Spring Training
For a lot of us, Spring brings with it the desire to lose weight, get in good physical condition, or participate in various sporting events. Below I've included information to help you get started or continue on your journey to success in your chosen sport or activity.
Mental Training & Motivation
Sports (and weight reduction) are approximately 80% brain and 20% brawn. Wouldn’t you agree that when working out and training we should address this? We take great care to prepare our bodies for sports, but how much time do we allow for mental training? I’ll briefly list a few ways to identify your needs, change perceptions, and increase the mental muscle necessary to stay motivated to work out and perform at your peak.
Identify your motivation
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What are your beliefs and /or doubts?
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Why do you want to workout/lose weight?
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What negative beliefs do you have about losing weight?
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Have you been unable to successfully lose weight in the past?
Perceptions
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Change your perceptions around working out and eating healthy
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Turn anxiety into confidence
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Turn boredom into motivation
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Turn misplaced focus into laser sharp focus
Solutions
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Mental training tools & techniques
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Visualization
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Rituals
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Hypnosis/Self-hypnosis
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Build/increase self-confidence
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Improve focus
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Avoid mental traps (negative self-talk or negative talk from others)
Visualization: close your eyes and image yourself giving a perfect performance, no matter what exercise or sport. Let this mental movie be as realistic as possible; notice how your body moves, how you feel, exactly what you are doing to perform at your peak and create an anchor to this feeling.
Increasing focus & confidence: create routines and follow-through, remember successful past events (how they made you feel), try meditation or yoga.
Hypnosis/Self-Hypnosis: the American Medical Association and the American Psychological Association have both endorsed hypnosis as a viable means of improving health and creating change. Hypnosis is effective in helping you to increase focus and confidence, and it can help you to quiet negative self-talk. Hypnosis can also help you deal with emotional eating by getting to the source, and motivation to work out and eat healthier.
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