Meditation is something that many people know about, but don’t fully understand. While a vast majority of people understands that meditation is a means of reaching spiritual tranquility and heightening mental awareness, what most people don’t realize is that, meditation can also be a great way to build muscle and increase physical endurance. So much […]
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Athletes: Why You Should Meditate
Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Sports Meditation
If you’re an athlete, you’re probably sick of hearing about all the things you “must” do — You must take x, y, and z supplements; you must follow x, y, and z workout routines; etc, etc, etc… Usually, when someone is telling you as an athlete that you really should do something — unless they’re your […]
Imagery Increases Muscle Strength
Categories: News
Researchers from the Centre of Research and Innovation in Sport, at the University Claude Bernard and the University of Lyon in Villeurbanne, France, examined whether mental imagery (MI) training can increase muscle strength, especially when movements are under the control of large cortical areas in the primary motor cortex. (It has already been well established that it improves motor […]