He was born in Ghent, Belgium, where residents are surprised when a football player is chosen as an athlete of the year, not a cyclist. "R-Sport" tells the story of a guy who broke an hour-long record on the track on June 7, where he returned, winning everything he could on the highway. He did it in memory of bad times and with the thought of completing a career with dignity, perhaps the most memorable in modern Olympic cycling... And Sir Bradley himself is a character that deserves everyone's attention.

Childhood

Wiggins is a hereditary cyclist. His father Harry is the Australian champion on the track, a participant in the famous six-day races, whom his son would rather not know.

“When I found out that my father had died, I was almost happy about it. At least the end of the torment has come. " Wiggins did not fly to his father's funeral. There were many reasons for this: Wiggins Sr. drank a lot, distributed illegal substances, fought, constantly found himself in trouble and finally lost the respect of others, as well as his family. As a result, Bradley and his mother Linda ended up in London. In 2000, Wiggins tried to make peace with Harry before the Games in Sydney, but nothing came of it, and he was forced to literally run away from his father's house, promising himself never to return.

“I don’t even know what he would say upon learning about my victory on the“ Tour ”. Depends on whether he was sober or not. Probably would be proud of me. "

First bike

Wiggins got his first professional bicycle at the age of 12, having paid for it with a fractured collarbone. The most common injury in the peloton he received in a road accident, "cut down" 1.7 thousand pounds of compensation - he gave 700 to his mother, and spent the rest on the purchase of the first road bike. “Then I said to my teacher at school:“ I want to become an Olympic champion and win the Tour de France. Very soon he became a member of the cycling club, for which his father once played, and after more than 20 years he made his dream come true.

Alcohol problems

Everyone knows about Sir Bradley's addiction to alcohol. In his biography, he admits that in record time he decided to taste 365 types of Belgian beer. In London, at an official party, he celebrated the gold of the Games by raising a glass of gin, which caused concern among the audience, because everyone knew that in the past victory at the Olympics had already entailed a grandiose binge.

“I thought that having won in Athens, I would immediately become a millionaire, but this did not happen. I received 1,500 pounds a month, and we could barely scrape together to pay for the apartment. I wanted to send everything to hell. I went to the pub and drank 12-13 pints of beer a night. I managed to get drunk even at the airport when we flew to the competition. "

"I just got fucked today"

This is what Wiggins told reporters on the 2010 Tour when he could not compete for a place in the top 3. Both before and after Bradley delighted the media with strong statements. He refused to speak the Big Loop in French, although he is fluent in this language, he may well say that all the "dividers" are a little out of their minds, despite the fact that there is an over-adequate Tony Martin next to him.

Well, how do you like that? “It's like trying to win the Champions League, but when you want to win it, you go to Manchester United, and now I play for Wigan,” Wiggins said on the Tour when he was chasing Garmin. “Actually, I shouldn't have said all this then. My wife is from Wigan and it wasn't that bad until they lost to Tottenham. Plus, after I blurted it out, they took and beat Chelsea. So it was a bad analogy and I guess I'd better pick a different team. Whatever it was, now I'm in “MU”, - he admitted later, already “playing” for Sky.

In addition - a video so that you understand how Bradley Wiggins spends time with journalists.

How to make a knight angry

There is one surefire way to offend Wiggins: ask if it is possible to win the Tour without doping. In response to you, the whole stream of profanity will certainly pour out - he has it very diverse. Bradley was generally painful about the whole situation around Lance Armstrong and admitted that he watched Lance's interview with Oprah Winfrey live.

“I was 13 when he won the World Championship in Oslo. Then he was diagnosed with cancer, but he came back and won the Tour, in 1999, I was 19 years old. I remember it was so inspiring to see what he went through after all those photos of him treating cancer and then winning the Tour ... Part of me didn't want to see this interview.

"It's all very difficult: explaining to my son how it is, Lance won the same race as his father, but at the end of all this I had the best of all feelings in the world. It happened when Armstrong began to talk about that he had to explain everything to his 13-year-old son. I will never have such a conversation with my child because his father won the Tour by being "clean," Wiggins said.

