Take Your Workout to the Next Level With a
RIPPED MIND
You're muscles and grit have taken you this far. Now it's time to engage the most powerful muscle in your body: Your MIND.
If you want to train your MIND, you start with training your ATTENTION.
And the ONLY proven way to train attention is MINDFULNESS. (According to Amishi Jha, PhD, Univ Miami).
If you want to train your MIND, you start with training your ATTENTION.
And the ONLY proven way to train attention is MINDFULNESS. (According to Amishi Jha, PhD, Univ Miami).
Not Your Parents' Mindfulness
We're talking ATTENTION TRAINING. It's aggressive and powerful. Flexing the mind is the greatest flex of all and it doesn't need to look ANYTHING like the serene and relaxed image of meditation most of us hold in our minds. Think less monk and more Bruce Lee.
But however you think of it, the science is very clear: spend 12 minutes a day practicing mindfulness and you'll soon find yourself reaping the amazing benefits of clarity, acceptance, tolerance, and overall regulation, all of which bring athleticism to the next level.
It's no mistake that pro teams in all sports have mindfulness training as part of their regimen.
But however you think of it, the science is very clear: spend 12 minutes a day practicing mindfulness and you'll soon find yourself reaping the amazing benefits of clarity, acceptance, tolerance, and overall regulation, all of which bring athleticism to the next level.
It's no mistake that pro teams in all sports have mindfulness training as part of their regimen.
5 Ways Mindfulness Can Enhance Your Daily Workout, Help You Reach Your Fitness Goals, And Improve Every Area Of Your Life
But First, What Is Mindfulness?
Simply put, mindfulness is a state in which we are paying attention, intentionally, to our moment-by-moment experience, and doing so with an open, accepting, and non-judging way. And because our entire lives are governed by our brain and nervous system, and because our attention governs our brain and nervous system, mindfulness practices optimize the brain, sharpen the senses, and allow us to flow like water over and around any obstacles life throws our way. In this state, we become more tolerant and accepting of the current-moment experience. In turn, we see things more clearly and are able to manage every part of our lives with skillfulness and flow.
This state of mindfulness is attained though mindfulness practices - simple exercises we do with our attention.
Mindfulness practices can be done in either formal or informal methods. Formal mindfulness practice looks like sitting meditation or yoga, while informal practices look like your normal daily activities like eating, walking, or brushing your teeth, but using these tasks as a form of training.
Simply put, mindfulness is a state in which we are paying attention, intentionally, to our moment-by-moment experience, and doing so with an open, accepting, and non-judging way. And because our entire lives are governed by our brain and nervous system, and because our attention governs our brain and nervous system, mindfulness practices optimize the brain, sharpen the senses, and allow us to flow like water over and around any obstacles life throws our way. In this state, we become more tolerant and accepting of the current-moment experience. In turn, we see things more clearly and are able to manage every part of our lives with skillfulness and flow.
This state of mindfulness is attained though mindfulness practices - simple exercises we do with our attention.
Mindfulness practices can be done in either formal or informal methods. Formal mindfulness practice looks like sitting meditation or yoga, while informal practices look like your normal daily activities like eating, walking, or brushing your teeth, but using these tasks as a form of training.
5 Ways Mindfulness Helps Your Physical Training
Mindfulness has long been associated with stress reduction, emotional regulation, better digestion, stronger immune response, and more efficient blood sugar regulation. Here are five scientifically proven ways mindfulness practices will help you get ripped in your body as you get a ripped mind:
1. Body Awareness: Otherwise known as 'Mind-Body Connection' body awareness means a clearer insight into the feeling of every part of your body. With sustained practice, this deeper and clearer body awareness becomes your default mode, providing this beneficial connection to your body before, during, and after your workouts.
2. Better Breathing: Practicing mindfulness often involves attention to your body as it breathes. As we do this, we effortlessly start to breathe more deeply, using our diaphragm. This means more oxygen in your lungs, and in turn your heart and your brain. More oxygen is kinda like more power for your brain, benefitting you every moment of your life: at work, at the gym, with your family and friends, and during the times you're doing the things you love to do.
3. Turn Down The Background Noise: During your workout, what do you do between sets? Are you checking messages or finding a better song from your playlist? When we develop mental skills through mindfulness practices, we're more focused and grounded, keeping a steady and aggressive cadence to our workout, resulting in more productive workouts and bigger gains.
4. Stay The Course and Weather the Storms: We all know the ups and downs of the fitness journey. One challenge is to maintain consistent physical conditions to stay motivated, but often it's the emotions causing the real resistance. Mindfulness practices result in a wider tolerance, without acquiescence that promotes more positive moods and more optimistic outlook. These mental skills are key to working through times our inner procrastinator gives us reasons not to work out today.
5: Patience: It doesn't matter what level of fitness you're at, the progress is never fast enough. Mindfulness practices enhance our over all awareness that allows us to see the whole picture. If focused attention is a flashlight, open awareness is like a floodlight. We see the long term goals and prioritize them over the daily ups and downs. This results in more consistent workouts and more steady and noticeable long-term gains.
