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| COACHING PERSPECTIVE |
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“5 Mental Muscles for Athletic Success”
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Board illustration and content below comes from “5 Mental Muscles for Athletic Success” by Jim Taylor Ph.D. @drjimtaylor on the @psych_today website
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MOTIVATION is not how committed you say you are, but whether you are actually doing what is necessary to accomplish those goals.
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I define CONFIDENCE as how strongly you believe in your ability to perform your best and achieve your competitive and long-term goals.
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INTENSITY is the level of physiological activity you feel in your body including heart rate, respiration, blood flow, and adrenaline.
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FOCUS involves paying attention to things that will help you perform your best (e.g., technique, tactics, effort) and avoiding distractions that interfere with your performing well (e.g., results, other athletes, an upcoming exam).
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I define MINDSET as what is going through your mind in the 30 seconds before begin a practice or competitive performance.
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| COACHING CUE |
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“Being comfortable with being uncomfortable starts with your face.”
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Have you ever seen @anniethorisdottir compete?
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Very rarely will you ever see her with a troubled face. It’s not uncommon to see her smiling in the midst of a workout.
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We can all agree that the mind is a powerful tool. By making faces of stress and defeat we reinforce to our mind that the current challenge is indeed uncomfortable.
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Keep a confident, determined, COMFORTABLE face, forget about being uncomfortable and push forward. Don’t give your mind the chance to believe that you are uncomfortable.
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| MOVEMENT LIBRARY |
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“The Kipping Pull-Up”
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Points of Performance
Set Up:
- Hands just outside shoulder-width
- Full grip on the bar
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Movement:
- Start hanging with arms extended
- Initiate swing with shoulders
- Alternate between arched and hollow positions
- Drive hips toward the bar while in hollow position
- At the same time, push down on the bar with straight arms
- Rapidly extend hips, then pull with arms
- Pull until chin is higher than the bar
- Initiate descent by pushing away from the bar
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| COACHING CUE |
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“Click then pull” - when pulling the barbell off the ground
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“Getting and maintaining tension is crucial for a big deadlift. This is accomplished via upper back and lat tension.
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Use the barbell as a counterbalance to get the chest up and weight back (armpits above the bar), and then "make the barbell click.” - Tony Gentilcore @tonygentilcore via “Tip: The Simplest Deadlift Fix” 9/4/16 on the @testosteronenation website
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“Speed should NOT be applied until this slack is taken out! Taking slack out of the bar encourages full body tension to help enhance force transfer and reduce the risk of injury!
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Get tight FIRST, take the slack out of the bar, THEN apply speed for an efficient pull!” - via “Five ways to increase strength off the floor” by Dr. Zach Long @thebarbellphysio and Dr. Michael Mash @barbellrehab
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| COACHING PERSPECTIVE |
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“The greatest adaptation in CrossFit takes place between the ears.” - Greg Glassman as told by Greg Amundson @gregoryamundson the original firebreather
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For more information please see “Coaching the Mental Side of CrossFit” by Greg Amundson 2010 in the @crossfittraining Journal
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| COACHING PERSPECTIVE |
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“Earned Confidence” - the feeling of self assurance developed from a history of relevant experience
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“Whether you’re the employee at a company or you own your own business, it’s irrelevant, go after something, but make sure you have the earned confidence, the background from dedication, research, finding mentors, whatever it may be to KNOW that you are going to be successful
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And if you have that, you can walk into any situation feeling confident and knowing that you’re going to be as successful as you possibly can be in that particular situation.” - Jason Khalipa @jasonkhalipa @amrapmentality (2019). Coffee with Khalipa Podcast Episode 1: Earned Confidence (January)
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| COACHING PERSPECTIVE |
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“Leave your ego at the door” - second slide: door at @crossfit_naptown
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The following words are from Peter Brasovan @palphab Co-Owner of @crossfit_naptown when asked the importance of leaving your ego at the door.
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“CrossFit was founded on the principles of CVFMHI. Many people miss the first portion of this statement and jump straight to the High-Intensity piece. .
If we take a minute to go back to some of Coach Glassman's early post one would find some basic introductory elements of gymnastics, weightlifting and more.
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Focusing on these basic elements usually requires one to practice movement at low intensity. In order to truly master what some consider these Basic Elements of fitness it is necessary to check your ego and take 5 steps back.
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Many athletes get caught up gawking at the impressiveness of a butterfly pull up, a muscle up, 275+ lb snatch or C&J.
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However, would that same person be just as impressed to watch an athlete do a true 3-minute unbroken L-Sit on parrallets?
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The mastery of a visually boring movement like the L sit takes incredible discipline and practice.
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In my opionion, to master these two core concepts "discipline and practice" one must truly be required to "Leave their Ego" behind.”
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| COACHING EDUCATION |
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“Sleep is the greatest legal performance enhancing drug.” - Dr. Matt Walker, author of Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams (recommended reading)
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“Sleep is the greatest legal performance enhancing drug that most people are neglecting in sport... if you’re getting 6 hours of sleep or less, your time to physical exhaustion drops by up to 30%.” - Walker during the @joerogan Experience #1109
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Below are excerpts from his book:
“Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day - Mother Nature's best effort yet at contra-death.”
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“Routinely sleeping less than six or seven hours a night demolishes your immune system, more than doubling your risk of cancer.”
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