Episode 153: Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention - with Fitness Professional Eric D'Agati

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 https://ericdagati.com/

When you want to work on staying physically fit while avoiding injury and staying healthy, it doesn’t matter whether you are training as a pro or just an average Joe; the approach is the same.  It is the end destination that is different.  Your goals determine the intensity of the program.  A mom needs the strength and agility to tackle a two-year-old who doesn’t want to go to bed while a professional football linebacker needs to be able to catch and tackle a running back headed for a touchdown.  What they both need to optimize their health function and performance starts out the same and can be divided into 3 categories.  

Three things necessary to consider in any exercise program.

1.    Fuel:  What you put in your body as well as what you put in or let into your head.

2.   Movement:  Good fundamental movement with a baseline of strength and the capacity to endure it. 

3.   Reset:  Your workout is only as good as your ability to recover from it. 

Let’s let that all sink in for a minute and stay tuned…

Additional takeaways:

Sleep:  You can’t out-train a poor night’s sleep.

Check out the book “Why we sleep”, by Matthew Walker PhD.

Quiet:  You need a quiet body, free of physical pain, free of sickness, and free of mental pain. Have the ability to shut things out.

Check out the book “Stillness is the Key”, by Ryan Holiday

Have a purpose: Define your milestones or clear-cut markers and establish non-negotiable habits. 

Check out the book, “The Power of Habit”, by Charles Duhigg

Direction Not Perfection Resources:

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