- Isolating and bored of your four walls? Fulfil your potential with TED talks about endurance sports and training
If you are stuck at home because of the coronavirus pandemic and have watched every endurance sports documentary on Netflix, fear not " there is an array of TED Talks perfect for runners, cyclists, swimmers and other endurance athletes at your fingertips.
Are Athletes Really Getting Faster, Better, Stronger? " David Epstein
Athletes are going further and faster than ever before. Distances that took people days to traverse a century ago are being knocked off by the likes of Kilian Jornet in a matter of hours.
It is tempting to assume humans are getting faster or stronger. But humans haven't changed, only our understanding of them has.
How "Normal People" Can Train Like the World's Best Endurance Athletes " Stephen Seiler
Want to get more out of your training? Learn about the two fundamentals of training " duration and intensity.
Intensity is the harder to measure but Seiler has worked to quantify the training of hundreds of athletes to find out if the adage "no pain, no gain" is true.
How Endurance Athletes Are Using the Power of the Now " Ned Phillips
Phillips was a cynic about mindfulness. But then he took on a coach for mental training and it altered his outlook and performance.
If you are thinking about how far you have to go, you can't think about what you are doing in that moment. Learn to harness the "power of now".
The Eternal Suffering of the Endurance Mind " Colin Robertson
Robertson has studied humans preforming under extreme conditions and the effect on their mind.
To exercise at all is to embrace pain, he believes, but while pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. The talk focuses on how to embrace pain and how to fit training into your schedule.
Sport Psychology: Inside the Mind of Champion Athletes " Martin Hagger
Why are there some athletes who always seem to "get it right" and peak at the ideal time. There are a range of approaches, from being jovial on the start line to sitting and focusing in the build-up.
Hagger, a sports psychologist, explains how these different approaches that work to prepare you mentally for competition.
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