I'm putting into action the lessons I've learned along the way of running the MindGym (FREE) for the last 4 months. Wanted to give you a quick look at what the new Classroom is going to look like. What do y'all think??

@David Karasek Question for you and others: Sometimes during a race-pace (4×50m or something), you would always have to give it all, right? Always when we do that though, I always think about the future; "if I give everything I got it the first and second pace, I'll die of exhaustion in the next two" or "oh god, the others are pretty chill about it, I'm a nervous wreck". How can I improve that, is there any trick to do so? 🦊

Congrats to Maria!! She's had a couple 1-1 sessions with me but doing EXACTLY what I'm teaching you in the MindGym. Crazy thing is that she hasn't PB'ed for 2 years. Used to be super fast when she was young... Then plateaued for 2 years. Now finally the breakthrough. Got any new PB's or wins? Or lessons? Post them so others can see what's working and what's not working.

4 out of 5 pb's swam at today's meet 50m breast 33.3 --> 33.1 100m breast 1:11.04 --> 1:09.48 200m breast 2:32 --> 2:29.80 400m free 4:22 --> 4:19

Hey, I’m Ally, a friend of David Karasek, and I am writing a project on the topic “the influence of psychology on swimmers”. My goal is to collect answers from a questionnaire I’ve set up on order to analyse the importance of psychology and how to use it to promote athletic success. I would be very grateful for anyone who’d be interested in answering the questions. Questions - How important do you consider the mental component of competition and training for your sport? - How would you split the difference bewteen the mental and physical component? - Do you do active mind training, is it included in your program? - What external factors influence your mind? - Have you ever worked with a sports psychologist to improve your mental resilience? If so, how did it change your approach to the sport? - What role does goal setting play in your training and competition preparation? How does your mental approach to goals influence your performance? - Can you describe a time when your motivation was low? How did it affect your training or competition results, and how did you overcome it? - How do you mentally adjust during a competition if things aren’t going as planned? Can you give an example of a time when mental flexibility helped you succeed? - Do you have any other mental strategies you use? - Does the physical or psychological enable you to push for longer or continue to endure the pain? - When you are competing, how do you know when to give 100% and when to conserve energy? - Do you think swimming backstroke vs the other strokes is mentally more challenging because you can’t see where you’re going and you don’t have a line to follow?