Given my many years as a coach, I can tell you that cyclists who have jobs in executive positions, who remain at a desk most of the day, but still make a lot of decisions, struggle to commit to training as much as athletes who might be more active in their day-to-day lives, such as labourers/contractors, who tend to be more physical, but have the luxury of not having to make decisions.

Of course the physical toll of each person's daily life is different, and we wouldn’t expect the very active individual to have an advantage, but the amataeur cyclist that has a lot of important decisions to make, often has a harder time even getting on the bike.

Discussed in this episode. The definition of decision fatigue. How decision fatigue affects everyone. Comparisons between decision and mental fatigue versus physical fatigue. How decision fatigue affects cycling performance. How to cope with decision fatigue as an endurance athlete, including how to reduce decision fatigue and how to adapt to decision fatigue. How to get help.

Links to further resources:

- My profile: https://coachpav.com/meet-pav/ - Wikipedia definition of decision fatigue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_fatigue - Link to info on coaching: https://coachpav.com/coaching/ - Information on physical fatigue: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/fatigue - Information on decision.mental fatigue: https://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/burnout-prevention-and-recovery.htm - Study on the affects of mental fatigue and sports performance: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328540159_The_effects_of_mental_fatigue_on_sport-related_performance - My client profiles: https://coachpav.com/category/cycling-client-profiles/ - Blog on nutrition for time poor athletes: https://coachpav.com/cycling-nutrition/the-time-poor-cyclists-guide-to-nutrition-2/ - Blog on how your mentality affects your cycling performance: https://coachpav.com/cycling-mentality/how-your-mentality-affects-your-cycling-performance/