Energy for Sports Performance - Want More?

Here's an invite for athletes and other folks in the Greater Wilmington area who are interested in performance and personal energy.

This Tuesday I had coffee with my friends Megan Kopka and Katie Medina of The Kopka & Medina Group of Merrill Lynch. I took a quick photo, that's Megan on the left and Katie on the right in the photo below

I mentioned doing a workshop on Sports Performance Mental Edge training for the Walk-Run Group at the Wilmington TrySports store the night before.

It's highly coincidental that Katie and Megan are sponsoring a free workshop called "Energy for Performance" that relates directly to athletes (but also applicable to other people who want to Step Up and live full out). Anyway, the workshop is being put on by a guy from JanusLabs. Now Janus, is, I understand, an investment fund company, or something (I'm not really sure), but the workshop is not about investments and Katie and Megan aren't sponsoring it to sell anything, they decided to sponsor the workshop when they learned about its contents and they're inviting a few Wilmington area folks who are into sports and physical fitness. Cool! So, here are the deets:

Date&Time: October 13, 5:00-6:30PM
Place: BlueWater on Wrightsville Beach (drinks and heavy appetizers included)
Cost: Free
It is limited to 25 people total. If you want to go, sign up in advance via email to Katherine_Medina@ML.com.

I got a sneak peak at the presentation outline and I am pumped (Marge and I are going to attend). It's going to be all about managing energy, energy cycles, and maintaining peak performance. Good stuff. Plus a chance to hang out with some nice people, not to mention BlueWater's food and refreshments. Good stuff, indeed.

If you are interested, and will be able to make it that day (it's a Wednesday), email Katherine_Medina@ML.com soon to reserve your spot. I'm going to mention it to the folks at TrySports and at BikeCycles and I'm not the only trainer/coach in the area they've told about this, so act fast to reserve your space.

Oh, and if you're interested in what I do with competitive athletes in the Sports Performance Mental Edge programs, click here. I'd be happy to speak with you about it. You can email me at Bruce@QuantumResultsCoaching.com

Sports Performance Mental Edge Training

What's Your 3-Step Program?

I encourage you to Step Up!

Life's full of 7 steps to this, 4 steps to something else, 12-step programs, quicksteps to success (playing with words a bit here to combine dance and motivation, two of my favs), and even stairways to places you really want to go.

I suggest, however, that to make it simpler to understand and to act, you can bring it all down to three steps. So here's my Being Bruce's 3-Step Program.

The subject matter: You and Life (or you could substitute "You and Opportunity" if you wish).

So here's the deal, when you are presented with opportunity, when life says, "Hey, here I am, here's something you can do!", you have three choices:

• Step Down
• Step Aside
• Step Up

 If you Step Down, in my mind you're saying "no" to life and to opportunity. Sort of a, "Okay, I'm getting off the stage, I'm not in this play." It's certainly your choice, and your right, but why back away from life?

If you Step Aside, it may be this opportunity, this part of life isn't right, doesn't feel right, or for whatever reason (good, bad, or whatever) you're just not going there. But you're not taking yourself out of the game. You stay on stage, you remain in the game, looking for what's coming next. I suggest you be careful about being too quick to Step Aside, however, or doing it too often, because it can be a way to avoid  making decisions or to not really be in the game and just on the sidelines. (And, switching metaphors once again, you know what happens to people on the sidelines .... they often get run over by the active players!)

When you Step Up, that's when you say, "Okay, I'm in. Bring it on, let's get started, let's see what we can make happen with this."

So that's it. My Being Bruce's 3-Step Program is simple. I encourage you to Step Up to life, to opportunity, to chances to help yourself, your family and friends, the world, and the universe.

(Hint: the world needs you!)

Please watch the video, same message, but simpler!


If you'd like more information on how to apply my Being Bruce's 3-Step Program in your life, whether it's in your business or career, in sports, or 'just' in being who you are and who you know deep down you're meant to be, please contact me. Email is usually the quickest: Bruce@QuantumResultsCoaching.com.

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Sports Performance Mental Edge Training

Last evening I gave a one hour talk on Sports Performance Mental Edge Training at the Wilmington TrySports store at the Mayfaire Town Center. I met with some folks from the TrySports Walk-Run club who are training for the Run for the Ta-Tas fundraiser for Breast Cancer Awareness on October 2nd.

It occurred to me that others might be interested in the techniques and tricks I spoke about with the group. The following is the summary sheet I sent to the attendees at the talk.

Sports Performance Mental Edge Training

Techniques and tips:

1.Thought stopping—Just say “No” when a negative thought or concern appears.

2. Mental Akido—When a negative thought appears, notice it, let it pass by, and don’t dwell on it—or spend ‘any’ time feeling bad about having a negative thought.

3. Focus on Your Favorite—If you’re engaged in a part of an activity you don’t like, focus instead on the feelings you have when you’re doing something you love to do.

4. Positive Imagery—See yourself as a winner and mentally practice experiencing your desired results.

5. Go to Your Safe Place—Construct a mental image of a place where you feel safe, secure, serene, relaxed, and loved. Spend time filling in the details of sights, sounds, feelings, and thoughts. Practice going there often so you ‘know’ it well.

6. Triggers—Learn more  about triggers and how you can use them to good purpose. For example, use a red dot of nail polish on a watch face. The  way you would use that as a trigger is  when you start to feel fear or negative, immediately look at the red dot and have that be the trigger to take you to the feelings of being in your safe place.

7. Breathing—Someone has said the only difference between fear and excitement is how we breathe at the time. Breathing can be a fast, easy, and inexpensive way to relax, center yourself, and focus. The way it works is to pay close attention to the triangle of your upper lip and your nose—experience your breath as you breathe in and out. Listen to it, feel it, smell it, be completely aware of your breath—with practice you can use this with great ease and power.

8. Progressive  Relaxation—Find an audio file on the Internet to use as a guide and make your own recordings of progressively contracting and relaxing various muscle groups. Make a short recording (3-5 minutes) of only major muscle groups and a longer one (10-30 minutes or as long as you can stand it) in which you get very specific. There are plenty of examples on the Internet.

9. Self-Hypnosis—A state of ‘relaxed concentration’ - use all of the above, especially #s 3-8 to help yourself relax and focus on your desired results, attitude, and experience.

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Membership Appreciation Night at TrySports

If you through Mayfaire Town Center  in Wilmington, NC last evening you may have noticed an unusual number of physically fit, happy people. The TrySports store in Wilmington held a Membership Appreciation Night for their Triple Rewards Club members and the turnout was strong during the two-hour event.

There was no formal agenda, though free food and drink were plentiful and there were several drawings for attendees as well as healthy discounts on apparel and equipment. At the register below TrySports Marketing Manager Frances Atkins helps one of the Triple Rewards Club members.

I was there to talk about my Sports Performance Mental Edge Training workshops and coaching. Also in attendance were Michael Downey (left) and Dr. Kathleen White (in the white top) from Atlantic Spinal Rehab and Wellness Clinic.



Massage therapist and health and fitness specialist Julie Blackburn was also on hand. A steady stream of attendees got complimentary massages and consultation during the event.



The parts and maintenance shop was open for questions and assistance.

Overall it was a well-attended good time for the club members and for the TrySports staff.

If you'd like more info on Sports Performance Mental Edge Training, check out my web site at QuantumResultsCoaching.com or email me at Bruce@QuantumResultsCoaching.com.