A few months after scandalous interview Armstrong Wiggins even transferred his children to another school. "They began to be baited with questions:" Is your dad also doped? He won the Tour! Is he the same as Armstrong? "

Life after the Champs Elysees

“At the same time I tried to get used to the idea that I had just won the Tour de France and to somehow get myself together - there were 5 days left before the“ cut-up ”at the Olympics. I insisted that I go home ... The day after I returned, people started knocking on the door of my house ... In general, it was very strange to return home after four weeks and find that everything had changed. I underestimated the scale of what had happened ... The next day, when I went out to buy milk and bread, I was again surrounded by a crowd. And the same thing happened when I took my son Ben to rugby training.

Who rings the bell

But that's not all. Before the start of the cut, Wiggins became a special guest at the opening ceremony of the Olympics. He had to ring the bell.

“Before the Olympics, Dave Brailsford called me from Newport, from the track training camp, and said, 'Look, they want you to ring the bell at the opening ceremony. This is great, you cannot refuse. It will be shown all over the world! ” Even now I cannot fully grasp all this ... Dave and I went to the stadium. I was standing backstage in a yellow T-shirt, listening to everything that was happening with my headphones ... Then someone said: “Okay, Bradley, come out in two seconds” ... I went on stage, stopped at the place marked with a cross and greeted the audience. I saw only a sea of ​​flashes, the sounds came as through earplugs. He could only record his own breathing.

Everything is fine. Turn around, go to the bell, stand next to it and wait for the command.

I struck the bell, went down the steps and left the stadium ... I have never been in public, except in my native village, I was not met at the airport, I did not go anywhere except my home and the team hotel. I lived as if under a hood. Therefore, when I was waiting for the entrance to the stadium, I asked the volunteer: “Won't they boo me or something like that?”

Awards and title

Wiggins admits that he still hasn't found himself in this very successful story after 2012, when he won the Tour and the home Olympic Games. He doesn't even know what to do with the medals. “My Peking ones are in socks upstairs at my house. Funny things - medals. It will be great to leave them to the kids when I die, but right now I just really have no idea what to do with them. ”

And that's not to mention the fact that he was seriously going to give up the knightly title.

“During the Games, there was speculation about whether I would get a knighthood, like Sir Chris Hoy once did. People asked if I would accept him, but I never imagined myself as Sir Bradley Wiggins. I never considered myself superior to anyone, always struggled with any hierarchy and difference in status. I don’t know why, it might have something to do with my origins, but I was always ready to play second fiddle. You see, that doesn't happen to the kids from Kilburn. My grandfather George replaced my father after my mother and I moved in with him and my grandmother. I remember that after the Games I asked my grandmother: "What do you think, if I am offered knighthood, and I refuse, how will George react?" She immediately replied: "He will never speak to you again."

And Sir Bradley Wiggins is one of the most famous followers of the mod subculture. It was he who brought back the fashion for sideburns in England. But the most important thing in the system of his values ​​of fashion is a reverent attitude towards music. He himself is an excellent guitar player, which he demonstrated by performing on stage with Paul Weller of Jam.

2015-...

Wiggins' collection of titles grew slowly but surely throughout his career. He is a four-time Olympic champion, six-time world track champion. At the end of 2014, Uiggo also got his rainbow world champion jersey on the highway. Now his goal is the Rio Olympic medal. Yes, Bradley is returning to the track, and it's not so easy, because no one will put him on the team for his previous merits. Will he be able to win another Olympic gold? Be that as it may, his path to these Games was very long, difficult, but very successful. So much so that in the end he allowed himself to dream of winning the “Paris-Roubaix”. “My attack with Zep Vanmarke looked as doomed as the sinking Titanic scene, but you know, I'm glad I tried and tried. This is what I have dreamed of since childhood. I know for sure that the moment will come when it will be so pleasant to say to my son: “Your dad at some point, albeit not for long, but was still the leader at“ Paris-Roubaix ”.

