Check out our Daily Mental Fitness Program in SugarWod
THE MORNING ROUTINE – Mindfulness, Gratitude, Affirmations
Over the past few weeks, we have introduced all 5 components of our Mental Fitness Toolkit, designed to equip you with essential tools to navigate stress, overcome worry, and maintain focus when faced with the unexpected challenges of life.
At its core, our program promotes a simple prescription that, when consistently followed, cultivates a high-performance mindset. By incorporating these practices into your daily routine, you’ll discover the ability to savor every moment and effortlessly navigate through life’s twists and turns.
Optimize Your Morning:
- Mindfulness: Carve out space in your morning to create intention and increase the gap between stimuli and your response. Embracing the power of mindfulness will allow you to navigate challenges with clarity and composure.
- Gratitude: Shift your perspective and recognize all the good in your life. By fostering gratitude, you can enhance your overall satisfaction with life, finding joy in the simplest of moments.
- Positive Affirmations: Embrace your true self and become your own biggest cheerleader. Reject self-doubt and limiting beliefs that hold you back. Celebrate who you are and the incredible potential you possess.
By intentionally incorporating these practices into your daily routine, you’ll gradually lighten the weight of adult life, fostering a greater sense of well-being and fulfillment.
Check SugarWod Mental Fitness Track every day where we will be providing you with invaluable insights and actionable steps to transform your mindset and experience life to the fullest.
MENTAL FITNESS IN THE GYM
Mindful Focus
When asked to move an external load from A to B, it’s natural to put all of your focus into completing the task and lose focus on what the body is actually doing, especially when you are fatigued during a workout.
Our intention with the Mindful Focus to cultivate a stronger connection between your mind and body. There are 5 Mindful Focus points that align with our 6 week strength cycle. By the final week of the 6 week cycle you will have had the opportunity to practice each mindful focus point and are ready to put it all together with maximum resistance.
Star Moment – Optimizing your Time at the Gym
The Process
Every time you arrive at the gym, Acknowledge there is a challenge ahead. Recognize your thoughts and how you are framing the challenge in your mind. Visualize yourself performing to the best of your ability and giving everything you have to give that day. Tackle the challenge, actually do the work.
At the final stretch of the workout, when fatigued and ready to back off, your coach will remind you of the STAR MOMENT. An opportunity for you to dig deep, lean in to the challenge at hand, to remember why you’re here and push through because if you do.. you will get to where you want to be, and you’re almost there.. keep going. In just a few minutes, you will be finished and can move forward with your day PROUD of what you’ve accomplished! When the clock runs out, pause and Reflect, you did it! You badass!
Rinse and Repeat.
Each time you come to the gym, practice this repetitive thought pattern until it sticks.
Eventually you will find yourself responding to challenges out in the real world in the same way. Knowing it’s hard, but feeling confident and performing to the best of your ability, because you trained your mind to show up strong in the face of resistance.