How Unhealthy Do You Need It?: Mastering the Psychology of Thoughts over Muscle
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The best athletic performances spring from the thoughts, not the physique.
Elite athletes have identified this for many years and now science is studying why it’s true. In his fascinating new e book How Unhealthy Do You Need It?, coach Matt Fitzgerald examines greater than a dozen pivotal races to find the stunning methods elite athletes strengthen their psychological toughness.
Fitzgerald places you into the pulse-pounding motion of greater than a dozen epic races from operating, biking, triathlon, XTERRA, and rowing with thrilling race stories and revealing post-race interviews with the elites. Their very own phrases reinforce what the analysis has discovered: sturdy psychological health lets us strategy our true bodily limits, giving us an edge over bodily stronger opponents. Every chapter explores the how and why of an elite athlete’s transformative second, revealing highly effective new psychobiological ideas you may observe to flex your personal psychological health.
The brand new psychobiological mannequin of endurance efficiency reveals that a very powerful query in endurance sports activities is: how dangerous would you like it? Fitzgerald’s fascinating e book will without end change the way you reply this query and present you the right way to grasp the psychology of thoughts over muscle. These classes will aid you push again your limits and uncover your full potential.
How Unhealthy Do You Need It? reveals new psychobiological findings together with:Psychological toughness determines how shut you will get to your bodily restrict.Bracing your self for a troublesome race or exercise can increase efficiency by 15% or extra.Champions have discovered the right way to give extra of what they’ve.The one approach to enhance efficiency is by altering the way you understand effort.Choking below strain is a type of self-consciousness.Your perspective in day by day life is similar one you carry to sports activities.There’s no such factor as going as quick as you may—solely going sooner than earlier than.The quickest racecourse is the one with the loudest spectators.Religion in your coaching is as vital because the coaching itself.Athletes featured in How Unhealthy Do You Need It?: Sammy Wanjiru, Jenny Simpson, Greg LeMond, Siri Lindley, Willie Stewart, Cadel Evans, Nathan Cohen and Joe Sullivan, Paula Newby-Fraser, Ryan Vail, Thomas Voeckler, Ned Overend, Steve Prefontaine, and final of all John “The Penguin” Bingham
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Writer : VeloPress; 1st version (November 7, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 296 pages
ISBN-10 : 1937715418
ISBN-13 : 978-1937715410
Merchandise Weight : 1.04 kilos
Dimensions : 6 x 0.67 x 9 inches
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Clients discover the e book motivating and useful for sustaining a optimistic mindset throughout robust sections of races. They respect the well-written tales that illustrate the creator’s factors. The writing model is described as superior, passionate, and well-told. Readers benefit from the creator’s data and examples of athletes going past their limits. Nonetheless, some really feel the storytelling depends too closely on anecdotes and repetitive reporting on scientific research, which distracts from the principle level.
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Chad Stuart –
Great Writing
I love Matt Fitzgeraldâs writing! Even if I didnât care about the science or studies of the mental side of running, Iâd still love this book due to Fitzgeraldâs beautiful storytelling skills.Read this book to be inspired to endure!
Mike Mertens –
Mental Skills, Perceived Effort and Great Stories for Endurance Athletes of all Levels
Matt Fitzgerald has written a very interesting and enjoyable book on the role of mental training for endurance athletes. I recommend this book to all endurance athletes and those who enjoy interesting narratives about individuals who have overcome challenges to become successful. The book can truly be enjoyed on 2 different levels:⢠Stories of Elite Athletes who have achieved their best through development of better mental training skills and mindsets â these are truly inspirational stories of courage, resilience and are very enjoyable to read⢠A deeper understanding of the psychobiological model â how the mind and body interact for endurance athletes â that can be used to help each person better coach themselves in a true journey of self-discovery to see what they are truly capable of, regardless of their level of athletic ability (these skills are helpful in other area of life as well).I learned a lot in each chapter of the book but would like to share a bit from 2 chapters that I found interesting and compelling:⢠In the chapter âThe Art of Letting Goâ, Matt chronicles the story of Siri Lindley (triathlete) and her struggles and triumphs. The chapter has some very interesting information on choking during big performances. Perceived effort is heightened by self-consciousness – which then leads to decreased performance. The solution is to reach a state of flow â complete immersion in a purposeful activity â that allows one to be in the moment. A key passage from the chapter: âParadoxically, it may seem, Siri had to let go of that dream and find contentment in the moment-to-moment process of chasing it in order to complete the personal transformation that was her deeper ambition.