At this point we are now able to identify when negative thoughts are creeping in and can stop them affecting our confidence using the release action. This week we are going to add the final skill to this process which will help us pick up the bar and keep pushing through the workout.
Positive self-talk
We’ve already looked at self-talk during the first week’s task of developing self-awareness, when we were looking at what messages we were saying to ourselves during our workouts. These mental conversations we have are called “self-talk”. During the self-awareness stage we were looking to identify negative self-talk, which are messages that decrease our confidence. However, to encourage us to get back to the bar and keep going we are now going to use positive self-talk. Some examples of positive self-talk are listed in the table below:
Looking at the table above, what sort of positive phrase/word would encourage you to pick the bar up again during a workout? Something long? Something short? Something sounding calming? Something sounding exciting? Take a moment and think of the phrase that will energize you to get back to the workout.
Week 4 – The energizing word
This is the final piece of the puzzle! When we have identified our negative thoughts used the deep breath release action we are now going to say the energizing word/phrase that will help get us back to the bar and keep fighting through the workout.
The energizing phrase needs to provide us with a boost, if you use a phrase that doesn’t quite do that then try another until you find one that does. The more you practice this process the more automatic it will become and soon find that our minds will let our bodies push harder and no matter how tired we feel we will never give up.
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