Find Your Motivation

It is the start of summer and you may be finding that you are searching for the motivation to either start an exercise program, or to maintain consistency in the one you are currently in. You may be saying such things as “I should…” or “I would but…” This type of self-talk creates a sense of guilt and can immobilize …

Fear

Fear is a powerful and effective emotion that can motivate you to take action or disable you from living your dream. The purpose of fear is to keep you alive and safe, not to prevent you from living a life full of happiness and purpose. Fear creates discomfort in life areas therefore, when you begin to notice these feelings you …

Creating Purposeful Goals

You can deepen your sense of self through learning how to strengthen your connection in working towards purposeful goals. When your goals lack connection and passion you can feel burdened, heavy, and trapped. Constantly seeking and never feeling satisfied as you are driven to achieve more. This may play out through over scheduling and doing everything for others, or feeling paralyzed, avoiding …

Mental Strength (Part 4)

Resiliency We can learn the most about ourselves through our failures and loses then through our accomplishments and winnings. In order to change our mindset and succeed we must be willing to experience discomfort and accept the possibility that we will likely fail more then once before we achieve our goal. Just before starting a workout or anything in life …

Mental Strength (Part 3)

Performing Under Pressure Whether it is completing your first athletic performance at a practice or in a game situation there are perceived levels of pressure that athletes place upon themselves. Performing under an optimal level of pressure can be described as having a strong incentive to perform to your best ability without feeling anxious or overwhelmed. There have been many …

Mental Strength (Part 2)

Purposeful determination comes from applying our energy toward a positive, meaningful direction. When life events lead to destructive behaviour, desperation and self-pity consume our energy and we become drained, causing our bodies to begin to shut down. It is in choosing to see a positive perspective that we can transform our self-defeating energy into persistence and effectiveness. It becomes by …

Mental Strength (Part 1)

In athletic performance and life our mind can be our greatest ally or our biggest enemy. Despite how physically strong we are it is often how we are thinking that can be the determining factor between a great performance and a poor one. The only limits that exist when we are putting it all to the test are those we impose …

Enhance Your Life’s Performance

As we already know, most high intensity, functional movement sports programs are constantly varied to meet individuals at their performance level. Athletic performance is about much more than obtaining physical health it is about conquering negative, limiting beliefs about what you were capable of, and realizing that your potential is far beyond what you once allowed yourself to imagine. It …