# The Mental Weight Room - A Podcast for Athletes, Parents of Athletes and Coaches Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819.md RSS feed: https://anchor.fm/s/f1ee6258/podcast/rss Official site: https://antoinettedatoc.com Author: Antoinette Datoc, Certified Mental Performance Coach Episodes: 69 ## Resource The building blocks of peak performance are knowledge, physical training and mental training. You've heard 90% of your athletic performance is mental, right? WRONG! The truth is 100% of your athletic performance is mental. Why? Everything single thing you do starts in your brain. That's right, your brain runs the show so no amount of physical training will ever make up for poor mental skills. In The Mental Weight Room, Certified Mental Performance Coach, Antoinette Datoc, shares tips for building mental toughness so you can level up in sports and life. Click Follow and never miss an episode. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819.md ## Episodes - [Ep. 72 Train Your Brain Like the Train the Body: Building Mentally Strong Athletes for Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-72-train-your-brain-like-the-train-the-body-building-mentally-strong-athletes-for-life) — 2026-07-22T15:28:56+00:00 - [Ep. 69 2026 Summer Reading List for Athletes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-69-2026-summer-reading-list-for-athletes) — 2026-06-04T14:16:33+00:00 - [Ep. 68 Win the Morning Mental Game & Win the Day](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-68-win-the-morning-mental-game-win-the-day) — 2026-05-27T04:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 67 The Red Car Theory for Mastering Your Mindset](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-67-the-red-car-theory-for-mastering-your-mindset) — 2026-05-22T18:54:53+00:00 - [Ep. 66 Special Coaches Edition: The Question That Changes Everything](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-66-special-coaches-edition-the-question-that-changes-everything) — 2026-05-18T14:36:07+00:00 - [Ep 65 Compete Every Day with Jake Thompson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-65-compete-every-day-with-jake-thompson) — 2026-04-30T13:36:59+00:00 - [Ep. 64 Stop Assuming the Worst: Breaking the Catastrophizing Cycle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-64-stop-assuming-the-worst-breaking-the-catastrophizing-cycle) — 2026-03-18T09:40:42+00:00 - [Ep. 63 The Power of Independent Mental Training](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-63-the-power-of-independent-mental-training) — 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 62 The Subconscious Edge with Dawn Grant](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-62-the-subconscious-edge-with-dawn-grant) — 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 61 Perfectionism vs. Striving for Excellence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-61-perfectionism-vs-striving-for-excellence) — 2026-02-25T11:08:05+00:00 - [Ep. 60 Mastering Tough Conversations: How to Talk to Your Teammate Like a Leader](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-60-mastering-tough-conversations-how-to-talk-to-your-teammate-like-a-leader) — 2026-02-18T17:43:56+00:00 - [Ep. 59 Comparison Culture: Transforming Judgement into Growth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-59-comparison-culture-transforming-judgement-into-growth) — 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 58 Lead Her FOrward: 40th Annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-58-lead-her-forward-40th-annual-national-girls-and-women-in-sports-day) — 2026-02-04T14:46:03+00:00 - [Ep. 57 Mastering Tough Conversations: How to Talk to Your Coach with Confidence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-57-mastering-tough-conversations-how-to-talk-to-your-coach-with-confidence) — 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 56 The Yips: When Your Body Forgets What It Knows](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-56-the-yips-when-your-body-forgets-what-it-knows) — 2026-02-04T02:02:33+00:00 - [Ep.55 When the Play Is Over, but YourBrain Did't Get the Memo: Understanding Rumination and How to Stop It](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-55-when-the-play-is-over-but-yourbrain-did-t-get-the-memo-understanding-rumination-and-how-to-stop-it) — 2026-01-22T20:26:35+00:00 - [Ep. 54 Your Role as a Parent: What Your Athlete Needs When the Going Gets Tough](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-54-your-role-as-a-parent-what-your-athlete-needs-when-the-going-gets-tough) — 2026-01-16T14:42:18+00:00 - [Ep. 53 Building Your Roadmap to Success: Elevate Your Game with Goal Setting](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-53-building-your-roadmap-to-success-elevate-your-game-with-goal-setting) — 2026-01-07T21:23:34+00:00 - [Ep. 51 The Antidote to Learned Helplessness: How Learned Optimism Shapes Success](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-51-the-antidote-to-learned-helplessness-how-learned-optimism-shapes-success) — 2025-12-31T19:40:12+00:00 - [Ep. 52 Season One Finale: Reflecting on 2025 and Setting Goals for 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-52-season-one-finale-reflecting-on-2025-and-setting-goals-for-2026) — 2025-12-31T19:39:52+00:00 - [Ep. 50 Learned Helplessness in Sports Performance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-50-learned-helplessness-in-sports-performance) — 2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 - [December Group Mental Performance Training: Self-Awareness & The Inner Voice](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/december-group-mental-performance-training-self-awareness-the-inner-voice) — 2025-12-03T23:02:29+00:00 - [Ep. 48 From High School Diamond to College Mindset with CAmeron Boulanger](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-48-from-high-school-diamond-to-college-mindset-with-cameron-boulanger) — 2025-11-26T04:14:13+00:00 - [Ep. 47 The Power of Daily Gratitude](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-47-the-power-of-daily-gratitude) — 2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 - [Ep. 45 Boost Your Game: Announcing Drop-in Group Mental Performance Training](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mental-weight-room-a-podcast-for-athletes-parents-of-athletes-and-coaches-7121819/ep-45-boost-your-game-announcing-drop-in-group-mental-performance-training) — 2025-11-19T03:12:05+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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