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After a few days of total "energy work" rest and some improvement of my labirynthitis, I resumed the experiment.Today I believe I chose the best sequence: breathing exercises, seated meditation, zhan zhuang and, in the end, mental rehearsal.

In sport, you will often hear the term 'mental skills' being used. What are they and how do you go about developing them?

With mental skills, the right diet is also important. https://bensag.runnerspace.com/profile.php?member_id=368220&do=blogs&blog_id=21401

A meal replacement shake can offer the right nutrient that body needs. https://dailygram.com/index.php/blog/1018261/why-choose-meal-replacement-shakes/

Blurred vision, no appetite, extreme fatigue and mental confusion are only some of the symptoms. I only know I am hungry when my head feels heavy and I can't move - some weird hypoglycemic reaction to heat. Have no idea why.

This is the third day I follow the whole plan, including breathing exercises, meditation, zhan zhuan and the scheduled workout. The first day is always a bit hard after I stop for more than a week, but I believe it is pretty much like training in general: people who have practiced before have some sort of "practical memory" and they recover their ability fast. In strength training, people have different (yet not sanctioned by the scientific community) names for this: muscle memory, neural memory and others.

Imagine winning a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. No really, go ahead, close your eyes and visualize it. What did you see? Were you standing on the medal platform looking out at the crowd, waving and taking in the scene through your own eyes, or were you a spectator in the crowd watching yourself getting the medal put around your neck? This choice between "first-person" or "third-person" visualization actually makes a difference on our motivation to achieve a future goal.

For years, sport science and motor control research has added support to the fundamental assertions that "practice makes perfect" and "repetition is the mother of habit". However, many questions still exist as to exactly how we learn these skills. What changes happen in our brains when we teach ourselves a new task? What is the most effective and efficient way to master a skill? Do we have to be actually performing the skill to learn it, or could we just watch and learn?

Visualization is already used extensively in golf to improve performance. Usually, it is suggested to golfers that they visualize the shot at the same speed as in real-life to ensure accuracy and realism but new research suggests there may be more to the speed of the visualization than just keeping it real.

Confidence is a universal concept in modern sport, and a key factor in determining Here are some techniques and philosophies to help boost and raise confidence in the domain of sport.