"I drank 13 pints of beer in the evening." Everything you need to know about cycling king Bradley Wiggins

The owner of chic sideburns, a swearing man and a big drinker won the world championship ..

Childhood and relationship with father

Bradley's father, Gary Wiggins, was a promising Australian tracker, winning his country's championship and performing well in the classic six-day races. But he also had a violent disposition, drank a lot, fought, used and distributed dubious drugs, having received the nickname "Doctor", and a couple of years later his wife Linda left him, taking little Bradley to London.

Until the age of 16, the future English champion did not communicate with his father, although he followed in his footsteps, starting with cycling to Hyde Park, and then training on the London track of Herne Hill. In 2008, Gary died under mysterious circumstances in New South Wales at the age of 55. The cause of death was a head injury, but the police did not manage to establish whether it was a murder or an accident, although Gary's sister still assures that her brother was severely beaten.

Bradley does not hide that he had a difficult relationship with his father. Before the Sydney Olympics, Wiggins took advantage of a visit to Australia to be by his side, but the family reunion attempt failed. Brad left his father's house in horror, because Wiggins Sr. did not hesitate to get drunk in front of him. "I was almost glad when I learned that he was dead," wrote Bradley in his autobiography, "at least I felt better, because it was the end of the suffering." He did not come to the funeral.

At the 2012 Tour, Wiggins had to answer a question about his father. “What would he say about my success at the Tour de France if he was alive? Do not know. Depends on whether he was sober or not. He probably would have been proud of me. " Bradley also had demons of his own. "Now I don't drink at all, but after the 2004 Olympics I practically became an alcoholic." But that is another story.

The beginning of the way

Wiggins' career on the track developed rapidly. At the age of 20, he became the bronze medalist of the 2000 Olympics in team pursuit, four years later in Athens he collected a full set of medals: bronze in Madison, silver in team pursuit and gold in the crown pursuit. Wiggins became the first British athlete in 40 years to win three medals in one Olympics, and received the Order of the British Empire from the hands of the Queen.

He tried his hand on the highway, but for the time being he was only good at short power "breaks". Wiggins signed his first contract with the British team Linda McCartney Racing Team. It was sponsored by a vegetarian food company founded by the late wife of the legendary Beatle. As soon as Wiggins joined the team, it ceased to exist due to financial problems, and Bradley went to France, replacing three famous bands in six years: Française des Jeux, Crédit Agricole and Cofidis. The triumph at the Athens Olympics, according to Wiggins himself, affected him extremely negatively. He stopped the regime, became a regular at noisy parties and drank everywhere until he lost consciousness.

“I thought that by winning the Olympics I would immediately become a millionaire, but this did not happen. I received 1,500 pounds a month, and we could hardly give credit for the apartment. I lost interest in cycling, I'm sick of everything. I went to the pub at the opening and drank 12-13 pints of beer a night. I managed to type even at the airport on the way to the competition. Now I recall those times with horror, "Wiggins writes in the same autobiographical book In the Pursuit of Glory.

To hell with the Tour de France!

By that time, Bradley had been married for a long time, and the birth of his son Ben sobered him in every sense. Realizing that now he is responsible not only for himself, Uiggo returned to hard training and focused on the highway, realizing that he will earn more there. In 2007, Wiggins rode the Tour for the second time with Cofidis, which was remembered for doping scandals, the removal from the race of Vinokurov, the leader of Rasmussen, and the arrest of the entire team due to increased testosterone levels in Christian Moreni. Brad was beside himself, threw away all the kofidis uniforms and, giving evidence to the police, yelled: “I have nothing to do with it! Fuck cycling and your fucking Tour de France!

In 2008, Wiggins focused on track disciplines, winning almost everything he could: three gold medals at the World Championships (with a world record in team pursuit), including Madison with Mark Cavendish, and two gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, receiving for this the next degree of the Order of the British Empire and the title of Commander.

