I just got back from a long ride out on the bike. It was one of those days and fitness sessions when you quickly realise things are not going to go your way. I’m sure you have experienced the feeling yourself, when your body just doesn’t respond the way you would like it to and your mind screams at you to forget about the days training session and cut it short to avoid the discomfort.
Gym time is almost always considered precious. It is a time when we can escape the stresses of the day and make improvements to the way we look and feel, which helps to boost our confidence and happiness. Unfortunately we can get complacent and may begin to sabotage our own efforts without even realising it. Take a look at the following things that take place in the routines of many and decide whether you are sabotaging your own gym time and fitness progress by doing any of them:
Elite athletes are amongst the fittest living beings on the planet. They are finely tuned, exquisitely conditioned and mentally robust individuals who consistently achieve high standards of fitness. We can admire them, we can want to look like them, and we may even try to act like them, but we can benefit most from thinking like them. The mindset of an elite athlete is what sets them apart from everyone else. Let’s remember that they are only human like the rest of us, they have busy lifestyles, families and temptations to battle with, but their fitness never suffers.
The way they think provides them with the ability to consistently enforce good habits that provide the most effective health and fitness results. Lets explore the mindset of an elite athlete:
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