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functional fitness, strength training, and flexibility
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Stregth Training and Functional Fitness with a Warrior's Attitude
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Total Body Transformation Training BlogA journey about training the entire body to acheive peak fitness and health. Whole body training isn't about body building, toning or running a marathon per se. It's about teaching the body to optimize and balance strength, speed, and strength-endurance. And it's about developing an attitude that is all to lacking in the West around hard work, effort, and the meaning of the journey. Tuesday, March 02, 2004Visualization and SuccessThe marathon training program I am doing (from "The Non-Runners Marathon Trainer") puts a heavy emphasis on visualization techniques and positive self-talk. This is not something isolated to marathon training. Body for Life -- the book and fitness program by Bill Phillips and EAS -- puts a heavy emphasis on having the proper mindset in order to succeed in their 12 week challenge. After a few weeks with the marathon training program, I am starting to see the positive effects of the visualizations and self-talk.The idea behind positive self-talk is simple -- we become what we most think about. The subconscious has the ability to help us resolve most any personal question and acheive almost any goal. What matters is how the internal dialogue with ourselves is framed. If we ask ourselves open ended but positive questions, the tendancy is toward positive results and answers. Picturing myself as a runner is prerequisite to actually being able to run with the endurance the marathon requries. Interestingly enough, this training program is comparatively light on distance running -- the longest pre race run ever attempted being less than 20 miles. The success of the program through many semesters of college and open enrollment students has been in establishing the discipline of running and in focusing on positive thinking and acheivement.
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