Make Sure You Are Getting the Best Nutrition (that means eating right - good "whole foods") and Getting Enough Rest (yes that means going to bed and getting at least 5-6 hours of uninterrupted "deep" Sleep).
Why is this important? Your body runs on the nutrition you give it...much like your car. Bad gas in - Bad performance out. Your body runs much the same way.
If you eat poorly and get inadequate nutrition, your body suffers. You may not feel it now...but as you get older you will...guaranteed.
Athletes need to be especially concerned about this, because they are relying on their bodies to perform at state, national & world class levels, and too often athletes take nutrition lightly.
Without proper sleep and nutrition the body can't perform optimally.
Click on this link for then click on Digestive, Hydration, & Weight Management -- Maintenance, Training, & Competition -- Recuperative & Immune Building for my nutritional program for wrestlers http://www.leekemp.com/athletenutrition/
Monday, July 21, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Message #74 - How do you make a CHANGE in your LIFE?
It All About Being Able to Change......
When you change your thinking, You change your beliefs;
When you change your beliefs, You change your expectations;
When you change your expectations, You change your attitude;
When you change your attitude, You change your behavior;
When you change your behavior, You change your performance;
When you change your performance, You change your life!
This quote is from Dr. Walter Doyle Staples http://www.doctorstaples.com/
When you change your thinking, You change your beliefs;
When you change your beliefs, You change your expectations;
When you change your expectations, You change your attitude;
When you change your attitude, You change your behavior;
When you change your behavior, You change your performance;
When you change your performance, You change your life!
This quote is from Dr. Walter Doyle Staples http://www.doctorstaples.com/
Message #73 - How do you get a break through?
The First Real Success...How do we get it when we've failed so many times before?
We all have to realize that we don't always get what we want...but we always get what we GET. (See Message #58)
The key here is to go to your last breath BELIEVING that you can and will SUCCEED! It is this mind set that keeps you in a position to BREAK THROUGH when the moment or opportunity comes.
Just ask anyone that has had great success if it happened overnight. They'll tell you that it was with great struggle and hardship that they got their break through, and the key here is to continually find new ways to keep positive and motivated in the face of failure or falling short...IT ISN'T EASY.
Your breakthrough will come...it may not come when you want...BUT IT'S RIGHT ON TIME!
We all have to realize that we don't always get what we want...but we always get what we GET. (See Message #58)
The key here is to go to your last breath BELIEVING that you can and will SUCCEED! It is this mind set that keeps you in a position to BREAK THROUGH when the moment or opportunity comes.
Just ask anyone that has had great success if it happened overnight. They'll tell you that it was with great struggle and hardship that they got their break through, and the key here is to continually find new ways to keep positive and motivated in the face of failure or falling short...IT ISN'T EASY.
Your breakthrough will come...it may not come when you want...BUT IT'S RIGHT ON TIME!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Message #72 - INTIMIDATION
The Word Intimidation Has Meaning for everyone. If you know how to intimidate people you can make it work for you. If you get intimidated, it will destroy you.
So what is intimidation? What is it that just makes you feel timid and scared? What makes that little voice in your mind say "this is to much for me" 'I can't face this".
I mean it just saps you of your strength. So you want to see an example of INTIMIDATION... just watch the stare down before any of Mike Tyson's fights (his early fights...especially his fight with Michael Spinks and Larry Holmes).
Mike Tyson was a superior heavyweight champion but Nobody every mentioned that for a heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was rather small in stature. I mean he’s a very, very small man for a heavyweight fighter.
Everybody he fights is a head taller than him but he does the intimidating. Being intimidating is not about size it's about what's in your mind.
Notre Dame when they play football, or during the Gable era when the Iowa Hawkeyes came on the mat...they both intimidate their opponents just because of the aura around them. Some people think it’s the uniform, some people think it’s the tradition.
Whatever it is, intimidation works.
Now, what you have to do to overcome intimidation is to practice not being intimidated. So let me ask you this. For example: did you ever have a teacher in school that you were afraid to talk to...a boss, a boy, a girl, dad, mom whatever?
Do you know what my assignments for you is? Go talk to that teacher. Go talk to that boss, Go talk to that person. I want you to do things that intimidate you and see what happens?
The more you do things that intimidate you the less you’ll be intimidated. So you ask the boss for the raise, ask the girl out for a date...the boss says no...the girl say no. The whole goal wasn't to just get the raise or get a yes from the girl... the whole goal was to do that confrontation, just to get the nerve to do it. The whole goal is to just confront the fear, confront the intimidation.
So that’s what we’re talking about. Practice putting yourself in situations where you’re intimidated and then deal with it. And just like any fear, the more you confront the fear the fear will lessen.
