The 8 Emotions of Exercise Part 1: Anger

To me emotions are fascinating. As a Mental Skills Training Professional, I consult athletes daily about how they could perform optimally from a psychological perspective. Together we have conversations and do exercises so that they can be as focused and confident as possible while performing on the sports field. Managing one’s emotions is a very important factor when it comes to performing optimally. Have you ever seen someone perform or behave badly at their job, on the sports field, or in the gym because their emotions got the better of them? Of course, you have! That doesn’t have to be you though.

In this series we’ll discuss the eight core emotions, how you can understand them, and how you can use them practically when it comes to you work life, social life, and health life.

Always remember that while many emotions are unpleasant, none of them are bad, all of them have their place in our lives, and all of them can be useful if we understand them properly.

Emotion #1: Anger

Anger is viewed by most in society as a “bad” emotion to have. I disagree. Many great things have been accomplished in the world by people filled with passion and just the right amount of rage. Considering sports, for example, you don’t have to go far to find that the secret to great performances by sporting legends such as Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Roy Keane and many more was their ability to access and control the angry side of themselves. Let’s see how we can apply that in an exercise environment like the gym or the Body Twenty studio.

The 4-Step Process

Angry outbursts typically follow this four-step progression...

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