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The Joyful Athlete: The Wisdom of the Heart in Exercise And Sports Training
The Joyful Athlete: The Wisdom of the Heart in Exercise And Sports Training
The Joyful Athlete: The Wisdom of the Heart in Exercise And Sports Training
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How can athletes train for maximum performance and joy? The Joyful Athlete shares the findings of a veteran runner who worked as an editor at Runner's World and has raced at distances from 100 yards to 100K (62.2 miles). After receiving a master's degree from Stanford University, author George Beinhorn was paralyzed from the chest down for three years. No sooner had he recovered than a spiritual teacher urged him to start running—there would be no time for self-pity.

For the next 40 years, he researched ways to make training both scientific and personally rewarding. Studying the careers of hundreds of athletes, he found that the most successful shared two qualities. First, they were expansive—they had a positive outlook and exceptional energy. And they practiced "feeling-based training"—they had an uncanny ability to understand the signals their bodies were sending.

Athletes in our western culture have been obsessed with numbers. The assumption is that by analyzing our training rationally, we'll be able to achieve more consistent results and get the most enjoyment. In practice, this premise hasn't worked out very well. Athletes from cultures where intuition is honored, notably elite runners from East Africa, continue to dominate. That's because sports training isn't about "running the numbers." It's about working with the individual body that we must train with, and whose needs change continually.

The Joyful Athlete tells a riveting story of groundbreaking research that reveals why our bodies thrive when we cultivate expansive thoughts and feelings, and how scores of athletes at all levels have found success by "feeling-based training."

It's an enjoyable reading experience that will inspire athletes in every sport. The Joyful Athlete answers the most basic question every athlete faces: "How can I be successful and enjoy my training too?"
LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 15, 2015
ISBN9781565895522
The Joyful Athlete: The Wisdom of the Heart in Exercise And Sports Training
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George Beinhorn

George Beinhorn started running in 1968. Four years later, he took a job at Runner’s World, where he served as an assistant editor and staff photographer for four years. He has raced at distances from 100 yards to 100K (62.2 miles). At age 73, he continues to explore the joys of expansive sports as a participant and observer.

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