Guest guest Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Evidently, there seems to be more distractions to which individuals can be attracted whilst working out. An increasing number of activities seem to be excluding " complete " mind involvement. Consequently, progress can be hindered to a greater or lesser degree depending on the individual? eyev stated: " My advice during training is to think, think, think! ... he / she should be totally focused. " Clearly individuals today are not entirely focused with so many distractions: *Reading a magazine *Watching T.V *Chatting to a friend *Talking on the mobile phone(?) *Mirrors *Others? Any comments? Carruthers Wakefield, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 carruthersjam wrote: > Evidently, there seems to be more distractions to which individuals > can be attracted whilst working out. > > An increasing number of activities seem to be excluding " complete " > mind involvement. Consequently, progress can be hindered to a > greater or lesser degree depending on the individual? > > eyev stated: " My advice during training is to think, think, > think! ... he / she should be totally focused. " > > Clearly individuals today are not entirely focused with so many > distractions: > > *Reading a magazine > *Watching T.V > *Chatting to a friend > *Talking on the mobile phone(?) > *Mirrors > *Others? > > Any comments? *** Without question the ability to focus is what separates the great lifters. Dr. Siff commented on this when I was at his home - how focused he found Reding and other great lifters. It seems often that more so than the programme of training the focus of the athletes (and their belief in the program which allows the undistracted focus) is far more important. At the time we were discussing how someone like could read the Soviet texts and come up with a program so different from what Sheiko (presumably reading the same texts) came up with. But powerlifting records have been set with both programs. Also of interest would be whether distractions include some sort of cultural bias to a type of training. The great Tommy Kono mentions this in his book " Weightlifting - Olympic Style " . He felt the Russian and Bulgarian programs wouldn't work for Americans. More innovation required? More use of technology? I'm not sure, but it was an interesting comment. Would low-level cultural bias interfere with focus? I suspect it is possible. -- Hobman Saskatoon, CANADA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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