It's time to reach for your diapers because we are going to talk about operating outside of
your comfort zone. "Easy, easy, don't go too fast!" The last thing I need is the
front wheel slipping out". If you are unfamiliar with what we mean by 'comfort zone'
in relation to dirt bikes, I would suggest checking out this video "Let's start off nice
and safe, as we want to last the distance. But we are here to have fun, so let's increase the challenge
and take some risks. Obviously thrill seekers will want to ride outside the comfort zone,
but please don't stay out there for too long! There's a good chap!"
Coxy has decided to up his enduro game, so he has entered a hard enduro.
"It's a ripper! How's it going?" "yeah all right". Just the idea of entering hard enduro makes me feel
anxiety. Fear about an idea, event, or proposition that you are considering
is absolutely normal, and it tells us something very important. Because we feel fear and anxiety,
it tells us it's very important to us. So when faced with fear or anxiety,
we feel fear because we care. If it feels like doing that thing is beyond your threshold...
it is probably the right thing to do
"Take your time!" Iam guilty of this. I feel a lot of anxiety when i'm attempting things that are
new to me. Double blipping a 24 inch log and i think "Where could I get hurt?" My brain and
my body makes me believe it's not worth it, because of all the consequences i may face.
when i crash and break a bone, or twist an ankle, or somehow get injured, when you
perpetually refuse to go outside your comfort zone,
you get trapped in a situation where you do not have a lot of joy and love and light in your life.
So given our short timeline of life on this planet, and given our incredibly short timeline of riding
dirt bikes while on this planet, I would suggest that you confront those fears, battle the dragon,
and do whatever it takes in that moment to chase after the thing that you love.
So why don't you make a promise to yourself
to try something that you love, which obviously will create anxiety and fear.
You can try hard enduro... I will try a double blip
on a 24-inch log in front of my riding buddies. "Thanks buddy!"
Have you had an experience where you had great psychological and physiological fear responses,
and you did it or didn't do it? Tell us below, we'd love to hear!