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Drawing starts August 1st and runs through October 31st, 2007
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Welcome to "Life Outside the Comfort Zone", by six-time Ironman World Champion, Dave Scott. Feel free to pass along your comments by emailing us at info@davescottinc.com or calling us at 303.786.7184.
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 Thoughts from The Man
The other day, I was chatting with a couple of athletes that I teach and the discussion turned to the topic of mental training. Among some competitors, there remains a gap between training performance and race-day results. Why are some people better as "workout" athletes and lackluster as "competitive" athletes? Having trained and raced countless times in my life, including all those weekend swim meets of my youth, I've developed the following tenets for improving your "mental training":
Visualize yourself in the race as if you are on one of your most outstanding training days
- Visualize yourself at every segment of the race
- Create a kinesthetic understanding of how your body will be feeling at every point in the swim-bike-run
- Concentrate on your breathing
- Use key words or mantras that elicit positive, synchronized reminders of how you want to feel. I used to repeat: "smooth, smooth, smooth, fluid, powerful" (for those of you who recognize my distinctive running form, my mantra may not match reality, yet when I ran, my mind and body were perfectly in tune with each other)
Enduring moments of utter agony
- Take your mind off the totality of the race
- Refocus into the present tense and break up the race into smaller, more palatable bits
- Relax those areas of the body that don't need to hold onto fatigue, like your face, your shoulders, your eyes
Anxiety before the race is killing my race
- Transform anxiety into something positive and expected - we all get nervous before a big race. Use your mind and visualize anxiety as sparks of power that load up your engine!
- Visualize every second of the race before the race: know the course, feel your body move through every segment, experience the joy of the finish
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Nuts and Bolts
In this section, I'll be sharing a few tips with you. Sometimes it will be training related, other times it may focus more on nutritional advice. Thus, the title becomes more apparent...and if it still isn't, read on:
Dave's Simple Mental Strategy Plan
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Practice "mental strategy planning" 5-10 minutes (2-3 times per week)
- Write down your physical and mental strengths in all 3 sports and repeat these out loud to yourself
- Visualize yourself at the race site, on race morning, at the start, throughout each segment, and at the finish
- Know what you want to accomplish before the race
- Bring emotions into your visualization practice- are you enjoying the race? Are you willing to step outside of your comfort zone?
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How Progio Works
The Progio Training Companion is a dedicated mobile device for sports and fitness training. Operated by the simple push of a button, the user friendly handheld device presents easy to follow, step-by-step multimedia workout instructions. Dave Scott dryland training programs are downloadable via the Internet. The Progio Training Companion also integrates traditional sports instruments features, such as a workout calendar, workout log and interval timers.
Special Offer, No Risk, 4 Week Return Policy
For a limited time, Progio is offering Dave's dryland programs together with the Progio Training Companion for a special bundling price of $299.95 - $319.95. Progio comes with a 4 week no-risk, no questions asked, return policy.
Dave Scott and Progio offer two types of training programs:
Year-Round Training Programs
- Progio PTC10 + Dave Scott designed Multi-Sport Dryland Training for the Developing Athlete, $319.95 special offer!
- Progio PTC10 + Dave Scott designed Multi-Sport Dryland Training for the Fitness Athlete, $319.95 special offer!
Progio PTC10 + Dave Scott designed Multi-Sport Dryland Training for the Competitive Athlete, $319.95 special offer!
Race-Oriented Training Programs
- Progio PTC10 + Dave Scott designed Dryland Training for Sprint Distance Triathlon, $299.95 special offer!
- Progio PTC10 + Dave Scott designed Dryland Training for Olympic Distance Triathlon, $299.95 special offer!
- Progio PTC10 + Dave Scott designed Dryand Training for Long Distance Triathlon, $299.95 special offer!
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Thanks for reading my newsletter and hopefully, you've picked up on something new to enhance your overall fitness. And remember, my goal was never just to win Ironman, but to enjoy all of the little steps along the way that helped shape my physical, mental and emotional well-being. So have fun with your training and every now and then, step outside of your comfort zone!
All the best,
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