NEUROSCIENCE & SPORTS
 USING BRAIN & BRAWN FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE
I'm sure you've all heard the big news by now: Michael Phelps breaks record for most decorated Olympic athlete in sport's history! Did you know that in addition to Phelps' athletic excellence and physical prowess, it's his brain that actually might be the greatest tool that helped him make history at the 2012 London Summer Games this week? Even if you can't become a world-class athlete, there is one thing that you have on par with Michael Phelps to help you achieve your goals in life-BRAIN POWER! With the recent advances in neuroscience and our understanding of the human brain, more athletes are using the latest breakthroughs in brain research to achieve peak performance. With the Olympic Games now in full swing, this entire issue is dedicated to BODY MIND & SPORT as we explore how to use the power of your brain to excel as you GO FOR GOLD in all aspects of your life.
In my blog post "Neuroscience & Sports: Using Brain and Brawn" discover what happens inside the brain of an Olympic athlete before a competition and how you can use the same techniques to achieve your personal best. Curious just how Michael Phelps' breaks world records? Then, you will enjoy this article how advancements in neural mapping show How Michael Phelps' Brain Wins Gold and how you can achieve optimal performance in life. Plus, a great video of Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau exercising his brain!
So even if you're not a world-class athlete with a body of steel competing in the Summer Olympic Games, the fact that you have a brain allows you to utilize the same empowering mental techniques that elite athletes do in order for you to GO FOR GOLD in all aspects of your life.
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
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Neuroscience & Sports: 
How Phelps Uses Brain & Brawn!
Michael Phelps just broke the record for most decorated Olympic athlete in sport's history! You might be surprised to learn that it's not just his physical strength, but his brain that actually might be the most important tool that helped him in his world record performance at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Every four years the world's best athletes from every corner of the globe come together to the Summer Olympics for the love of sport and to GO FOR THE GOLD! In 1896, the first Modern Olympic Games were founded by Pierre de Coubertin on the ideals that "respect, fair balance, pursuit of excellence, joy in effort, and balance between mind, body and will as the most essential Olympic values!" Coubertin's intention was to take an entirely holistic approach to sports for all athletes to cultivate the body, mind, and soul. I wonder how pleasantly surprised he'd be knowing just how true his vision exists in sports today, as more athletes actively train their mind and brain equally as their body.
As a big fan of the Olympic games and as someone who studies the brain and human cognition, what fascinates me is understanding what happens between the ears of an Olympic athlete, like Phelps, that makes him an Olympic legend! It's the reason why Dr. John Milton, a neuroscientist at Claremont Colleges in California says, "Brawn plays a part, but there's a whole lot more to it than that." Let's see just exactly why that is by exploring what happens in Michael Phelps' brain just before he dives off the block and wins gold.
"If You Can Envision It, You Can Achieve It!"
Seconds before the starting buzzer and Phelps' body hits the surface of the water, an area in his brain known as the premotor cortex actually begins to fire before the muscles in his body begin to engage for the race. Neuroscientists have very recently learned that the premotor cortex actually has nothing to do with any actual motor coordination or physical signal for your body. It turns out, this fascinating area of your brain merely helps your body envision and prepare for something it is about to accomplish, like swimming, preparing to give a big speech, tackling an important problem in life, taking an exam, or perhaps merely sticking to your exercise and diet goals.
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Quote of the Month
"All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is."
W. Clement Stone
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Article of the Month
Brain researchers discover that an area known as the premotor cortex is what motivates Michael Phelps, and us, to gear up the body for physical competition and increase our chances for success.
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Video of the Month
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2012 Olympic swimmer, Eric Shanteau, trains his brain equally as he does his body in his pursuit for the Gold Medal. Learn the secrets of how world-class athletes integrate the latest trends in neuroscience for peak performance!
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