Why Exercise is Critical for Peak Mental Performance
Want to improve your mental performance? Exercise, exercise, exercise! Most people are aware that they should exercise to improve physical fitness, but what few people realize is that exercising improves your mental fitness as well! Let’s learn why exercise is critical for peak mental performance. How Exercise Impacts Your Mental Performance While you’re exercising, […]
Elite Versus Ordinary. The Mental Edge Effect
Have you ever wondered what divides elite athletes or competitors from the ordinary ones? Some of the greatest events in sports have happened when the underdog competitor rises to the top against all odds. Of course, maybe they were ruled out because another athlete had better stats. But, they kept trying and their hard work […]
Gut and Brain Connection; Butterflies In My Stomach
Gut and Brain Connection, did you ever stop to wonder about the phrases “gut-wrenching, “nauseating” and “butterflies in the stomach”? They all have something in common: they describe the physical feeling, specifically that in your gut which accompanies emotional states. For example, pushing away a plate of food or feeling as though you can’t eat […]
Mental Edge Fitness
Performance is 90 percent mental and 10 percent physical. Since this is true, why do we spend most of our time training the physical? Let’s focus on mental edge fitness. As a former women’s college basketball athlete, I remember spending countless hours in the gym or in the weight room working on my strength, stamina […]
Everyone Needs an Edge
Want an advantage over your competitor? You need an edge! It’s all about optimal brain performance. Optimal brain performance is simply your brain performing its best when you need it to the most. Who doesn’t want to be more productive, experience calmness, focus, enhanced creativity and energy to name a few? Well, that’s what you […]