Disclaimer: I talk about non-experts and common sense for a specific reason for improving sprinting performance in this video but whenever life is at risk, such as medical conditions, please follow the advice of the experts and those qualified in those areas. This video is focused on more day to day, less important evidence based reseach on how to live and improving sprinting performance where you need to be more self-initiated. Additionally, please keep your sprint coach informed if you are to start something new outside of your sprint training. He/she will not only appreciate it but he might have some experience that could help you. As my dad (he has coached numerous athletes to national irish championships and an athlete to be european champion - very rare) says "no one has a monopoly on good ideas". Whether your coach is receptive to this new endeavor is up to him/her but at the end of the day, it's your choice of how you want to further your own life. I talk about important "non experts" in the field of sport, such asTim Ferris and Eckhart Tolle in this video, You can watch it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30aK0Ju-MOs It's likely that Tim Ferris or Eckhart Tolle have ever trained as sprinters although Tim Ferris has tried next to everything so I'm quite possibly wrong on this fact. The fact is they are experts outside the realms of sprinting so they would be considered non experts for sprint training or athletics in general. Yet they are hugely beneficial and crucial for sprinting as they are leaders who go against the grain and have developed modes of performance that help people in life achieve and live in heightened states and therefore improve performance. These guys are more important in our society than they've ever been before. Ever heard the saying that common sense isn't that common anymore? It's actually a really old quote as well which means insanity has been pretty popular for a long time now. And it's a quote backed by truth. I think we can all agree that insanity is ever more frequent now. The ego is well in control of peoples thinking. Even with leaders with great power, you can see some of their decisions and mindset is not backed by proper information or proper conclusions. Other more interesting day to day decisions is people trusting their friend's advice on nutrition and weight loss even though she has no knowledge over over the advice of a seasoned experienced qualified weight loss trainer. But then am I going to against the point of this video? No, the non expert still needs to be backed by common sense and know how to think. The media promotes experts as the highest form of competence. They promote people who have letters after their names. Although these people are important and crucial to how we li ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibXrLdCgj18

You're supposed to feel this way | The Great Athlete Tip SUBSCRIBE to get more valuable content that will help you run to your potential whether you are a 100m, 200m sprinter or even 400m athlete. So you're on the start line of your race. You feel nervous, you feel anxious. you may almost want to throw up. Well how about you accept the way you feel as normal - as the way you should feel. Find out how to do this by watching the video. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puijIehJhek

We know pre-race routine is important. And this is not all about what you eat and the quality of your warm up although those things are important. It goes deeper than that. It's how you are and how you feel are crucial as well. And what you feel and think just BEFORE you sprint is as important to how you feel during sprinting. So setting the right foundation before your 100m,200m,400m or any race is crucial for your body to reward you with your fastest time. The problem is most sprinters do not set this foundation before a race which means they are hampered from running fast. They are too much in a heightened sympathetic state. So in this video, I talk about one simple question you should ask yourself before you start to sprint in any race or even in training. It sounds inconsequential and tenuous this question but it helps you tap into yuor potential and actually helps you to get into the flowThis question is powerful as it keeps your point of focus on what will harness strength, power and speed for you to run fast instead of negative aspects that will only make you weaker and slower and ultimately handicap your race. This question is also a super easy way of bringing about relaxation which, as you will know from my previous videos, is crucial to sprinting.Any sport performance is not just about increasingg fitness and strength and flexibility but also about unearthing those things (that you are doing) that are holding you back. www.greatathletenexus.com is no longer my website. You can find me at www.sportsmassagesoxford.co.uk ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z3QjcLL1tU

In this video, I go into how anger can be of benefit to athletes and actually help sprinters run faster. For Part 1, click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30aK0Ju-MOs In Part 1, I go into how anger is the total antithesis of relaxation and therefore, if you are a sprinter, you should eradicate it. Your sprint training will always be hampered by it. Postive, stress free energy is always superior for sport performance. However anger channelled correctly can elicit relaxation and can be a positive. I can remember one time in my 400m running career when I turned up late at an athletics event and missed my 400m hurdles race. I was angry with myself becauseI had travelled a relatively long distance for that race and i wanted to get as much payback from my training as possible. I decided i wasn't leaving the event without racing so I entered myself in the 400m flat which was to be run later in the afternoon. I was so angry with myself still I then made the decision that I wasn't leaving this event without a 400m PB. I went out and did that personal best. I did it because I channelled my anger into a focus which made me make a decision that removed all doubt about the outcome of the race. When you remove all doubt about the outcome of the race, you actually create relaxation because it's in the doubt that stress and stress can occur. Whne you have a clear direction then relaxation is the result. If you are an athlete or sprinter and you would like help in incorporating relaxation into your sprinting or sport then I can be of help. I offer 1-1 skype sessions or in person muscle activation sessions using the Be-Activated method if you live near Taunton, Somerset, UK. If you woule like my assistance then please get in touch by email andy@thegreatathletenexus.com Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/howtorelaxwhilesprinting/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTTNHxFplf0