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Krista Stryker on Gratitude, Commitment and Taking Action

Krista Stryker founded 12 Minute Athlete, a leading expert on high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and bodyweight fitness. She is also the author of the new book The 12-Minute Athlete. In today's conversation, we don't spend too much time around the working-out aspect of Krista's life. Instead, we talk about how we deal with the uncertainty in your life. It's front and center. And we talk about how we deal with uncertainty. How can we learn to focus on things that we can control?

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Psychology Erich Wenzel Psychology Erich Wenzel

How To Train Your Mind: Movement

In today's episode, we are back again with our How To Train Your Mind series covering movement or how to move well. This may seem counterintuitive to some. How does moving the body help people train their minds? As with many aspects of training the mind, being able to move well allows you to build awareness of the body and, by extension, the mind when you're not in a training environment. From my own experience, I've found that as a beginner, there is resistance when training. Your body is not accustomed to the movements. As you gain experience, the activity can become more internal in the sense of how nuanced that movement feels. A movement practice also becomes a place where you can push yourself to failure that is, for the most part, safe. For me, moving well allows me to become comfortable with failure at a personal level but still be able to try again.

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