mental training
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The Lazy Person’s Guide To ‘High-Intensity’ Workouts
Killer workouts come with bragging rights: can you believe you survived that? But you can get a perfectly good sweat on without doing anything labelled “high intensity” or headed by a sadistic coach. It’s okay for a workout not to feel like torture, but only like work.
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Try These Sports Psychology Techniques To Get Through Childbirth
I once ran a marathon and gave birth to a baby in the same year, and found them to be, mentally, very similar events. In both cases it doesn’t hurt too much in the beginning, but you know you have to save your strength. You will hit a point where you feel your body can…
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Reverse Your Workout To Make It More Enjoyable
It’s tempting to want to start your workout with the easiest part, and build up to the more intense stuff by the end. But if you’re having trouble motivating yourself to come back for another sweat session, flipping your workout around could leave you with better parting memories.