Training your mind is an essential part of any cardio training program, in fact, it is the key for achieving long-term success and achieving your weight loss goals. Her are 5 mind tricks for better mind training and cardio workout:
1 - Build a ritual
Human beings are creatures of habits; we tend to repeat the same physical and mental patterns on a daily basis and what allows us to do so are the rituals we practiced over time. Therefore, if you make exercising into a ritual, you will also make it a part of your daily life and you won't have to think much in order to do it-it will happen automatically. You can do this by committing a specific time and place for the workout no matter what, for at least 4 weeks.
2 - Use positive anchors
Anchoring is associating an outside stimulus to an external experience or emotional state. Through associative conditioning, you can teach your brain to correlate an external trigger for an emotional state that's most appropriate for running.
I never go out running without my hat, and as soon as I put it on, my body reacts immediately and knows that is time for working out. Of course, this happens with practice and time, but it's worth the effort.
3 - Reward yourself:
After a tough workout, the best thing you can do is to reward yourself and appreciate the progress you made. For example you can immerse yourself in a hot bath while listening to your favorite music or reading a fiction book. This type of pleasant activity will make working out more enticing, attractive and enjoyable.
4 - Focus on the desired results
Energy goes where attention goes; this why you need to be careful about where you aim your attention laser beam. When exercising, you should keep your mind focused on the outcomes you want to achieve; this helps your motivation and will also put your mind off fatigue and pain.
Without focus, you will be under the mercy of peaks and valleys of the training session.
5 - Train your subconscious
The subconscious mind is the one in control; we like to believe that our conscious minds have the control, but we actually don't; the conscious is just for the ride. Therefore, it is crucial to train the subconscious mind as well the physical body.
The best way to do so is by seeing yourself ALREADY achieving realistic results; the subconscious does not know the difference between reality and fantasy, as a result he treats the visuals as commands, thus increasing your chances of success exponentially.
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