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Tag Archives: sports psychology
A Good Life Is About Recognizing Unhealthy Mind And Body Patterns And Then To Fix Them
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! We each possess and display evidence of many patterns of behavior in our bodies and minds (are the mind and body separate things or one entity? I suspect the latter!). Some of these patterns … Continue reading
Posted in awareness, Body Awareness, exercise and health, Exercise Tips, Feldenkrais, psychology
Tagged Exercise Tips, Feldenkrais, sports psychology
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Don’t Be Blindsided By Lack Of Body Awareness As You Age Or You’ll Beat Up The Only Body You Have
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! I suspect that improved body awareness applied to safe exercise for better health can open the road to enjoyable endurance racing and an active old age. In my last Ironman race a few days … Continue reading
Posted in aging, Body Awareness, exercise and health, Exercise Tips, injury, motivation, Older Athlete, Running
Tagged Exercise Tips, Ironman, Philosophy, Running, sports psychology
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Train For The Conditions Or They’ll Take You Down But Sometimes Success Is Disguised As Failure
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! When training for endurance races it is critical to prepare yourself for the expected conditions, but this is not always easy as conditions are not necessarily predictable. That said, if you run (or … Continue reading
Posted in Exercise Tips, motivation, Older Athlete
Tagged Exercise Tips, Ironman, motivation, sports psychology
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Don’t Let Fear Of Tomorrow Or Pre-Race Jitters Spoil Today Just Try Meditating On Living In The Now
“Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self.” From the Tao te Ching by Lao-tzu, translated by S. Mitchell Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! I consider meditation, and more specifically meditating on living … Continue reading
Posted in awareness, exercise and health, Exercise Tips, motivation, Older Athlete, psychology
Tagged Exercise Tips, Ironman, Older Athletes, sports psychology
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Don’t F**k With Me Old Man And A Brief Comment On Motivation As You Age
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! One of the keys to continuing a program of safe exercise for better health, and to maintain your level of motivation, as you age, is to stay young at heart and learn from … Continue reading
Posted in aging, exercise and health, Exercise Tips, motivation, Older Athlete
Tagged aging, Exercise Tips, Ironman, motivation, Older Athletes, Philosophy, sports psychology
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The Meaning Of Life, Snowballs, Business, And Endurance Training
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! You’ve got to love the spring, as life renews itself and so do we, as we are life. As I headed out with the dogs for an early morning walk I noticed that … Continue reading
Posted in business, exercise and health, Exercise Tips, motivation, psychology, Running
Tagged Exercise Tips, motivation, Philosophy, sports psychology
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You Are Who You Think You Are So Think Big
Hi folks! Thanks for stopping by! As an athlete, when you undertake a program of safe exercise for better health, or for life in general, your performance will be very much a function of who and what you think … Continue reading