A year later, with Garmin, Wiggins finished fourth in the “general” (repeating Robert Millar's best result for the British in 1984). Then began his painful transformation from a pure stripper into a multi-day one. Before the Tour, Wiggins lost six kilograms to better stay in the mountains, for which he received the nickname "Twig" (twig - "branch" in English). Leading teams lined up behind him, and after lengthy negotiations, Bradley signed a super contract with the newborn project Sky, finally receiving the financial reward that he lacked before (from 1 to 2 million pounds a year).

Age of Sky

At Sky, Wiggins was greeted by old friends: UK Team Director Dave Brailsford, Athletic Director Sean Yates, who had worked with Wiggins back at Linda McCartney, and head coach Shane Sutton. The Sky project was created with a seemingly fantastic task at that time - to prepare the future winner of the Tour de France in five years, and certainly with a British passport. Wiggins went to the "Tour" -2010, counting on a place in the top three, but neither he nor the team succeeded. After one of the failed stages, Wiggins, as usual without choosing expressions, said to the camera: "I just got fucked today."

The setback forced Sky to seriously rethink its development strategy. From the moment of its foundation, no one who was even indirectly connected with doping was allowed to the team for a cannon shot, there were not even doctors with experience in cycling. In the Spanish "Vuelta" -2010, half of the team was mowed down by an infection. Different riders and service personnel had different symptoms and Sky's doctors just didn't know what to do. It all ended with the sudden death of the Spanish massage therapist Chema Gonzalez, after which Sky withdrew from the race as a sign of grief for a friend and for safety reasons. After the failure on the Tour and the death of Gonzalez, experienced doctors who had seen everything were invited to the headquarters, and the strategy became more aggressive. It was necessary to win not in five years, but right now. Sky Science Division is led by Australian Tim Kerrison, whose training program has shaken the cycling world.

Tim Carrison and his cyborgs

Until 2010, Carrison tested his theories with the UK swimming team. “Tim completely changed my career,” says Wiggins. “It was difficult to trust his methods as he had never worked with cyclists before, but, in my opinion, he managed to make a revolution.” Kerrison identified weak spots British messengers: riding in heat, at high altitudes and on long steep climbs. Since November, Wiggins and his squad have trained tirelessly on the Tenerife volcano, where all these conditions have been met. While the guys were losing seven pots, Kerrison compiled a database and drew a huge number of graphs. He had no need to reinvent the wheel, other favorites are preparing for the Tour in about the same way, just in Sky they made the whole team work at their best, without exception, and scrupulously followed the training program, analyzing all the data that could be collected. Carrison insisted that Wiggins train more, cut his racing practice, and if he went to the start, he always went to win.

“I trained non-stop,” Wiggins continues. “I tried to always be at least 97 percent ready and not stop working. Psychologically it is very difficult. I made my body go through terrible torment. " To better endure mountain climbing, Twig lost another 12 kg in a year.

Starting in third place at the Volta Algarve in February, Wiggins won all the other stage events in which he took part (Paris-Nice, Tour of Romandy, Criterium Dauphine), ending the series with a triumph on the Champs Elysees. For him, the concept of "peak of form" does not seem to exist. He is always at his peak and does not think to get off him. Talk about the fact that Sky messengers are like robots this season are already tired, but they are ready amazingly: not an ounce of excess weight and devilish endurance. In the Alps and Pyrenees of Wiggins, it was not even the miners of Froome, Rogers and Port who often rode on a wheel. The nominal sprinter Edwald Bosson Hagen, as if nothing had happened, calmly entered the steepest peaks, where he, in theory, had to barely survive. Even the thinner Cavendish coped with the passes much better than before.

Reasons for winning the Tour -2012

The first- route suitable for Wiggins. A minimum of mountain finishes, a relatively small number of stages in high mountains and as much as 101 km in the “cut-ups” and prologue. Bradley easily took both long "cut", in the prologue lost a little to Cancellara and played at these stages against the main, as it turned out, Italian rival Vincenzo Nibali (Froome as a teammate does not count) for almost six minutes. If we take away the time of the “cut-ups”, Nibali lost only 23 seconds to Wiggins in 18 stages.

