Why Do Some Athletes Endure Stress Better Than Others?

There is a simple explanation for why some athletes endure stress better than others and it comes down to one word: PERCEPTION… Perception is one of the 5 critical elements of an athlete’s mindset. It’s the element that explains how thoughts create reality and why 10 people can see the same thing and each see […]

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The Purpose of Training Pain

Training pain is the pain you experience when you are training to push yourself beyond your current limitations. The purpose of this pain is to condition the body to tolerate extreme fatigue, thousands of hours of repetition, performing while hurt, injury recovery, and learning from failure, among other things. As you condition your body your […]

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Ultramarathoner Shares Her Visualization Secret for Increasing Pain Tolerance

Visualization is one of the most important mental skills an athlete can have. It’s a skill that not only helps athletes prepare with mental rehearsal, it’s also a skill that helps athletes in real time as they fight through adversity. When it comes to the latter, facing the pain of fatigue is often the first type […]

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