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Article: Self-Hypnosis for better gains: this mind-expanding fitness aid can cool you out while building you up. (Mental Edge).(use of hypnosis for physical fitness)
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- Men's Fitness
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
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Of all the fitness-promoting mental techniques available, hypnosis may be the one men are least likely to try. And that's too bad. When used correctly, hypnosis can be a highly effective way to improve your workouts, not to mention perform better on the playing field and in the workplace. Athletes from Tiger Woods to a variety of Olympians have used hypnosis to help visualize optimal performance and overcome self-doubt. But if you want to get more out of your time at the gym, it can help there, too. All in all, hypnosis may be the most fitness-friendly thing you can do while parked on a couch.
If you're reluctant to try hypnosis, you should know that the way it's ...