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Do you step onto the court feeling flat? Do you (almost) always lose the first game? Even though you warmup does it take 5-10 more miles or 30 more minutes to warm up? You may not have enough energy. As an athlete you don’t think about how much energy you need to get started. You just assume if you eat the right amount of food and do a warm-up that you’ll be ready to roll. Not the case. You need to know how much energy you need to start off strong and stay strong; mentally & physically. If you walk onto the … Continued
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Mental Moment-music positively affects performance
I have written several blogs on the power of music. Years ago I was a contributor to an article in the London Times about the power of music to working out. I read an article in the NY Times yesterday that reinforced all of the positive benefits that I’ve ever preached. The article The Power of Music, Tapped in a Cubicle was written about research done in work areas but the physiological information would hold true to elite performers as well. The use of music When I work with clients I use music in several ways but two of the primary ways … Continued
Mental Moment-energy
Energy is not necessarily something that we think about very often. However if we are in a situation (competition or exercise) and need an increase of energy or less energy it is important to be aware of that and come up with a game plan for increasing or decreasing energy. For example, one of my clients kept losing her first game in matches that were 1 of 3. When there are only 3 games in a match and continuing to lose the 1st game not only lowered her advantage but it lowered her self confidence. We realized that she didn’t … Continued
Athletes listen to the music
Take a second to think about why you listen to music. Why do you? For most of you it’s probably because music is fun and happy but there are other reasons people listen to music. Music elicits emotions for example when you hear certain songs from your childhood I’ll bet it brings up certain emotions. Music also distracts us from things we don’t want to focus on for example, the pain of training. Not only does music benefit us in our personal lives but it can benefit you in your athletic endeavors. Music elicits emotion As an athlete what kind of … Continued
Energy: facilitates and debilitates us
Everyday we have and we use ‘energy’. That energy includes mental, emotional and physical. You generally know if you don’t have enough physical energy. You feel lethargic, unable to move and struggle to prepare for what’s ahead. You also know when you have a lot of physical energy. Your heart races, your pulse is rapid and sometimes you feel like you could could do something for a very long time; forever. When you don’t have enough physical energy what is the one thing you generally do to ‘get’ energy? Many people eat to get energy. Some people exercise to get … Continued
How does decision making effect your efforts to diet
Photo credit: John Tierney Do we have a finite store of mental energy for exerting self-control? Most of the information from the blog comes from the August 21, 2011 Sunday Magazine. This is a very interesting article written on Decision fatigue written by John Tierney. Decision fatigue is the newest discovery involving a phenomenon called ego depletion. Freud speculated that the self, or ego, depended on mental activities involving the transfer of energy. This article/blog discusses some background on decision fatigue, willpower and ego depletion and how that impacts dieters. Experiments have demonstrated that there is a finite store of mental energy for exerting … Continued