1. Body Awareness: Otherwise known as 'Mind-Body Connection' body awareness means a clearer insight into the feeling of every part of your body. With sustained practice, this deeper and clearer body awareness becomes your default mode, providing this beneficial connection to your body before, during, and after your workouts.
2. Better Breathing: Practicing mindfulness often involves attention to your body as it breathes. As we do this, we effortlessly start to breathe more deeply, using our diaphragm. This means more oxygen in your lungs, and in turn your heart and your brain. More oxygen is kinda like more power for your brain, benefitting you every moment of your life: at work, at the gym, with your family and friends, and during the times you're doing the things you love to do.
3. Turn Down The Background Noise: During your workout, what do you do between sets? Are you checking messages or finding a better song from your playlist? When we develop mental skills through mindfulness practices, we're more focused and grounded, keeping a steady and aggressive cadence to our workout, resulting in more productive workouts and bigger gains.
4. Stay The Course and Weather the Storms: We all know the ups and downs of the fitness journey. One challenge is to maintain consistent physical conditions to stay motivated, but often it's the emotions causing the real resistance. Mindfulness practices result in a wider tolerance, without acquiescence that promotes more positive moods and more optimistic outlook. These mental skills are key to working through times our inner procrastinator gives us reasons not to work out today.
5: Patience: It doesn't matter what level of fitness you're at, the progress is never fast enough. Mindfulness practices enhance our over all awareness that allows us to see the whole picture. If focused attention is a flashlight, open awareness is like a floodlight. We see the long term goals and prioritize them over the daily ups and downs. This results in more consistent workouts and more steady and noticeable long-term gains.
You Can't Skip The Work And Expect The Gains
As someone who regularly works out, you already know this. You know you must put in the work. You gotta show up and get to it. There are no shortcuts.
And the same is true when it comes to training your mind and attention. It requires consistent work. There are no short cuts.
Science tells us that 15 minutes a day is sufficient to strengthen the 'Muscle of Mindfulness.' But the best part? You can practice mindfulness while you work out. A skilled teacher will show you how to practice mindfulness while you're doing all the mundane things you do all day: brushing teeth, driving, walking, eating, etc, etc.
And the same is true when it comes to training your mind and attention. It requires consistent work. There are no short cuts.
Science tells us that 15 minutes a day is sufficient to strengthen the 'Muscle of Mindfulness.' But the best part? You can practice mindfulness while you work out. A skilled teacher will show you how to practice mindfulness while you're doing all the mundane things you do all day: brushing teeth, driving, walking, eating, etc, etc.
Like a Personal Trainer For Your Mind
If you've ever worked with a personal trainer, you know how impactful it is to have someone teach us the most efficient way to work out and to motivate and hold us accountable along the fitness journey. Even when you work with a trainer for just a few weeks, you feel the benefits for years later.
And if you haven't worked with a trainer, you certainly had someone, at the very beginning, show you how to use the different weights and machines. Even if that person was on YouTube or in a book. The point is, we all need help in the beginning.
And I'm here to offer YOU that help in starting an attention-training regimen that will benefit you for years to come.
Click the button below for your free 1:1 consultation. You'll leave the call with two genuine practices to get started!
And if you haven't worked with a trainer, you certainly had someone, at the very beginning, show you how to use the different weights and machines. Even if that person was on YouTube or in a book. The point is, we all need help in the beginning.
And I'm here to offer YOU that help in starting an attention-training regimen that will benefit you for years to come.
Click the button below for your free 1:1 consultation. You'll leave the call with two genuine practices to get started!
Meet Your Coach
Art Burns is a Certified Emotional Regulation Coach and a Hockey Dad. He's also a Beer League Champion.
For most of his life, Art struggled with emotional stress and dysregulation that kept him not only from achieving his dreams, but kept him from his happiness. After a lifetime of coping through alcoholism, workaholism, and a whole bunch of other maladaptive mechanisms, Art finally turned inside for the solution. There he found the one truth that had always eluded him:
We can't control what happens to us in life. The only thing we can control is how we respond to what happens to us in life. This is where happiness and success reside.
Or, as Art's teacher and mentor, Jon Kabat-Zinn says: "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf."
Art's been living in Denver, Colorado, giving "emotional surfing lessons" to hockey players and Cancer patients for the last seven years. He lives with two cats and a 14U defenseman named Casey.
For most of his life, Art struggled with emotional stress and dysregulation that kept him not only from achieving his dreams, but kept him from his happiness. After a lifetime of coping through alcoholism, workaholism, and a whole bunch of other maladaptive mechanisms, Art finally turned inside for the solution. There he found the one truth that had always eluded him:
We can't control what happens to us in life. The only thing we can control is how we respond to what happens to us in life. This is where happiness and success reside.
Or, as Art's teacher and mentor, Jon Kabat-Zinn says: "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf."
Art's been living in Denver, Colorado, giving "emotional surfing lessons" to hockey players and Cancer patients for the last seven years. He lives with two cats and a 14U defenseman named Casey.
