30%

Hello and welcome everyone! Water and stretching needed...urgent. Hot and humid weather can be the curse for all competitors. Muscles can lose as much as 30% of power or capacity in humid weather. So many athletes skip stretching in hot weather...we should be stretching more often and drinking more water...not less. I see more muscle pulls during hot weather than at any other time. Stretch before, during and after events and consume more water during these periods. Precaution takes less time than rehab...be smart.

Have a great and meaningfull life everyone! Jimmy O
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DARE

Hello and welcome everyone! Let's revisit the "inner clock" in your training and competing. The inner physical is important...the mental clock is critical in being "First to the Finish Line." Your mental clock has to be in gear in your training. We have covered "click" and "now" in previous blogs. In order for the muscles to respond and required to perform when called on...the brain has to send the proper signal at the right moment, in order to WIN. That is why we compete. That is the main reason why we are there. This is why we have a finish line. Mental toughness is a huge part of the game. Most men, women and children handle failure better that success. Dare to be a winner!!!

Have a meaningfull life everyone! Jimmy O
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NOW

Hello and welcome everyone...and to all you moms, Happy Mother's Day. Moving on to phase four of my training in getting ready for my competitive events. Just finished sprinting up steps and up hills. Hills...sprint forward and backwards, hops...one foot and two feet at a time, sideways and crossover and squat, jump and life 8 lb. ball overhead. NOW, on the track and coming out of the blocks. I'm a sprinter, LJ and HJ. Most of us competitors want and need a kick...a finish no matter the event. We need something to trigger that kick. My "trigger" is the word NOW. I whisper the word NOW. I have done this for the past 10 years.

Have a meaningful life everyone! Jimmy O
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Mt Everest

Hello and welcome everyone! Are you progressing in your fitness/training program? When I ask that question I hear "I don't really know." or "I have leveled off." "I did at first." We should ask ourselves this fundamental question..."are my workouts/training progressive"? Some of us still believe that if our training gets easier, then we must be getting better...progressing. That's leveling off. That's creating a ceiling...capping. Design your workouts/training to be progressive...always challenging yourself. Incorporate your own Mt. Everest in your training.

Have a meaningful life everyone...Jimmy O
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UPHILL

Hello and welcome everyone! Getting ready to  compete...long before "event day," challenge yourself physically and mentally. Envision exactly how you are going to compete and consider all the things that can go wrong. "Play" the event over and over again in your mind. I call this mental conditioning. Being a sprinter, I challenge myself by sprinting uphill forward and backward. The hill is 40 yards long with a 20 yard incline. I do this 10x and also add plyometric drills going uphill. Two days later, I sprint up steps (67) 10x. A one minute rest between each one. Dedicate one day each week to workout on the track. Go with progressives...50's, 100's, and 200's. All my workouts are for 90 min.

Have a meaningful life everyone! Jimmy O
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Fatal Trap

Hello and welcome everyone! The fatal trap...roads that lead there are...confusion, insecurity, impulsiveness, nonpurpose and lack of passion. All are critical in building the right road to success. Let's concentrate on PASSION. It's more than writing out your goals and putting them on the fridge door. When you reach a passion for something, you "come alive." You are able to rid yourself of the clutter in your life. Your training, workouts and your life begins to make sense. Long before you reach your goals...you begin to see yourself as already being there. That's passion!

Have a great and meaningful life everyone! JimmyO

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Enemy # 1

Hello and welcome everyone! Enemy #1 is TIME! We are either fighting
for or against it. Can we get time on our side? Yes! Ignore the "outside"
clock...live with your "inner clock." We all have an inner clock...use it.
Focus on where you are and what you have to do. When you worry about
the outside, you are already distracted...out of focus. Keep your focus on
the finish line...not the other competitor's. Part of your training must be
in gaining an understanding of how to read your inner clock. Time now
becomes your ally. You will be amazed at the power of your new friend.

Have a meaningful life everyone! Jimmy O
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