exercise psychology

Lets work together to help people

Written by on August 17, 2011

Teamwork

Here is my belief: I belief that the team approach is the best approach. Lets all work together! In order for Sports & Exercise Psychology (or anything) to be effective it needs to be embraced by the athlete and exerciser but most importantly by the other people who work with the them. It’s now become really imperative (to me) that all support people of athletes and exercisers: coaches, personal trainers, assistant coaches, mentors, physical therapists, etc. have some knowledge of how important the mental aspect is so they can decide what to do with it for their clients; particularly since … Continued

What is Exercise Psychology?

Written by on August 1, 2011

Exercise psychology

You may be thinking that exercise psychology is the same as sports psychology so why would I even bother blogging about it. I am blogging about it because they are pretty different. There are some similarities but there are many differences. Here is the technical definition: exercise psychology is concerned with the application of psychological principles to the promotion of physical activity and exercise, the psychological and emotional consequences of physical activity and exercise and the psychological, emotional and health related consequences of the lack of exercise. Wow what the heck does that mean??? Here is my interpretation and what … Continued