How They Use ‘The Mind’ To Break Through Limitations & Achieve Peak Performance

Whether you work out at your local gym trying to pump up like a champion or are training to run in the Boston Marathon, the ‘secrets’ of Olympic champions can help you achieve peak performance. You already know the best workout routines, training schedules and nutritional guidelines. What you don’t know is how to train your most important muscle – your mind.

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You’ve heard it over and over: All the bodybuilding in the world is not going to earn you a peak performance at that exact moment you need it if your mind is filled with self-defeating thoughts, doubts, and worries. And you believe it! You’ve trained hard for a competition or event. So, what can you do to align your mental performance with the physical excellence you’ve been working so hard to achieve? What is the key to unlock the secrets of peak performance?

The brain has been accustomed to looking at the world in a certain way; it takes more than just saying the words to get it to work, you need to train the mind. A kind of training is needed, mental muscle training, and this comes through exercising in specific ways, like physical training.

Altered states such as self-hypnosis, meditation and relaxation training open the mind to deep programming. They have a long track record as the most rapid and effective ways of eliminating hurdles by replacing them with positive images. Dan O’Brien, the Olympic decathlon Gold Medallist, who is considered the world’s greatest athlete, is just one of many who can testify to their effectiveness, calling them a “Godsend.” How do we enter such a high-performance state? What are these positive images? How can they be placed in your mind?

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Here are seven steps to peak performance. These techniques have been used successfully for years by such peak performers as the San Francisco 49ers, the U.S. Olympic Track and Field and Martial Arts teams, and the Canadian Winter Olympics skating team. No matter what your sport or goal, they will work for you to make winning easier. These steps are described in detail, with a self-applied training program in Dr. Miller’s book, Deep Healing: The Essence of Mind/Body Medicine.

1. Relaxation.

First, meet the challenge of entering the Peak Performance State, in which the body is relaxed and the mind is focused. Achieving this is best done through a step-by-step approach.

Relax the body deeply. Start with the feet and move up through the body to the top of the head. Next, empty the mind of distracting thoughts and bring it to laser-sharp focus. Many professional athletes have coaches and sports psychologists who recommend Dr. Miller’s tapes and CDs. These tapes and CDs can be your personal sports psychologist.

Our catalog has three recordings ideal for this purpose: Optimal Performance, I Can, and Run to Win. Later, once the body is in the habit of relaxing at will, you won’t need the tapes and CDs any more.

2. Activating Your Imagination, Flexing Your Mental Muscles.

While in the relaxed state, draw up a memory of being at a truly sti