The second- Sky's phenomenal teamwork. The point is not even that partner Chris Froome ascended the second step of the podium - the whole team acted as a single mechanism for three weeks. The black and blue Sky train lined up in front of Wiggins at all stages, setting the pace of the peloton. It is not surprising that Wiggins never found himself in a crisis - he never had to catch up with anyone on his own. Moreover, Sky found an opportunity in between times to disperse the regular sprinter Cavendish to the finish line three times. Not as much as he would have liked, but in the performance of the team guarding the yellow jersey, the world has never seen anything like it. Wiggins' victory was far from the brightest in the century's history of the Tour, but there has never been such a strong team.

The third- the failure of competitors. Sky simply did not have a worthy opponent. 2011 Tour winner Cadel Evans was bad at cutting and did not pull in the Pyrenees. Nibali was satisfied with the third place. Jurgen van den Brock agreed to the fourth, the French still have a shortage of generals, although there are promising young people in the person of Rolland and Pinault, our Denis Menshov turned out to be uncompetitive in the mountains, the rest of the favorites for various reasons either did not start or did not make it to Paris.

Chris Froome is a man from nowhere

By the middle of the Tour, it became clear: only Froome was able to take the yellow jersey from Wiggins, but for this it was necessary to spit on the chain of command. After hesitating for a second, Chris always followed the instructions from the Sky's technique, and a couple of attempts to get ahead of the captain turned out to be a game to the audience: they say, I would have fought for a common victory. “It's good that Chris is on my team, otherwise I would have to constantly fight with him. Perhaps the day will come when he will no longer help me, but I will help him, ”Wiggins admitted.

Idols

Like almost all English boys, as a child, Bradley was crazy about football and dreamed of being like Tottenham striker Gary Lineker. “Everyone wants to be footballers,” his mother told him, “and you’ll make a good cyclist.” When Wiggins was 12 years old, he was struck by the victory of Chris Boardman at the Barcelona Olympics, and the choice in favor of the bicycle was finally made. Then Bradley could not have imagined that in six years Boardman would become his coach. “I hated being commanded, but Boardman taught me discipline,” Brad recalls.

As soon as Bradley started cycling, a poster of five-time Tour winner Miguel Indurain appeared on the wall of his room. Even now, a mature racer, Wiggins is delighted to boast of an unexpected gift from the Spanish legend. “During the Tour, Indurain recorded a video message for me. He said he believed in me and wished me luck. "

Interests

Wiggins is arguably the most famous fashion subculture in contemporary British sports. The popularity of the mod movement began to wane in the 70s, but there are oddballs like Wiggins who actively cultivate it today. Wiggins carefully monitors his appearance, brought back the fashion for sideburns in England, prefers motor scooters to any means of transportation (except for a bicycle, of course) and has an impressive collection of guitars, and he plays them perfectly. Here are the top ten favorite tracks of the Tour de France winner:

The Stone Roses - Don’t Stop

The Smiths - This Charming Man

Oasis -Supersonic

Ocean Color Scene - Riverboat Song

Paul Weller - Changing Man

Oasis - Wonderwall

The Jam - In the City

The Jam - The Butterfly Collector

Small Faces - Happy Days- Toytown

The Who - Heatwave.

Wiggins' wife Kat shares her husband's hobbies and even promised, if he was successful on the Tour, to run naked across Paris, covering intimate places only with the circular emblems of the British Air Force, which were adopted by fashion, but since nothing was heard about this action, apparently, Bradley talked her out of it.

Actions during the Tour de France

In the early days of the Tour, Twig flatly refused to speak French. No one would have demanded this from an Englishman, but Wiggins played for French teams for six years and speaks fluently the main language of the Tour. When it became obvious that he was sure to win, the French media quietly got the Englishman talking.

