Do you freeze up 🥶when it matters? Do your pre-race butterflies 🦋paralyze you on the start line? Do self-doubt and negative talk constantly hold you back from becoming the athlete you could be?
Athletes always focus on the physical side of preparing for events, but few invest in building a mental tool kit required to get that last 5% out of themselves.
🌟Gravel Grit🌟 is a no bull$hit five-week program that teaches you how to control your arousal state, detach from counterproductive thoughts, visualize the performance outcomes you strive for, and orient your athletic identity toward your best self.
🔥Included!! 🔥
- The ideal breathing cadence to control your arousal state.
- The best mental model to detach from your thoughts
- How to deal with self-doubt
- How to confront pain
- What ESPN can teach us about performance.
- How to build your athletic identity
If you want to reach your potential, you're going to need more than physical workouts. You also need to head upstairs and train your mind. To get ahead, you need to get out of your own way - you can't go faster forward until you dive inward.
Hey, I'm Matti. I spent 11 years at TrainingPeaks, where they trusted me to teach coaches how to coach at TrainingPeaks University. I raced Amateur Elite with Rio Grande Cycling Team and podiumed my age group at Unbound 200 in 2026. I have a degree in biology and exercise physiology from St. Olaf. I'm also a middle-aged dad of three, so I know training doesn't happen in a vacuum. I help gravel riders get stupidly fast without becoming the person who brings a food scale to a party