â⢠In the chapter âThe Gift of Failureâ, we learn the story of Cadel Evans (Cycling) and secondarily of Nick Symmonds (800M runner) and the valuable coping skill of resilience. There is a cycle of frustration that can cause an athlete to feel defeated or angry. They can use the anger to reach âsweet disgustâ â a determination to fight back that fuels positive change.Additionally, the story of Willie Stewart â âThe Workaround Effectâ – is one of the most remarkable and inspirational I have read. Stewart lost an arm and still became an elite triathlete by using the coping skill of adaptability â you will not want to miss this story!The best part of the book is that the author realizes that the path to mastery is unique to each of us. There are general coping skills that work well but how we fold those into the fabric of our lives is something we must figure out on our own. This book gives stories of how other have done it and insights into the coping skills and mindsets that can help each of us perform at a higher level. I will close with the way Matt explains it toward the end of the book:âThe path between you and the best you can be is unexplored territory. You are on your own, to some extent, to discover not only what motivates you to âleave it all out thereâ but also your special formula for maximum mental fitness. This is what it means to become your own sports psychologist.â
Geoffrey J. Wilhelmy –
Coping Skills for Endurance Sports
This book explains the latest theory of how the brain regulates endurance performance, the psycho biological model. The thesis is that decisions about pacing or quitting are taken by the conscious brain and that these decisions are primarily based on the conscious decisions of how hard, heavy and strenuous exercise is, a feeling called perception of effort, or body’s resistance to the mind’s will. Endurance performance is a self-regulated behavior on which thoughts and feelings can have profound influences. Perceptions of effort limit endurance performance. The book describes how conscious self-regulation of thoughts, emotions, and behavior can have a dramatic influence on endurance performance. In other words, mind and body are interconnected with the body distinctly subordinate, or as the great Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi opined, “Mind is everything. Muscles-pieces of rubber.” Fitzgerald states the thesis of the book, “One cannot improve as an endurance athlete except by changing one’s relationship with perception of effort.” The author proceeds to devote the remainder of the book to examples of how athletes changed their relationship to perception of effort. As he states, “the best source of knowledge concerning the most effective methods of coping…is the example set by elite endurance athletes”. Subsequent chapters describe how these elite athletes learned to cope. Jenny Barringer demonstrates the need to learn to brace yourself; Greg Lemond the efficacy of time based goals that are targets, not limits, Siri Lindley transcending self-consciousness to become absorbed in the task at hand; Cadel Evans turning low points into turning points, or angry resolve; Paula Newby-Fraser the importance of believing in yourself and ignoring what your competition is doing; the American contingent who participated in the 2013 World Cross Country championships and placed second,the positive effect of running as a team or behavioral synchrony; Thomas Mancebo and the audience and success effects; Ned Overend and the phenomena that if passion endures so will you; and finally, Steve Prefontaine, who wrote that the value of the suffering involved in racing was what you learned about yourself. The author writes that the purpose of the book is to help you become your own sports psychologist, that “in a race the job of the muscles is to perform, the job of the mind is to cope. But here’s the hitch: the muscles can only perform to the degree that the mind is able to cope”, The author cautions that “The only way to become really good at coping with the discomforts and stresses of endurance sports is to experience them.” The value of Matt Fitzgerald, whether you agree with him or not, is that he inspires you to look at subjects in a way different from how you have previously. Matt continues to inspire.
Tom Demerly –
Strong Melding of Anecdote and Clinical Explanation: Readable and Authoritative.
Fitzgerald is the reader’s writer. This is especially important with clinical and technical topics like sports psychology. “How Bad Do You Want It” combines strong anecdotal and practical examples with clinical studies and references to teach the cornerstones of sports psychology. The result is a rare combination of information and inspiration. Fitzgerald combines inspiration and information to make you faster today. Arguably the best performance bang for your buck, this book will likely make you faster right now because you’ll be inspired to think about going faster. You can buy a power meter, a wrist-top GPS and an online training log- and you should- but none of them will make you think differently about your performance. This book reframes the endurance sports experience from participation to competition, taping into resources you carry with you now but aren’t using. I love both the stories and the clinically-flavored analysis and examples. They make the book uniquely easy to learn from. Check your GPS- you’ll be faster after reading this, and it won’t all be in your head.
Mr Toudladi –
Great book and really well written
Miguel F. –
Me encantan las historias y la importancia de la mentalizacion a la hora de buscar alcanzar nuestroa objetivos lo eh comprado y regalo un par de ocasiones!
Amazon Customer –
I really enjoyed the stories being told. Was hoping for more of how to structure my training and that is not this book.
Amazon Customer –
Jag hoppade över mer än halva delen av varje kapiten då jag ville komma direkt till poängen utan att behöva lösa den, i mina ögon, utfyllnaden som inleder varje kapitel. Dock en ganska bra bok ändå.
Amazon Customer –
Great book.