Think progress not barriers. Our lives are full of cycles. We win and we fail. We gain and we lose. We progress and we stop. Barriers are not made to stop you, but they are made to make you find out how to break them. Barriers are important because they can push us in the right direction. Times of failure cause us to use everything that we have to get to where we want to be. Think outside of the box and push your limits. Limits are excuses that are used when you are afraid of failing. This kind of negative thinking is what leads to failure. With fitness, if you believe that you cannot complete that last set or if you feel like your body cannot make it past the workout then you have already lost. Sure we all have our own limits, but how many times do we really reach that absolute “limit”. The thing is, it is okay to fail. We need to accept when we have lost, but how do you get better. In Sports Psychology, there is something called the Iceberg Profile. This consists of 6 elements that influence performance. The elements are anger, depression, tension, vigor, fatigue, and confusion. Vigor was found to have the most positive effect on performance by a landslide. Vigor leads to the iceberg shape. In order to perform at a higher level in sports and at life we need to be able to try. We need to try to progress. If you think about how you probably won’t complete that workout then you will fail. If and when you do fail, try thinking about how you can do better the next time. If I am trying to do the highest weight possible on a squat and if I try my heart out and fail, I will see how I can make sure I do not fail next time. Sometimes I will go back a step in my workouts and change other factors such as the rest or increase in repetitions. I can change the speed of the lift or I can work on any other weak points. In life too, if you fail think about the next step. I lost a job before, which was a terrible feeling, but I figured out how to be better. If you get in a fight with a significant other, how can you learn and how you can make the relationship better. If you are not thinking about these things then maybe the problem starts with you and your thinking. Think about how to progress.
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 03:39:19 +0000
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