Workout Motivation & Your Brain

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Posted on 16/10/2012. Last edited on 05/11/2015.

This thread will include articles and affirmations for boosting your workout performance.

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• Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. – John F. Kennedy

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Pieces Excerpted From Workout Tips: Go Longer Than Before
What’s really standing between your will and your workout plan is your brain. In 2007, researchers at the University of Wisconsin measured electrical activity in the muscles of exercisers while they pedaled stationary bikes. As their performance declined, so did electrical activity, which is doled out directly from—you guessed it—mission control. Turns out your brain can give out on your muscles whenever it wants to—even if your body wants to get in shape and has enough energy left for five more sets. Of course, everyone has a true limit (don’t try to bang out an Ironman tomorrow), but your noggin often puts on the brakes sooner than necessary.

So why does your brain act like an overprotective parent on prom night? Especially when you know that getting through the last painful set of lunges increases your chances of waking up tomorrow with buns of Steeel? Here’s what’s going on: When you work out harder than you’re used to, your brain thinks, we have no data on whether an extra set of dead lifts will damage her body. I’d better make her pretty damn uncomfortable by reducing electrical output to the muscles so she’ll quit this nonsense. That’s when you start to poop out, cut your losses, and head for the showers.

But you can recalibrate your brain to chill—whether you’re strength training or trying to shave a few minutes off your half-marathon pace. The key is to train it to think Been there, done that. According to studies by Tim Noakes, M.D., a professor of exercise and sports science at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and the author of The Lore of Running, exposing your muscles to fatigue in a systematic and progressive manner sensitizes your brain to the extra effort in a way that keeps it from freaking out about sudden changes. One way to get the job done: isometrics, exercises that work your muscles without your actually moving them. Instead, you hold specific contractions for a set amount of time; adding more time increases your endurance. Dive into this heady isometric workout and within five weeks, you’ll have your melon completely brainwashed.
Going the Distance

“ Health & Fitness”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3OK0BXkYzY
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Posted on 16/10/2012.

• A man’s health can be judged by which he takes two at a time – pills or stairs. – Joan Welsh

• “Almost half of all premature deaths in the United States and other developed countries are caused by lifestyle related problems. We can prevent many of these deaths and enhance quality of life for millions of people if we can help them exercise regularly, eat nutritious foods, avoid tobacco and excess alcohol, learn to manage stress, enhance social networks and economic conditions, clarify lifestyle values, and achieve a sense of fulfillment in their intellectual pursuits” American Journal of Health Promotion | 248-682-0707
  
  
  

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Posted on 16/10/2012. Last edited on 30/10/2012.

• The only disability in life is a bad attitude. – Scott Hamilton

• The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy…It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed. – Jacqueline Gareau, 1980 Boston Marathon champ
• Our health always seems much more valuable after we lose it. – Unknown

• Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can’t buy. – Izaak Walton

• Exercise is good for your mind, body, and soul. – Susie Michelle Cortright
• It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
• Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. To us, exercise is nothing short of a miracle. – Cher
• Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year. – Franklin P. Adams

• Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness. – Earl of Derby
• Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted. – Denis Waitley

•  You have the gift of a powerful brain, but it sometimes has a mind of its own! Fortunately, you also have the ability to harness that power and apply it to a fixed purpose that can enhance your life, your health, and your happiness. If you exercise your mental muscle of resolve, over time, you will develop the mental strength and confidence to accomplish whatever you set out to do.
• Pickthebrain.comblog

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• Mental & Emotional Benefits of Exercise
  ENHANCES SELF ESTEEM
  IMPROVES CONCENTRATION
  REDUCES STRESS
  PROMOTES POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE
  PROMOTES EMOTIONIAL STABILITY
  INCREASES MENTAL ENERGY
  IMPROVES SLEEP PATTERNS
  INCREASES SENSE OF WELL BEING
  REDUCES NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
  RELIEVES ANXIETY AND TENSION
  RELIEVES DEPRESSION AND FATIGUE
  IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE

• By exercise. I’ll tell you one thing, you don’t always have to be on go. I sit around a lot, I read a lot, and I do watch television. But I also work out for two hours every day of my life, even when I’m on the road. – Jack LaLanne

• The first wealth is health – Emerson

THE POWER OF INFINITE LOVE & GRATITUDE An Evolutionary Journey to Awakening Your Spirit by Dr. Darren R. Weissman. /The Greatest Mysteries to Unravel – The Subconscious Mind By Darren R. Weissman in Mystery on July 6th, 2008 /

Mindset Articles :

The Mindset of a Successful Bodybuilder

Be Flexible, Be Consistent, Be Prepared

Achieve Bodybuilding Gains by Adopting the Mindset of a Successful Bodybuilder!
Here is what the mindset of a successful bodybuilder looks like:
1. The successful bodybuilder analyzes his/her time commitments and creates a bodybuilding plan that suits his/her situation.
2. He/She prepares all meals in advance along with liquid meals in order to prevent missing meals.
3. If the plan is affected for whatever reason, instead of being depressed about it and leaving it, a modification is made in order to continue execution. So for instance if a training session is missed, then it is performed on the following day. If a meal is missed, then it is consumed as soon as possible. If an unscheduled cheat meal is consumed, then the bodybuilder gets right back on the diet on the following meal instead of blowing the diet for the whole day, or week.
In a nutshell, for any challenge that the bodybuilder faces, a solution is researched and executed in order to continue with the bodybuilding lifestyle.
There is no room for frustration nor thoughts of dropping the bodybuilding plan in the mindset of a successful bodybuilder. Always think damage control, never “falling off the wagon”, so to speak, as once off, you run the risk of never getting back on.
In my fifteen years involved in bodybuilding, I have noticed that this is the mindset of the most successful bodybuilders. Successful bodybuilders always look for solutions while the non-successful ones always look for excuses.

˚ I AM joy of clarity, being & doing  

Posted on 17/10/2012.

U.S. News & World Report reveals five ways that exercise can enhance your brainpower and mood :

• It reverses the detrimental effects of stress. Exercise boosts levels of soothing brain chemicals like serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine.

• Exercise may actually work on a cellular level to reverse stress’s toll on your aging process.

• It lifts depression. Sustained, sweat-inducing activity can reduce symptoms of depression about as effectively as antidepressants.

• It improves learning. Exercise increases the level of brain chemicals called growth factors that help make new brain cells.

• It builds self-esteem and improves body image. Even simply seeing fitness improvements, like running a faster mile or lifting more weight, can improve your self-esteem and body image.

• It leaves you feeling euphoric. High-intensity exercise can leave you with a feeling of euphoria.

Try running, biking, or swimming as fast as you can for 30 to 40 seconds and then reduce your speed to a gentle pace for five minutes before sprinting again.
Further, a new study by researchers at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago have revealed impressive insights into why exercise is so good for your brain. In short, it appears that exercise lowers the activity of bone-morphogenetic protein or BMP, which slows the production of new brain cells.
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