When an athlete hears the word conditioning, they automatically think about physical endurance. In essence, conditioning is just a shorthand way of describing the process of pushing one’s body to the point of complete fatigue and then pushing as far past that point as one can withstand. While this description of conditioning is accurate, it’s […]
When an athlete is feeling anxiety, it’s likely someone will tell them to enjoy the process. The idea that the cure to anxiety is this simple is as cliché as it comes. Consequently, as with all clichés, the response when an athlete hears this is often a head shake and an eye roll. It’s not […]
Given the choice to do something the hard way or the easy way seems like it’s not a choice at all. Easy is easy because it feels better and choosing what feels better tends to be the better choice when all other things are equal. However, in most things in life all other things are […]