After the 8th stage, Wiggins was asked the question: "What would you say to those who believe that the Tour de France cannot be won without doping?" Twig's colorful answer contained almost all the swear words that are in the English language. The point boiled down to the fact that for those who have not achieved anything in life, it is easy to surf the Internet and water the riders. Sky's management supported their captain, but apparently they explained to him the need to choose expressions. A few days later, Wiggins was much more correct, agreeing that the reputation of cycling obliges leaders not only to regularly take doping tests, but also to answer unpleasant questions.

Wiggins crossed the finish line of stage 10, turning to Nibali. The Italian was offended, interpreting this as a sign of disdain: look, they say, how I did you. The next day, Wiggins and Nibali finished together, shaking hands, and from that point on they talked about each other with emphasized respect.

When, at the 14th stage, the riders began to puncture one after another due to the nails scattered along the road, Wiggins behaved like Armstrong at the height of fame, when the American's authority was so high that he could dictate his will to the entire peloton. Realizing that the main competitor Evans was not far behind for sporting reasons, the Sky captain convinced the group to wait for the laggards.

Having won the Tour, Twig did not rest on his laurels and took home the Olympics in the time trial. On August 1, at the walls of the former royal residence of Hampton Court, he was greeted by such crowds that the English kings never dreamed of. By the way, everything goes to the fact that the collection of Wiggins' state awards at the end of the year will be replenished with another order, which will mean for him the receipt of a knightly title.

The Chimp Paradox:

The Mind Management Program

to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness

Copyright © Dr Steve Peters 2012

Illustrations © Dr Steve Peters and Jeff Battista 2012

First published as The Chimp Paradox by Vermilion, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, a Random House Company

Translation Yulia Ryabinina

about the author

"I don't think I could have reached my potential without Steve."

Victoria Pendleton

"If not for Steve, I think I would not have won gold in Athens in 2004."

Sir Chris Hoy

"Steve Peters is a genius."

Dave Brailsford, UK National Cycling Director and Head of Sky ProCycling.

Dr. Steve Peters is a consultant psychiatrist with over 20 years of experience in clinical psychiatry. He received his education in mathematics and medicine and is engaged in professional development of specialists in the field of sports medicine, education and psychiatry.

Since 1994 years dr Peters is a senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield and is a curator at its medical school, as well as a member of the King's College Examination Board.

In addition, Dr. Peters is active in the field of sports. Since 2001, he is a staff psychiatrist for the British cycling team and now also the professional team, Team Sky. His methods of self-management have gained popularity due to the fact that he helped to improve the performance of the elite of British cycling and contributed to winning 14 gold medals for the Beijing Olympics, 8 of which were gold.

Sir Chris Hoy, Bredley Wiggins and Victoria Pendleton have publicly stated that Dr. Peters' unique Chimpanzee Model has helped them improve their athletic performance. In addition, Dr. Peters advises representatives of 12 other Olympic species sports, in particular, taekwondo and canoe, as well as English rugby and Premier League footballers.

In addition, Dr. Peters works with business and organizational leaders, senior executives, healthcare professionals, patients and university students to help them understand why they think and act the way they do, and how they should manipulate their minds to optimize your work and personal life.

The Chimpanzee Model, developed by Dr. Peters, can help people in any field. The Chimpanzee Paradox is the first time a wide audience is exposed to Dr. Peters' work, and the author hopes that it will benefit every reader.

Introduction
Rushing towards the sun

Book

This book is written to help you understand how your mind works and to offer a model for self-improvement and improvement in all aspects of your life.

My work as a psychiatrist and lecturer makes me hear a number of typical questions and comments from people. These questions usually center around personal problems that they cannot understand or solve.

Here are some common examples:

How do I…

To become the person I would like to be?

Build self-confidence?

Become happy?

Forge my personal relationship?

Become more organized and successful in your business?

Maintain your motivation?

Become a more efficient employee?

Why me…

Am I so anxious?

Do I hold such a low opinion of myself?

Do I constantly feel like I'm being judged?

Do I often act contrary to common sense?

Sometimes I start to think so irrational?

Experiencing such mood swings?

Do I allow my emotions to prevent me from realizing my full professional potential?

Why can't I ...

Stop worrying about what others think of me?

