5 November 5 Steps to improved Vitality November 5, 2021By ICI Administrator Aspire 0 As you are all too aware we are coming out of the most crazy and turbulent times we have been through for a very long time. Although these times are tough it has given us time to reflect and reset our thinking and change our actions. I have spoken to many people through the various lockdowns and into re-opening and a lot of them were feeling stressed with the thought of going back to the office and worksites with such uncertainty, so I thought I would share with you a quick version of my 5 Steps to improved Vitality, and I hope you get something from this that you can implement straight away. As with most things it will take time to make these become habits, but keep at it and you will be more productive and hopefully happier as well. I take these steps from my time as a Footballer, and MMA Fighter, both as an athlete and coach, and into my life beyond as High Performance Coach. You will see how athletes, both teams and individuals, use these steps and how you can too can use them to help yourself and your office. Remember that business teams and sporting teams are very similar. The Bosses, managers and supervisors are the coaches and trainers, and the employees are the players. SNAP: Snap is the first and most important step. This is because it links the other steps and is how you start the day off with a BANG. This is creating routines and rituals in order to help you physically and mentally prepare to hit the ground running. Every successful sporting team and individual have their own rituals to get the most out of their performance. Look at everyone from Golfers with their pre shot routine, Basketballers with their pre-game and pre-shot routine, Sprinters, Tennis players. The most famous pre-game Ritual comes from The All Blacks with The Haka. You undoubtedly already have your routine and ritual already set, but take a look at how you start your mornings and what you can change to be more effective and be in a better state when you come into work. I use Music as it is a great mood adjuster. It can pump you up before work, or it can calm you down on the way from home. Create your own unique playlist with tunes that influence your mood. Finally on SNAP remember that your emotion is led by your motion. So, when you sit, sit tall and powerful, walk with power and purpose and keep your head high. Check out Superman pose, or power pose. This can help raise your testosterone, while lowering your cortisol levels within 2 minutes. NAP: We aren’t designed to work 24/7/365, but with our mobiles and emails we are accessible at all hours of the day. Just think about how can you escape and fully relax and allow your body and mind to 100% recover. A few ideas might be listening to soft music, getting out side in the sun and fresh air and make sure you keep hydrated and eat healthy foods, not high fat high sugar donuts. Try to work in short intense chunks of 25-45 minutes being single focused and avoid any distractions and make sure you leave your office for lunch. TAP: Many people think about TAPPING as losing, but TAPPING correctly is a great way to learn, grow and evolve. Particularly after this past 18 months things are different. We need to learn what will now work in the “new normal” and what won’t. Now more than ever is a great time to try new ideas to keep everyone engaged and inspired. In fighting I would TAP all the time. When I would get caught in a choke or a submission, I would TAP so I would avoid passing out or suffer a big injury. I wouldn’t rest on my past effort, but I would learn how to avoid that position again, or how to escape it, but each time it would get harder for my opponent to get that particular move on me. CLAP: As this is getting a little long, CLAPPING is simply to celebrate the effort of the team, and your teammates around you. When a team supports and celebrates together, they are willing to do more of their team mates, and go above and beyond. Not for extra money, but for their teammate and their coach. When you get this balance correct it is a game changer. Everyone will be on the same page and pulling in the same direction, united RE-CAP: This step is all about continuous never-ending improvement, in all areas of your life. It doesn’t matter how good you are, if you don’t improve you will get overtaken and forgotten about all too quickly. Think about sports teams and athletes from yesteryear, very few leave the game on top. This is due to not just the game and techniques improving, but other athletes having that extra X factor and zip in them. In coaching sports, we would watch the football game, or the fight and assess what worked and what didn’t. As a coach we were more interested in what didn’t work, then we would get buy in by the players on how as a team we would overcome those obstacles. Every team and every situation will have its own way for the team to get past the issue. But ensure that everyone is on the same page moving forward. That is quick summary of the 5 Steps Towards Improved Vitality. As I said earlier these won’t come naturally but neither did walking, yet we are all walking now. 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