Even you have 60 seconds to turn your day around. Try one of these 60-seconds fixes the next time you feel stressed. Slow and deepen your breath. “When you get stressed, you release adrenaline, which produces more stress and makes you panic,” explains Amit Sood, MD, a professor and stress expert at Mayo Clinic Healthy […]
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Three Words Every Athlete Needs to Hear
When a child knows you see them, they want to impress you. Changing the Game Project founder John O’Sullivan’s TED talk teaches parents to say five simple words to your child after a game or practice, “I love watching you play.” The key word is watching. Watching is being present and engaged. See the good. […]
Read MoreSome of My Favorite Things About Coaching and Athletes
Some of my Favorite Things About Athletes. In this blog, I discuss a few aspects about coaching and athletes that I have always found interesting. Hopefully you, as readers, will find it as interesting as I do! Coaching, When is it Too Much? Athletes are some of the most coordinated, quick thinking, and instinctional beings. […]
Read MoreSome Tips on How to Spring Clean Your Fitness Routine
It’s that time of year again — the snow’s melting, the sun’s shining and those thick sweaters in the closet are about to go into storage. It’s the perfect time to reignite your motivation by breaking away from your boring winter routine and embracing the great outdoors. Kick off spring with a healthy start by […]
Read MoreSports Diet: Eat Fat, Get Fat or Eat Fat, Get Healthy?
Remember when the “eat fat, get fat” mantra was all the rage? We all avoided fat like the plague. We ate poached fish, dry salads, and steamed vegetables in efforts to reduce the risk of getting fat – to say nothing of having a heart attack. Unfortunately for many low-fat eaters, dieting went awry. Fat-free […]
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