Make decisions?

Holding back your anger?

Dealing with unpleasant people?

Stop overeating?

Stay faithful?

Stop drinking alcohol?

The list goes on and on!

What this book has to offer you

She can help you:

Understand how your mind works.

Understand yourself and others.

Manage your thoughts and emotions.

Improve your quality of life.

Become happier and more successful in business.

Increase self-confidence and self-esteem.

Determine what is preventing or preventing you from living a happier and more successful life.

The path to self-knowledge and development

Our journey through this book will take you through the seven major areas of your psychology, helping you understand yourself and others. These are the following areas:

Your inner thinking.

Other people.

Communications.

The world you live in.

Maintaining your health.

Happiness.

An easy way to look at these spheres is to think of them as the seven different planets of the Psychological Universe that you travel to. Thus, you can visit each planet and work there to improve your universe. Strictly speaking, it is the solar system, but "Universe" sounds a little more meaningful.

Psychological Universe

The sun in this system represents the place where you want to go. Obviously, if you put all the planets in order, the sun will shine!

As you can see, the first planet has to do with your inner thinking. It is this planet that is most important to put in order.

Chimpanzee Model

The workings of your inner mind are complex, but can be explained with a simple model called the Chimpanzee Model, which:

Designed to help you understand and control your mind.

Based on complex scientific evidence.

It is neither a theory nor a rigorous scientific fact. It is a rough working model.

Contains both concepts and facts.

It's funny and at the same time has very serious aspects.

Preparing for the trip

To prepare for the trip, let's first look at some important points:

It is necessary to strive for and accept change

In order to change or become better, you must notice that you do not always function the way you would like, because you are not always the person you would like to be, or you are not always able to control your emotions, your thoughts or actions. You must be willing to deal with it, and you must be willing to accept the change.

It is important to understand what can and cannot be changed.

There are things that you have to accept in yourself, and there are things that you do not have to accept. It is very important to distinguish between the two. For example, you cannot get rid of the need for food, sexual urges, the automatic feeling of panic or anxiety that occurs when you are exposed to danger or stress. However, you can control them. Examples of things you can get rid of include useless, irrational, or negative thoughts and destructive behaviors such as self-flagellation or outbursts of aggression.

You need to understand the difference between real and unreal dreams.

You must understand what is possible and what is not. For example, you can become healthy and lean, gain self-confidence, or develop personal relationships. But it is impossible, for example, to be happy all the time or to please everyone and everyone.

Please understand that this book is about skill development

Managing your emotions and thoughts is a skill. You must be willing to devote some time to developing and maintaining emotional skills.

Don't forget you have a choice

In life, you always have a choice. To achieve success and happiness, it is very important to understand this and make your choice.

Going on the road

As we embark on our journey, you may find that some parts of the book will resonate more with you than others. Choose the parts that suit you and work with them.

So let's begin our journey and head towards the Sun.

) is a British track and road cyclist playing for Team Sky. Wiggins is a four-time Olympic champion, three times on the track and one time on the highway, as well as a six-time world champion on the track.

Biography

Bradley Wiggins was the firstborn of Australian cyclist Gary Wiggins and his English wife Linda. Born in Belgium, Bradley grew up with his brother Ryan in London. There, at the age of 12, he began racing at the Herne Hill Velodrome. At the end of 2004, Wiggins married in Manchester, and is raising a son and daughter with his wife, living in Lancashire.

Career

In 1997, Wiggins won the Junior Pursuit Championship, the most successful discipline for him in his adult career. At the Sydney Olympics, he won bronze in the British team pursuit quartet. In early 2001, Wiggins signed with the Linda McCartney Racing Team, but the veggie project fell apart almost immediately. From the next season, the Briton played for the French teams. At the Athens Olympics, Wiggins won a medal of every rank, winning the pursuit. He became the first Briton in 40 years to win 3 medals in a single game. At the New Year's Royal Awards, Wiggins was promoted to Officer of the British Empire. At the 2008 World Track Cycling Championships, Bradley, who has won three golds in the previous ones, doubled his collection, winning, in addition to individual and team pursuits, also Madison with Mark Cavendish. He managed to repeat the first two results at the Olympics (in the team race, Wiggins and his comrades broke the world record), but the duet with Cavendish was only 9th. At the end of the year, the Queen bestowed the title of Commander on Bradley.