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So what is intimidation? What is it that just makes you feel timid and scared? What makes that little voice in your mind say "this is to much for me" 'I can't face this".
I mean it just saps you of your strength. So you want to see an example of INTIMIDATION... just watch the stare down before any of Mike Tyson's fights (his early fights...especially his fight with Michael Spinks and Larry Holmes).
Mike Tyson was a superior heavyweight champion but Nobody every mentioned that for a heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was rather small in stature. I mean he’s a very, very small man for a heavyweight fighter.
Everybody he fights is a head taller than him but he does the intimidating. Being intimidating is not about size it's about what's in your mind.
Notre Dame when they play football, or during the Gable era when the Iowa Hawkeyes came on the mat...they both intimidate their opponents just because of the aura around them. Some people think it’s the uniform, some people think it’s the tradition.
Whatever it is, intimidation works.
Now, what you have to do to overcome intimidation is to practice not being intimidated. So let me ask you this. For example: did you ever have a teacher in school that you were afraid to talk to...a boss, a boy, a girl, dad, mom whatever?
Do you know what my assignments for you is? Go talk to that teacher. Go talk to that boss, Go talk to that person. I want you to do things that intimidate you and see what happens?
The more you do things that intimidate you the less you’ll be intimidated. So you ask the boss for the raise, ask the girl out for a date...the boss says no...the girl say no. The whole goal wasn't to just get the raise or get a yes from the girl... the whole goal was to do that confrontation, just to get the nerve to do it. The whole goal is to just confront the fear, confront the intimidation.
So that’s what we’re talking about. Practice putting yourself in situations where you’re intimidated and then deal with it. And just like any fear, the more you confront the fear the fear will lessen.
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Message #71 - A Technique You Can Use Right Now to Relive Stress and Relax
Release the Natural Tranquilizers in Your Body.
Most things in life you make yourself do. You go to school, work, practice, take a shower...what ever. It's a never ending process of make, make, make, make, make.
Try to make yourself fall asleep; you can’t make yourself fall asleep...you just fall asleep.
Try to make yourself breathe... If you had to make yourself breathe, inhale, exhale, then you wouldn't have a chance to do anything else. So the whole thing is it’s a letting process, you just let it happen. You don’t make it happen.
In order to make yourself relax, YOU COULD JUST LET IT HAPPEN. How do we do it? It's easier than you think.
This basic relaxation technique is #45 of 125 Success Secrets from my CD series, I co-authored with Dr. Rob Gilbert, entitled "The Psychology of Winning Wrestling" www.leekemp.com/cdpage.htm.
It starts with our breathing. Notice there are three parts to our breathing; inhalation, exhalation and then there’s a slight pause.
And just notice that this is happening naturally, you’re not making it happen, it’s just happening involuntarily.
This is the technique: In your mind link up your breathing with a wave. So as you inhale you see and hear a big, beautiful wave coming in and crash.
As you exhale, you see and hear the wave go out to sea.
Then there’s a slight pause with the breathing and a slight pause with the wave. And so the wave is linked with your breathing and the breathing is linked with the wave.
And just as with the wave when it comes into shore, it’s bringing fresh, clean, clear water to the shore. As you’re inhaling, you’re bringing fresh, clean, clear, relaxing energy into your body.
Upon the exhalation the wave is going out to sea. The wave is taking any debris from shore out to sea. When you are exhaling, you have the opportunity to let any negative thoughts, stressing feelings or emotions to leave your body.
Then there’s a slight pause with the breathing and a slight pause with the wave.
A very simple exercise and you could do this just for a few minutes. Just to take the edge off any anxiety or stress you have. Just get in touch with your breathing.
You should practice this and just like anything else, the more you do it, the better you become at it.
It’s important to realize you have these natural tranquilizers inside your body, these powerful tranquilizers that could allow yourself to relax.
Most things in life you make yourself do. You go to school, work, practice, take a shower...what ever. It's a never ending process of make, make, make, make, make.
Try to make yourself fall asleep; you can’t make yourself fall asleep...you just fall asleep.
Try to make yourself breathe... If you had to make yourself breathe, inhale, exhale, then you wouldn't have a chance to do anything else. So the whole thing is it’s a letting process, you just let it happen. You don’t make it happen.
In order to make yourself relax, YOU COULD JUST LET IT HAPPEN. How do we do it? It's easier than you think.
This basic relaxation technique is #45 of 125 Success Secrets from my CD series, I co-authored with Dr. Rob Gilbert, entitled "The Psychology of Winning Wrestling" www.leekemp.com/cdpage.htm.
It starts with our breathing. Notice there are three parts to our breathing; inhalation, exhalation and then there’s a slight pause.
And just notice that this is happening naturally, you’re not making it happen, it’s just happening involuntarily.
This is the technique: In your mind link up your breathing with a wave. So as you inhale you see and hear a big, beautiful wave coming in and crash.
