Archive for August, 2008

Progress?

Friday, August 15, 2008 8:22 2 Comments

Self-audit time!
What kind of shape are you in? How strong are you? How lean (or not) are you?
Are you closer to your goals than you were two weeks ago? Two months ago? Last year?
If your training and diet are working, then the answer to the above question should be [...]

This was posted under category: The Mental Game

Michael Phelps’ Diet.

Thursday, August 14, 2008 22:04 No Comments

Today, as I trained my clients, not one session went by without talk about The Diet.
Yes, Michael Phelps‘ diet. I’ll refrain from passing judgment and try to talk about it from an athlete’s POV, as I feel news articles are sensationalizing Phelps - “What a freak.”
The question. “How can he eat all that [...]

This was posted under category: Nutrition, Sports Performance

Basics, continued.

Monday, August 11, 2008 12:45 2 Comments

Olympics time is a great time to point out the obvious, which is that world-class athletes make things look easy, even when things aren’t.  In fact, you could argue that the very definition of a world-class athlete is one who makes the impossible (or the incredible) look easy.
This makes sense if you understand sport.  Sport [...]

This was posted under category: Sports Performance, fundamentals

Get Started NOW.

Monday, August 4, 2008 22:06 No Comments

“Overthinking.”
“Closet Perfectionism.”
“Failure To Launch.”
“Paralysis By Analysis.”
It goes by many names, but boils down to the same root: You say you’ve got to get in shape; eat healthier; lose weight; but haven’t found the “best” program.  And you can’t start until you know you can do it right.  So you end up talking a lot about [...]

This was posted under category: The Mental Game