Sport Psychology Tactics - Mental Training For Elite Auto Racers
When auto racers want to enhance their mental training, they will often times work with a sport psychologist or an AASP CMPC. For this issue of the Training Report I want to discuss common mental training strategies racecar drivers use to enhance performance and beat the Yips…
Precision Nutrition - What Should I Eat?! Our 3-Step Guide To Choosing The Best MEDITERRANEAN Diet Foods For Your Body
The Mediterranean diet is a healthy eating pattern that is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and healthy fats. Precision Nutrition, a leading provider of online nutrition coaching, has created an infographic that provides athletes with suggestions on how to use a Mediterranean…
Strength & Conditioning - Why Only Elite Athletes Use Olympic-Style Weightlifting / Sample Program Design
USA Weightlifting Coaches and Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialists (CSCS) through the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) have been screaming about the benefits of Olympic-style weightlifting for years. This Training Report explores why ALL athletes need to include these lifts in their training…
Precision Nutrition - The Cost Of Getting Lean: Is It Really Worth The Trade-Off?
As a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) I have had my fair share of clients ask how they can change their nutrition profile so they can ‘get lean’. For this Training Report, I wanted to provide this helpful Precision Nutrition infographic on the realities of dieting and getting lean…
Sport Psychology Tactics - Sports Injuries, The Yips, Mental Blocks & Brainspotting
When athletes experience sport-related injuries, they are often shuttled through an entire industry that is exclusively focused on providing only physical rehabilitation services with no consideration for the psychological impact on elite performers. For today’s Training Report I want to review the neuroscience behind sport injuries, the interplay between the mind and body, and how Brainspotting can effectively treat these issues…
Precision Nutrition - 3 Steps To Prepping (And Loving) Your Vegetables
Experts in sports performance nutrition are frequently engaged in identifying what foods athletes should consume, versus what foods athletes should not consume. For those that are interested in increasing their vegetable intake, this Training Report reviews a Precision Nutrition infographic that offers helpful suggestions on how to prep vegetables for meals in order to make them even more enjoyable…
Precision Nutrition - The Power Of Sleep
In my work as a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and performance specialist, I often find that athletes experience frustration with their inability to make gains when they hit ‘plateaus’ during their training. One area of athletic development that is commonly overlooked is the power of sleep. For this Training Report I wanted to provide a helpful Precision Nutrition infographic that illustrates the importance of sleep for athletic performance…
Sport Psychology Tactics - Using Your Eyes To Conquer Mental Blocks
When athletes consult with sport psychologists and mental performance consultants, they are usually encouraged to use mainstream sport psychology approaches such as imagery, deep breathing, goal setting, etc. While these approaches can be very helpful for some individuals, there are still a plethora of techniques available that are underutilized. I recently wrote about a new technique where athletes can use their eyes to beat mental blocks…
Precision Nutrition - What Should I Eat For Mental Health?!
When I am working with my clients, I am often asked how nutrition can help or hinder my client’s mental health. The interplay between nutrition and psychological homeostasis is a complicated area of study, but there are some basic strategies that can be applied which can help significantly address this issue. Precision Nutrition has created this helpful infographic that provides simple but highly effective guidance on this subject…
Precision Nutrition - Good Stress, Bad Stress: Here’s How To Find Your Sweet Spot
Many sport psychologists and exercise science professionals advocate for people to find innovative ways to relax and avoid stress. But the fact of the matter is that not all stress is bad. One of the most important aspects in delivering elite performance outcomes is finding the sweet spot between good stress and bad stress. For this Training Report, I wanted to provide some helpful insight on the dilemma…
Mental Health Performance - Neurofeedback, Brainwaves & The Neuropsychology Of Sport Injury
Many athletes are consulting with sport psychologists to address issues surrounding the psychology of sport injury, but most sport psychologists are not focused on approaches that are based in scientific fundamentals of sport injury and trauma. For this Training Report I want to discuss a relatively new application that can help deal with psychological component of sport injury which is known as Neurofeedback.
Sport Psychology Tactics - Energy Management & Coffee Naps
I have found in my work with elite athletes that one area where athletes need to significantly improve in skill development is through energy management capabilities. For this Training Report I want to discuss why athletes need to invest more time into developing their energy management skills and how they can do this through different strategies such as coffee naps…
Precision Nutrition - Why Nutrition Science Is So Confusing
Whether I am working with athletes who are trying to find advantages in performance, or clients who are just trying to improve their overall health, I often find that many people are confused about what to believe versus what not to believe when it comes to nutrition science. For this Training Report I wanted to provide a Precision Nutrition infographic that discusses the complexity of nutrition science…
Sport Psychology Tactics - Neurofeedback, Athletes, Injury Rehabilitation & ADHD
Traditional sport psychology approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy & motivational interviewing are incredibly outdated when we consider the new resources that are available within the sport psychology space. For this Training Report I will cover one of these new resources which is called Neurofeedback. This technique incorporates the use of unique computer hardware-software applications that can measure brainwave activity…
Mental Health Performance - Athletes, Stress & Scheduling Energy
While many athletes have incredible insight into their athletic abilities, sometimes they can underestimate the impact that life stress has on their bodies, and overestimate how much energy they have internally to ‘attack the day’. For this Training Report I want to discuss this issue by exploring what stress is, how it affects the body and how you can manage your energy to deal with stress…
Mental Health Performance - How PTSD Affects Tactical Athletes & Veterans
Many veterans face complex issues that affect their lives in significant ways compared to civilians. One common issue that many veterans face is how to effectively deal with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). For this Training Report I want to take the time to explore the science of PTSD from a neuropsychological perspective, and explain the importance of why trauma needs to be thoroughly explored throughout one’s life…
Sport Psychology Tactics - Musicians, Mental Blocks & Brainspotting
Whether I am working with musicians in Nashville, or other artists within the field of music performance, one of the most common issues that I am sought after is how to help these types of artists deal with mental blocks. For this Training Report I want to discuss the neuroscience of mental blocks for musicians and common mental blocks that are experienced within the musical performance population…
Organizational Psychology - 3 Critical Similarities Between Corporate Teams & Sports Teams
When I am working with corporate athletes and leaders within the business community, these individuals are often surprised to learn that the approaches I use to help them improve their performance are almost exactly the same as the ones I use with athletes and sports teams. For this Training Report I want to discuss 3 critical similarities between corporate teams & sports teams and how they can enhance organizational productivity…
Mental Health Performance - Athlete Psychology, Sports Injuries & Chronic Pain
Many medical professionals helping athletes rehabilitate sport-related injuries & chronic pain rarely include mental health professionals during the physical rehabilitation process. Because our neuropsychology significantly impacts chronic pain and physical therapy outcomes, I want to explore why we need to use mental health interventions to complete the process of treating physical injuries & chronic pain…
Sport Psychology Tactics - Athletes, Performance, Bilateral Stimulation & 8D Audio
Sport psychologists, mental performance specialists & other experts within the field of human performance have begun to utilize bilateral stimulation to help athletes achieve peak psychological performance. For this Training report, I am going to discuss one form of bilateral stimulation which is known as 8D audio, and explore how elite performers can benefit from using this tool…