It is neither a vitamin, nor a costly program, nor a 2-hour workout. The routine that is changing thousands of lives as we speak takes less than ten minutes a day and costs nothing at all. Athletes, trainers, and ordinary gym goers are finding out that what occurs on the gym floor is equally important as all those reps taken on the floor.
The Habit Is Journaling
The solution and the trap: Writing three to five sentences about your day every night is the apparently simple habit that elite athletes and top performers vow to follow without compromise.
Athletes have long done it
Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Michael Phelps were all regular journalers. Super achievers have always known that the state of the mind is directly converted into even greater, more concentrated physical play every time.
It lessens Performance Anxiety
Research indicates that there is a reduction in cortisol under the effect of expressive writing. The lower the level of stress hormone, the better the rest, the quality of sleep, and a great deal more energy will be in us for every single training session in the future.
Track Your Fitness Progress
Keeping a journal of your exercises demonstrates trends that cannot be seen using memory. Being able to observe what makes you feel most energized and what wears you down is strong information that will change your training and recovery processes.
Morning Pages Fuel Workouts
Three unfiltered pages first thing in the morning are a great way to empty your mind before you begin to train, and you will feel considerably more focused, motivated, and mentally ready to go harder each and every time.
Thanksgiving Enhances Benefits
Research shows that by writing three things you are grateful for a day, the markers of inflammation were reduced. An improved psyche leads directly to quicker physical healing between training sessions regularly.
Written Goals Get Achieved
Fitness goals written down have a higher probability of achievement (42%). There is no work like having a general body goal in a rough form floating around your head and bound forever to paper.
Five Minutes Is Enough
Three dollars and five sincere post-train minutes all make this silent life reform truly all that this little, secret, life-changing habit ever expects of any serious athlete or fitness fanatic ready to begin.
It is Hard Training Days that Take the Toll
Writing down a violent session helps avoid the buildup of frustration leading to burnout. Journaling is most helpful to your long-term fitness journey on those days when you feel least like writing.
Start Tonight
There is no ideal time to look. Dig a real sentence concerning the training tonight. That one little move just starts stacking the mindset that all serious fitness should have.