At the end of the Beijing Olympics, Wiggins finally switched from track to highway.

In 2012, Wiggins purposefully prepared for the Tour de France, although he was not going to sacrifice the London Olympics, which started a week after the finish in Paris. In the spring, he won all 3 stages of the World Tour, where he started. Starting from the 7th stage, Bradley rode in a yellow jersey for the Tour de France; won for the first time in the cut at the 9th stage; at the 19th stage, also in the cut, he repeated his success and guaranteed victory in the general classification. Gregarie Wiggins Froom, stronger in the mountains, did not leave the captain at key stages, restraining himself, and eventually became the second.

Bradley Wiggins became the first ever British driver to win the Tour de France.

On the Olympic Games 2012 in London, the UK national team was considered the favorite in both the group race and the split race. In the group race, Wiggins was one of the deliveries for Mark Cavendish, but the UK team let the breakaway group go too far and could not overtake him to the finish line. V individual race time trial, Wiggins, who started second from the end, confidently won the race, beating Tony Martin by 42 seconds. Wiggins was honored to participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympics, where he appeared in a yellow jersey, greeted the audience and rang the giant bell to kick off the opening ceremony.

After his gold at the 2012 home Olympics, he won 7 Olympic medals, and in terms of the number of these awards he is the most titled representative of Great Britain, bypassing Steve Redgrave in this indicator. Later, in terms of the number of Olympic medals, the former track-mate caught up with him -

Christopher Hoy was born on March 23, 1976 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Like many boys, Christopher began to ride a bike from childhood, however, unlike his friends, he did not just race through the streets, but began to engage in cycling. He was only six years old when he determined to become a cyclist. As a teenager, Hoy raced BMX, reaching certain heights here - Hoy had the second ranking among young men in Britain, held fifth in Europe and was ninth in the world. In addition to BMX, the athletic and versatile Christopher Hoy played rugby with enthusiasm and even was a member of the national team of his school.

At the age of 14, Christopher Hoy began performing on the cycle track, and in 1994 he finally. definitively determined and his only interest becomes track cycling. BMX is left behind.

By focusing on two track riding - the 1K gita and the team sprint, Christopher has his early successes, and it is in these disciplines that he receives most of his awards.

In 2004, Hoi won his first Olympic medal, becoming the champion in the 1 km round. After that, the cyclist begins to expand his specialization, taking part in a new sprint type of competition for himself - keirin. Tactically, the move was very correct - after all, the athlete already knew that in his "crown" discipline - the 1 km round - he was not announced to participate in the Beijing Olympics. The first big success in keirin came in 2007 - it turned out gold medal world championship in Spain. At the same championship, he won another major victory in the 1 km round.

In 2008, Hoy begins to make progress in one of the most prestigious types of track program - the match sprint, having won two gold trophies at the World Championships in Manchester - for a keirin and for putting on a mastered match sprint. The peak of Christopher Hoy's sports career was the 2008 Beijing Olympics, with which the cyclist brought three gold medals at once. Luck smiled at him in the team sprint (with Jason Kenny and Jimmy Staff), in the keirin and in the match sprint. Although, of course, luck alone cannot win Olympic gold- behind these victories are sometimes overwhelming training, and the ability to concentrate, and, of course, willpower and the desire to win. In the 2008-09 season. Christopher Hoy did not appear in the first four stages of the World Cup, and only at the final stage in Copenhagen, he took part in the races. On the first day, as a member of Team Sky + HD, Hoi won gold in the team sprint. Unfortunately, the fall in the final race of Keirin did not give Hoy the opportunity to complete his performances, and also knocked him out of participation in the World Championships in Pruszkow, where he would have been a real contender for three gold medals.