
Analyze running form under conditions of fatigue
βSo I'll go out and do these thirty, forty k runs, and then I'll go see my physio, get on the treadmill, and then we'd start filming my form, seeing how it's looking. Where's the weakest point in the chain of my legs? What's going first? Where's that weakness?β
Ultra endurance forces deep emotional vulnerability
βIt's like you put you're basically putting yourself in such a vulnerable place physically and emotionally, you often will explore certain thoughts and certain feelings that we often sometimes just trying to distract ourselves from. Especially as men, I often find it's a lot a lot this resonates more with with, with men.β
Success is defined by the becoming process
βThe most important part of any trading block isn't the the outcome, isn't the middle of the end of the finish at the marathon finish line. The most important part is who you become in that process. It's that becoming that time where you spend 99% of your time anyway. The habits, the skills, the disciplines, all of the things you're picking up and learning along the way, that's that's you becoming.β
Small equipment adjustments can prevent physical spiraling
βIt's the same shoe but just by putting a heel riser in, we kinda go between two and six mil on heel risers, and also just changing your shoe profile. Sometimes you want things a bit more responsive at certain points. Sometimes you wanna go back to something that's actually a bit more, you know, comfortable and a bit more stable. Always having an option to change, I think is really important because it keeps you I think what the biggest trick with Ultras is not to spiralβ
Commitment to daily movement builds self-respect
βConsistency. I wanted to really level up my consistency, with that's not, like, not just because it's of trading. It's because of everything, of of how I was showing up for the my for my work, for content, for, the business I'm involved within. Like, all that I wanted to be I I've often felt like I'm a bit peaks and trough kinda guy.β
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