When Nike revealed its now famous slogan “Just do It” [“apenas faça”, em português] In 1988, he helped boost the American company of sports goods to world fame. Ordinary people also began to invoke the slogan to motivate themselves to face challenging tasks, such as maintaining an exercise routine.
This is not surprising the researchers, who have found that motivational, mantras and talk to yourself positively help people in countless ways.
University students who heard the mantra of their choice became happier and more mental clarity later, according to a 2018 pilot study In the Journal of Religion and Healthwhile strategies to talk to yourself facilitated learning and improved sports performance, according to a published meta-analysis in Perspectives on Psychological Science magazine.
Researchers also discovered a positive connection between human health and mantras meditation – the practice of focusing on the mind repeating a mantra – in a 2022 review published In the International Journal of Yoga. The use of stress -relieving mantras and high blood pressure control was especially promising.
With such useful mantras and slogans, many physical coaches incorporate them when working with their customers.
“I find them extremely useful,” said Alysha Flynn, a female running coach and founder of the What Runs You training program in York, Pennsylvania. “They help people reflect their mind and develop a sustainable habit that keeps them moving and healthy for a long time.”
The motivation can be fleeting, agreed Kaya Luciani, coach of the Future Virtual Training app, based on Raleigh, North Carolina.
“A more reliable source of impulse comes from our mindset,” said Luciani. “Although the slips are small, they are also a very powerful way to improve and train our mindset. They make people think, ‘Maybe it’s as easy as simply doing.’
How to find your motto or mantra?
While mantras like “just do” and “yes, you can!” They are popular, they do not work for everyone. Each person needs to find the sentence or private sentence who speaks to him.
Choosing something short and easy to remember is better, said Flynn, who does not recommend finding a mantra through research.
“I usually encourage customers to leave words simply find them,” Flynn said. “This will make the mantra resonate more deeply.”
“I don’t suggest a specific phrase or citation for a customer,” she said. “They often develop naturally and always end up being something that simply fits the customer in some way.”
Although not everyone is helped to adopt a fitness motto, the two trainers have noticed some similarities to using them with their customers. Younger women often adopt phrases like “I can do difficult things,” because they want to prove something to themselves, Flynn said. “But for women 35 or 45, their mantras are more about grace, understanding and honoring themselves.”
Luciani, who trains both men and women, does not see big differences in the lemars selected by each sex. Instead, she found that the mantras people adopt are more associated with her personality and lifestyle type. “More direct phrases like ‘just do’ or ‘handle firm!’ They align more with male energy, for example, whether this energy in a man or woman, ”said Luciani.
Just one piece of the puzzle
Both women said they use mantras and slogans as a part of their training, and more as a complementary tool that unites a client’s exercise program. Most importantly, the coaches said, individuals need to evaluate where they are on their fitness journey, along with the aspirations they have established for themselves.
“When it comes to developing fitness goals and setting a pace for yourself, it is very important that you do not fall into temptation to dive heading all at once,” said Luciani. “This increases your risk of stumbling into a mindset of all or nothing, which is very common when people are developing a new standard.”
For experienced practitioners, it is important to push yourself out of the comfort zone, said Luciani. If you do not do so, you will risk being bored or disguised, she said.
“Ensuring that you are challenging yourself in a surrounding manner is as important as not overdoing it,” said Luciani. You should also reflect on thoughts or processes that may have been rooted since childhood, be a rigid training protocol or the belief that you are a failure if you do not achieve an established goal.
“Help if you develop a more adaptable and flexible mindset,” said Flynn. “Training is not a linear process.”
Both Luciani and Flynn used fitness mantras themselves, and they change over time. Luciani said he recently wrote in a post-it: “You can do that.”
“There is not much mystery,” said Luciani. “But having these words before your face every day can be something you really need in one day and just a whisper in your ear in another. Your needs can flow and reflect.”
“I have a profound understanding that at some point I won’t have the same fitness opportunities because my body will not be physically able to do an activity,” said Flynn. “So I use it to extract one more drop now, while I’m able to do it.”
In general, the essence of using a motto to improve your fitness is to understand that your internal dialogue can be a powerful resource in changing your behavior.
“We can all use words to train our minds, just as we train our body,” said Luciani.
This content was originally published in how lemimums or mantras can motivate you to exercise on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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