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The ironBlog: The Inner Game
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
Have you ever "come home from a rough day at the office with no energy to go for a run?" Recently we came across an article that explains the usefulness of having a structured training plan, not only to help you organize your training but also to build your resolve and train your willpower. [
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
Part of the process we engage in when we take part in sport is the process of self-improvement. While it looks like all we need is physical training to achieve our goals, in truth the more we go at it, the more we begin to understand that what's really holding us back are mental and emotional patterns of thinking and reacting to the hurdles we encounter on the road to success. One of those hurdles is how we respond to setbacks and disappointments. [
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Category: Inner
Posted by: ryan
A new challenge awaits.... [
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
We've mentioned before that we love getting fan mail...here's a kind letter from Florida cardiologist Dr. Lyndon Box, an ironguides Premium client since the autumn of 2008. Lyndon's attended ironguides camps in San Diego and in Portugal, and Ironman Austria in July 2009 was his first Ironman since switching to The Method. [
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...Picture this, you're heading towards the finish line... it's hard to explain but somehow the hard work, sacrifices, discipline and all the little things that yesterday didn't mean much, now have real meaning. The emotions are overwhelming. You're just about to achieve the experience you've been chasing... aspirations, dreams that maybe at one time you thought 'not possible' .... are about to be realized...
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
One of our coached athletes asked us the following question:
What I view as my achilles heel is my mental confidence to just go for it. I want to have that internal feeling that I can go hard on the bike and then run well. How do I get that extra umphh! mentally? Do we need to do more bricks at race pace, back and forth from CT to treadmill? Let me know as I feel if I can just get over this hump(mentally) great things will happen.
Here's our answer. [
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Category: Inner
I recently read Michael Phelps book 'No Limits' and he mentions that one of his coaches (Bob Bowerman) favourite lines is "Attitude, Action, Achievement".
Phelps also goes on to mention about the times where he doesn't feel great but he believes he can still pull out a great performance.
We have all had times when we feel average and our training session or event turns into that. So how is it possible to pull out great performances in both training and competition?
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
Just in case "easy peasy, lemon squeezy" doesn't make sense to you, here is a short note about our most important of teachers: Professor Setback [
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
Time to revisit this timeless piece... [
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
With a New Year around the corner, it's time to remind ourselves of the most important contributors to your success: You!
Here's a little mental amd emotional base work to focus on to make your 2009 tremendously wonderful...
Happy New Year and thank you for visiting ironguides.net!
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
It's great when a relationship with a new client start off with a new PB - without a training plan exchanging hands yet! Lyndon Box's half Ironman performance over the weekend as an example of how a qualitative approach can spell the difference between victory and defeat, and why for some personalities it also means the difference between joy and tedium.
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My 50th birthday was August 11th and my wife put together a day of training that included swimming, cycling, trail running and then strength training. It was a complete surprise and a very enjoyable day that I'll always remember.
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
Sometimes cool heads prevail, sometimes the fortunes of the wind and tides help create our good luck...and beautiful things happen. [
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
An athlete asked about the following comments:
The pain of discipline weighs ounces -- the pain of regret weighs tons.
Some comments on Discipline followed... [
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
When structuring a training plan for a group of people, just how individualized can the workouts be? And to what degree do they need to be? This article reviews some of the internal factors that determine improvement and performance and why you can give the same training plan to an identical set of twins and achieve very different results... [
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
Farewell Rose Hacker, 102 years young...
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Losing our best friend means grief and pain -- but painful times can also be an opportunity to confirm what really matters to us. Those who leave often leave behind valuable lessons for us to incorporate into our own lives.
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
As some of you know, I spent 10 days at the turn of the year in a Mindfulness Retreat in Thailand. This was a version of what is known as "Vipassana" meditation, a 2500-year old practise of developing wisdom and mindfulness in our daily living and approach to life. In a nutshell, the time was spent honing one's concentration with 12 hours of sitting, walking and swimming (!!) meditation daily, balanced with meals and several talks a day on aspects of developing wisdom, compassion and "loving kindness" as our natural disposition.
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
Ending our series on The Building Blocks of Success, a few short words to wrap it all up.
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Category: Inner
Posted by: Vinnie
Wrapping up our series on The Building Blocks of Success, Part IX looks at Detachment. Zen out and reflect on the following.
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