HOW TO LIVE LIKE A
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE
By Vanessa Bennett
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At Inside 80, we talk about Energy
Credits as if you wake up with 100
every day, (assuming you’re in good
health), and throughout the day you
spend those credits. Athletes are
amazing at perfecting their technique
and managing their energy to ensure
it’s allocated to increasing their
performance, and no credits are ever
wasted. So let’s take some simple
tips to build our lifestyles with athletic
techniques:
Use Energy Efficiently
Olympic swimmers win gold for getting
to the end of the pool first. They don’t
get a gold medal for getting in the pool
and then just kicking as hard as they
possibly can, no matter the direction or
the pace. Swimmers know it’s important
to correct their technique so that they
travel with direction and a balance of
energy to get to the end of the pool.
In work and life, if you feel like you are
just “kicking really hard” and not getting
anywhere with the results you are after,
the chances are you need to correct
your ‘technique’ and consider how you
are spending your energy credits. It’s not
about working as hard as you possibly
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can – it’s about working as efficiently as
you possibly can.
Overtraining Reduces Performance
If athletes overtrain they know that
their muscles will fatigue and their
performance will reduce. Leading up to
a major event, athletes usually relax their
training knowing that injuries are more
likely then progress.
In life, if you continue to work long
hours at your job despite fatigue your
productivity will actually decline. You’ll
spend more energy credits trying to
complete tasks when you are fatigued
and unmotivated, which often leads
to stress, burnout and even depression
– a serious injury to your mental and
physiological health.
Athletes Don’t Train Heavy Every Day
Athletes generally break their training
down into “heavy, medium and light”
sessions (i.e. a long distance runner
doesn’t train 40km at race pace every
day. They have sessions where they
sprint, days with a long, slow run, and
shorter jogs).
Likewise at work and home, there are
tasks that are a “heavier” energy drain
than others. By mixing up your days,
weeks and months with heavy, medium
and light tasks, you can spend your
energy credits more efficiently and
establish balance (i.e. many people
save up all of their household chores for
Saturdays and deny themselves a sleepin so they can wake up, do the washing,
mow the lawn, do the groceries etc. If
you incorporate some of these tasks into
your weekday routines there is a greater
opportunity to relax, socialise and
indulge in ‘you’ time).
Schedule Recovery Time
Athletes never feel guilty about recovery.
They know it’s important for muscle
repair and improving performance.
So why is it that in our lives we often feel
guilty for taking recovery time? Some
people consider it selfish or a waste of
time. There is a huge difference between
selfishness and self-care that allows you
to recover energy credits, and ultimately
work more productively, creating more
time for others.
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Athletes Work To Their Strengths
Everyone is built differently. Athletes
know that certain body types lend
themselves to certain types of actions,
i.e. the muscular physique of a 100m
sprinter is different to a slinky marathon
runner.
In work and life, make sure you embrace
your strengths – what makes you
happy and strong and how can you
incorporate more of this into your life?
Spending energy on things we love
actually adds to our credit balance and
increases the weight of each of those
100 credits we wake up with.
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