{"podcast":{"title":"Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin","slug":"perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078","podcast_index_feed_id":6754078,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/perform","website_url":"https://www.performpodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7ccb76de-a5a4-11ee-9959-3708fa969426/image/3802b9dd3e50d14ce6feb3e5d966f06e.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Scicomm Media","episode_count":28,"summary":"This is Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin. I'm Dr. Andy Galpin, a professor and director of the Human Performance Center at Parker University. With this podcast, my goal is to help you better understand and maximize your own physical and mental performance, leveraging my two decades of experience with elite performers, including Olympians and world champions across numerous sports. The goal is to cover a range of tools, technologies, and strategies designed to help everyone—from beginners to record-breaks, and everyone in between. While not all of us are elite athletes—myself included—there are countless lessons and tools we can learn from those performing at the highest levels. And remember, as legendary coach Bill Bowerman stated, \"If you have a body, you are an athlete.\" If you're not already, I hope you'll consider starting to train and recover like one.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T18:17:09.612365+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078"},"episode":{"title":"Build Mental Toughness & Perform Under Pressure | Dr. Lenny Wiersma","slug":"build-mental-toughness-perform-under-pressure-dr-lenny-wiersma","published_at":"2026-04-15T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078/build-mental-toughness-perform-under-pressure-dr-lenny-wiersma","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078","url":"https://www.performpodcast.com","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SCIM7375912167.mp3","summary":"In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Lenny Wiersma — one of the most respected and quietly influential figures in sports psychology — for a conversation on what it actually takes to perform when the stakes are highest. A professor for over 25 years and a highly published scientist, We discuss Alex Honnold's recent skyscraper climb and unpack what's really happening psychologically at the absolute edge of human performance, including why the \"he just doesn't feel fear\" narrative is both academically wrong and deeply unfair to what Honnold has actually built. From there, we draw on Lenny's work with major league baseball players, UFC fighters, big wave surfers, and extreme athletes of all kinds to go deep on confidence versus belief, why the positive/negative self-talk distinction is the wrong frame entirely, how psychological distancing changes your internal dialogue, and what visualization actually requires to transfer under pressure. Lenny also walks through his 3-2-1 reflection tool, the critical difference between emotional control and emotional regulation, what the best coaches do in high-stakes moments, and how biofeedback gives athletes a real physiological window into their own regulation. This episode is for athletes, coaches, and anyone navigating high-pressure moments in daily life — you don't have to be jumping out of helicopters or riding hundred-foot waves for this to apply to you. Sponsors Momentous: https://livemomentous.com/perform Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/perform David: https://davidprotein.com/perform LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/perform Chapters (00:00:00) Show Intro (00:00:48) Alex Honnold Mindset (00:02:18) Risk And Confidence (00:06:45) Extreme Athletes Trainability (00:11:12) Wipeout Planning (00:13:54) Visualization Basics (00:15:53) P…","meta_description":"In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Lenny Wiersma — one of the most respected and quietly influential figures in sports psychology — for a conversation o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8381,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078/episodes/build-mental-toughness-perform-under-pressure-dr-lenny-wiersma/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078/build-mental-toughness-perform-under-pressure-dr-lenny-wiersma.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}