Thoughts of the week

“Managing Jitters”

It’s natural to get the very nervous before an important event such as sports final, job interview, difficult conversation, getting married etc. Some symptoms include:

• Restlessness
• Feelings of panic
• Rapid breathing
• Increased heart rate
• Sweating
• Lethargy
• Upset stomach

These are natural responses to any type of anxiety and very normal, especially when the specific event causing the stress means a lot to the person in question.

Everyone has different ways of dealing with this, our recommendations are as follows:

• Practice – Whatever it is, try to play it over in your head, act it out, run it through, rehearse by whatever means necessary
• Body language – Force yourself to have positive body language leading up to the event and put yourself through some “power poses” (standing in a posture you mentally associate with being powerful) when alone.
• Visualisation – Envisage yourself achieving whatever you have set out to. Think about how it will feel when you succeeded.
• Exercise – In good time prior to the event to destress, rest your body and clear your mind.
• Bananas – Believe it or not these have a great blend of tryptophan, potassium, and beta-blockers which help to calm nerves.
• Avoid caffeine – Any additional stimulation to your nervous system won’t help.
• Breathing and meditation – With so many different techniques recommended and multiple apps viable to assist, sitting in a quiet place, closing your eyes and focusing on your breath for just few minutes can work wonders in relaxing your body and mind.
• Smile – Even if you don’t meant, pretend you do. Sometimes people won’t even realise you’re nervous if you try not to act like it.
• Give these a try next time you’re in this situation. Many of our sports, business and lifestyle clients practice these techniques daily prior to performing…

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Exercise of the week

Profiling | Fitness testing | Reactivity | Options

• RSI stiffness
• RSI drop jump 

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Recipe of the week

Southwestern breakfast cups

• Spoon full fat natural yoghurt into a bowl (we used FAGE total)
• Roughly chop up a banana into bite size pieces on place on top of yoghurt
• Drizzle a small amount of natural honey on top of banana
• Sprinkle a dusting of cinnamon on top of honey
• Serve as in picture

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Training song of the week

Hypersonic Misiles – Sam Fender

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