The Mental Muscle Behind the Mountains - What Harry Meade Teaches Us About Mindset

The Neil Foster Rider Mindset Podcast

🎧 Bonus: The Mental Muscle Behind the Mountains -What Harry Meade Teaches Us About Mindset

Why do some riders thrive under pressure, while others crumble, even after doing the physical prep?

In this episode, equestrian mindset coach Neil Foster unpacks the deeper lesson behind Harry Meade’s legendary hill-based training program. While the world praises Meade’s innovative fitness strategy, Neil reveals the real takeaway: the high-performance mindset it takes to build, and stick to a system like that.

You’ll learn:

• Why resilience is a skill trained through repetition, not motivation

• How riders can mirror the hill-based conditioning process mentally

• The power of steady, deliberate preparation over quick fixes

• Three mindset coaching tools to apply today

• Why mental clarity matters as much as muscle in high-stakes moments

Whether you're competing, schooling, or rebuilding your riding confidence, this episode will help you start conditioning your inner rider for long-term success.

Free Resource:
Download Neil’s Ride with Confidence Hypnosis Track, your pre-ride ritual for calming nerves and building subconscious trust. Free Ride with Confidence Hypnosis Recording

Mindset Challenge This Week:
Pick one “mental hill” and commit to climbing it daily for 7 days.
Start building your invisible muscles.

Rider Reflection:
“Where in my riding am I chasing fast results instead of trusting deep preparation?”

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