We believe at JMT Noosa that it is impossible to overestimate the importance of the mind in training and competition.
There is no such thing as muscle memory. Your muscles have no capacity to remember anything. Memory resides in your head. Therefore, no matter how long you practice complex movements like weightlifting, gymnastics, or even sport-specific things like a golf swing, no matter how skilled you become at it, your muscles alone can’t remember it and execute it when the need arises.
Our muscles and the rest of our body are controlled by our mind. Unless our minds are functioning well when we’re training or competing, our muscles are going to flounder.
If our heads are filled with negative thoughts, our training or efforts will reflect it.
Most people have heard the statement “You are what you eat?“
At JMT Noosa, we argue “You are what you think?“
I hypothesise after 20 years in the industry that most people following fitness lifestyles spend one hour per day training, generally two to three times a week, and at most 60-90 minutes a week learning and stimulating neurological mental pathways.
Then they are left to the mercy of the remaining 165 hours in the week with an inner dialogue, an echo chamber of a mind, and conflicting wellbeing choices.
Our thoughts will either contribute to what we are wanting or contaminate it. You do have a choice.
At JMT Noosa, we are the first physical and psychological performance centre in Queensland.
Come and say hi, online or in person.
Find JMT at 2/59 Gateway Drive, Noosaville, or call 0431 955 293.
