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DECEMBER 2017
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TRIATHLON CLUB OF SAN DIEGO
Introduction
DECEMBER TCSD EVENTS
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Breathing is always happening, always with you; never stops, never rests. Breathing is the key to keeping alive and functioning. We take our breath very much for granted. We condition our bodies, we train our minds, and we manage our nutritional inputs, but we typically do not ”work on” our breath.
in sport training, control is everything! Think of a laboratory experiment. There is a control group, and an experimental group. The control group retains constant conditions and can be described quantitatively. It can be replicated, allowing us to create the exact same environment from scratch, each time. A control group also enables us to depend on an expected outcome, to which we can compare and add in various “experimental factors”, hence: “variables”.
Breathing for Relaxation and Control,
10K/5K Saturday, December 9th Check-in: 7:30am Start: 8am
and its IMPACT on TRAINING and PERFORMANCE
Location Hospitality Point Park 2500 Quivira Ct., San Diego, 92109
2017 IRONMAN KONA VIEWING PARTY
By Anna Weltman, Top Performance Consulting
I would like to emphasize the importance of controlling your breathing, and describe the effects that doing so can have on your performance. Date: Thursday, December 7th 5:15-8:45pm Location: Qualcomm Auditorium 6455 Lusk Blvd., San Diego, 92121 Refer to the Club’s website for complete activity listings and information.
Control
There is no natural cessation in your breathing cycle. In fact, we are not aware of how we breathe most of the time, except for when we try to control our breathing (such as swimming under water). Controlling your breathing or being aware of your breathing is a huge step towards being in control and aware of everything else you do. And
Flow
Breathing is what helps us maintain our optimal state of “Flow”. The easiest way to describe “flow” is that is it a state of “BEING”! It is when you are totally engaged in what you are doing and not aware of how you got there. You are not analyzing what you need to do next; you just DO what you need to do next, and you do that automatically. Flow feels great, and probably everyone has had the experience at one time or another of the “flow”state. continued on page 16