for-the-love-of-adventure
Befriend your brain
Do you make New Year Resolutions? Can you remember any?! Have you ever kept one? I don’t make resolutions but I do love the chance to sort of reinvent, draw a line under something and consider what I might want to do differently. Actually, I think that ‘objectives’ is a better word - ‘resolution’ sounds heavy and difficult and stern…
Get a lungful of this…
Deep slow breaths are commonly known to bring calm and focus but faster deep breathing while running for example is also beneficial - we may even still feel calm despite working hard as we’re co-ordinating heartbeat and breath and getting enough CO2 in our blood (yes - we need enough of it as well as O2).
Training as adventure
But what would happen if every ‘workout’ you planned was slightly different? Instead of focusing on getting faster you just planned a different route that appeals to you for whatever reason? Instead of focusing on heart rate you designed yourself an attention grabbing challenge?