As you exhale, you see and hear the wave go out to sea.
Then there’s a slight pause with the breathing and a slight pause with the wave. And so the wave is linked with your breathing and the breathing is linked with the wave.
And just as with the wave when it comes into shore, it’s bringing fresh, clean, clear water to the shore. As you’re inhaling, you’re bringing fresh, clean, clear, relaxing energy into your body.
Upon the exhalation the wave is going out to sea. The wave is taking any debris from shore out to sea. When you are exhaling, you have the opportunity to let any negative thoughts, stressing feelings or emotions to leave your body.
Then there’s a slight pause with the breathing and a slight pause with the wave.
A very simple exercise and you could do this just for a few minutes. Just to take the edge off any anxiety or stress you have. Just get in touch with your breathing.
You should practice this and just like anything else, the more you do it, the better you become at it.
It’s important to realize you have these natural tranquilizers inside your body, these powerful tranquilizers that could allow yourself to relax.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Message #70 - The Single Biggest Mistake That Keeps Most People From Getting Motivated
The Point Here Is Where Does Motivation Come From... and How Do We Get Motivated?
We get motivated by the desire to do SOMETHING...ANYTHING!
The desire to do something can also be the desire to achieve SOMETHING. This can also be called a GOAL!
The smaller the goal...the smaller the motivation....THE BIGGER THE GOAL...THE BIGGER THE MOTIVATION....think about this for a moment...
Also when you’re motivated, you automatically become excited. BIGGER THE MOTIVATION...THE BIGGER THE EXCITEMENT.
BIGGER THE EXCITEMENT...THE BIGGER THE PASSION.
That's it.... I MEAN THAT'S THE ONE BIGGEST MISTAKE THAT PEOPLE MAKE IS THEY SET THEIR GOALS TOO SMALL.
We get motivated by the desire to do SOMETHING...ANYTHING!
The desire to do something can also be the desire to achieve SOMETHING. This can also be called a GOAL!
The smaller the goal...the smaller the motivation....THE BIGGER THE GOAL...THE BIGGER THE MOTIVATION....think about this for a moment...
Also when you’re motivated, you automatically become excited. BIGGER THE MOTIVATION...THE BIGGER THE EXCITEMENT.
BIGGER THE EXCITEMENT...THE BIGGER THE PASSION.
That's it.... I MEAN THAT'S THE ONE BIGGEST MISTAKE THAT PEOPLE MAKE IS THEY SET THEIR GOALS TOO SMALL.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Message #69 - The One Thing That is Much More Important Than Winning
Winning is However you Define Success, or More Importantly...Attainment of You Goals and Dreams. But First What Could Be More Important Than Winning?
Winning is the end result of a lot of things.
The most important FIRST step to any GREAT success in anything is the WILLINGNESS TO DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES to get what you want...
AND the willingness do do it NO MATTER WHAT! This is what separates the GOOD from the GREAT!
All truly successful people (I mean those people that have achieved greatness) have this capacity. Sports Psychologist, Dr. Rob Gilbert and I did a audio CD series together entitled "The Psychology of Winning Wrestling" and he pointed this out to me...the principle of the willingness to do what ever it takes...NO MATTER WHAT. This principle is true and works every time.
It all comes down to HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT! ....AND AT WHAT COST!
You see everything has a price. This very fortunately is not paid in currency...but in BLOOD, SWEAT, SACRIFICE, TEARS, WORK, TOIL, SET BACKS, DISAPPOINTMENTS, TEMPORARY FAILURES, GRIT, DETERMINATION...you get the point.
And then at the end come the WINNING! the SUCCESS! the TRIUMPH! Are you willing to do what it takes...NO MATTER WHAT???
Winning is the end result of a lot of things.
The most important FIRST step to any GREAT success in anything is the WILLINGNESS TO DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES to get what you want...
AND the willingness do do it NO MATTER WHAT! This is what separates the GOOD from the GREAT!
All truly successful people (I mean those people that have achieved greatness) have this capacity. Sports Psychologist, Dr. Rob Gilbert and I did a audio CD series together entitled "The Psychology of Winning Wrestling" and he pointed this out to me...the principle of the willingness to do what ever it takes...NO MATTER WHAT. This principle is true and works every time.
It all comes down to HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT! ....AND AT WHAT COST!
You see everything has a price. This very fortunately is not paid in currency...but in BLOOD, SWEAT, SACRIFICE, TEARS, WORK, TOIL, SET BACKS, DISAPPOINTMENTS, TEMPORARY FAILURES, GRIT, DETERMINATION...you get the point.
And then at the end come the WINNING! the SUCCESS! the TRIUMPH! Are you willing to do what it takes...NO MATTER WHAT???
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