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Commitment and dedication to your sport cannot be accomplished without careful planning. I want to assist you in getting even more from your body. The successful road to training and racing is relatively simple. It includes having a clear strategy with short- and long-term goals, monitoring progress to assure your plan is working and to prevent overtraining, and, of course, proper nutrition. This book gives you a fresh look at successful endurance training and competition. My system offers a truly “individualized” approach, which I have continually updated and refined over three decades of training and treating athletes, who range from world champions to weekend warriors. My general philosophy regarding endurance contains four key points: 1. Build a great aerobic base. This essential physical and metabolic foundation helps accomplish several important tasks: it prevents injury and maintains a balanced physical body; it increases fat burning for improved stamina, weight loss, and sustained energy; and it improves overall health in the immune and hormonal systems, the intestines and liver, and throughout the body. 2. Eat well. Specific foods influence the developing aerobic system, especially the foods consumed in the course of a typical day. Overall, diet can significantly influence your body’s physical, chemical, and mental state of fitness and health. 3. Reduce stress. Training and competition, combined with other lifestyle factors, can be stressful and adversely affect performance, cause injuries, and even lead to poor nutrition because they can disrupt the normal digestion and absorption of nutrients. 4. Improve brain function. The brain and entire nervous system control virtually all athletic activity, and a healthier brain produces a better athlete. Improved brain function occurs from eating well, controlling stress, and through sensory stimulation, which includes proper training and optimal breathing.
The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing
Philip Maffetone and Mark Allen
After asking these four founder questions, which in total are sixteen words, you should have an excellent idea of what this person is building and why. These four founder questions give you a great starting point for answering the four investor questions every angel needs to ask themselves before investing. Remember, we want to figure out: Why has this founder chosen this business? How committed is this founder? What are this founder’s chances of succeeding in this business—and in life? What does winning look like in terms of revenue and my return? After thirty minutes and four questions, you’re going to have a strong sense of why the founder picked this business, why it might work right now, and, of course, what they are building. What you probably won’t know are the tactical details of how they plan on executing on their vision, including their go-to-market strategy, what kind of team they have, the competitive landscape, and the nuances of their business model. We are going to find out the answers to those questions in the second half of your meeting. We also don’t know the founder’s backstory. There’s another set of high-level, deeply personal questions I like to ask so I know what type of person I’m really dealing with.
Here’s what is happening inside your body: you are teaching your heart to feel stress . . . and let it go. If you were connected to my biofeedback equipment as you did this, you would see your heart rate accelerating on the inhale and decelerating by approximately the same magnitude on the exhale. Your body comes right back to where it began with every breath. That’s the physiological effect of feeling and letting go. Contrast that with what it would look like if you were a chronically stressed client hooked up to my equipment, breathing normally, with no pacing or purposeful re-creation of stress. The heart rate may accelerate on the inhale, but it would decelerate just a fraction of what it should on the exhale. In some situations, you may get stuck at the top of the inhale, plateauing instead of decelerating. That is an incomplete exhale, which prevents the braking of fight-or-flight response—the opposite of resilience.
Heart Breath Mind
Leah Lagos
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