Michael Johnson is one of the former American Olympic champions and in a short interview with Men's Fitness magazine he outlined a few ways in which we can all improve our workout performance and get that winning mentality.
1. Attitude Adjustment:
Johnson claims thta alot o your training comes down to attitude, how badly do you want it? You have to want to be the best in order to get gold. He believes that th big problem for UK athletes is that they have an overwhelming sense of complacency and a worrying habit of rewrding mediocrity. Many athletes need support, in both their training and nutritional push, but he claims that it can seriously affect your results if you allow these personal failings to be accepted. Help should only be given to those who deserve it.
He gives the example of Phillips Idowu, who won silver in the triple jump at the Bejing Olympics, but wasn't fully satisfied. That is the mentality we all need to achieve the best from our training.
2. Quality Control:
Johnson claims that we all need to discover our strengths and weaknesses and then work out a way to become a rounded athlete, not just focus on one or two things we are good at. he claims that many modern athletes are quick to blame their coaches or team mates for a poor performance when really there is no one to blame but yourself. You have to fully commit yourself to the task ahead or else your bound to fall short.
3. Percentage gains:
"Ulitmately it's all about vhasing those exta percentages that makes an athlete worldclass" cliams Johnson. We all require improvements in every component of our body, be it mental, physical, strength, nutrition, there is always somthing we can tweak to make better.
"Ask yourself in the mirror, DO YOU WANT TO BE GOOD, OR DO YOU WANT TYO BE THE BEST!"
Johnson also outlined a few tips to help you achieve that winning performance:
Make time - aim for consistency and regular intense training befor eyou try to move up.
Achievable aims - make your goals realistic or else you'll only end up annoyed or put off training all together.
Fuel your progress - its all about nutrition, it the toughest part to get right, but when you do your goals will fall into place.
Be sport specific - train for your sport, adapt your training programme to suit what you would need to perform at the top in your sport.
1. Attitude Adjustment:
Johnson claims thta alot o your training comes down to attitude, how badly do you want it? You have to want to be the best in order to get gold. He believes that th big problem for UK athletes is that they have an overwhelming sense of complacency and a worrying habit of rewrding mediocrity. Many athletes need support, in both their training and nutritional push, but he claims that it can seriously affect your results if you allow these personal failings to be accepted. Help should only be given to those who deserve it.
He gives the example of Phillips Idowu, who won silver in the triple jump at the Bejing Olympics, but wasn't fully satisfied. That is the mentality we all need to achieve the best from our training.
2. Quality Control:
Johnson claims that we all need to discover our strengths and weaknesses and then work out a way to become a rounded athlete, not just focus on one or two things we are good at. he claims that many modern athletes are quick to blame their coaches or team mates for a poor performance when really there is no one to blame but yourself. You have to fully commit yourself to the task ahead or else your bound to fall short.
3. Percentage gains:
"Ulitmately it's all about vhasing those exta percentages that makes an athlete worldclass" cliams Johnson. We all require improvements in every component of our body, be it mental, physical, strength, nutrition, there is always somthing we can tweak to make better.
"Ask yourself in the mirror, DO YOU WANT TO BE GOOD, OR DO YOU WANT TYO BE THE BEST!"
Johnson also outlined a few tips to help you achieve that winning performance:
Make time - aim for consistency and regular intense training befor eyou try to move up.
Achievable aims - make your goals realistic or else you'll only end up annoyed or put off training all together.
Fuel your progress - its all about nutrition, it the toughest part to get right, but when you do your goals will fall into place.
Be sport specific - train for your sport, adapt your training programme to suit what you would need to perform at the top in your sport.
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