{"id":13515,"date":"2015-09-11T20:47:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T20:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amihungry.com\/?p=13515"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:45:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T18:45:42","slug":"mindful-athlete-stays-curious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amihungry.com\/mindful-athlete-stays-curious\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mindful Athlete Stays Curious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amihungry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ING_17215_05843-sm.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-13518 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/amihungry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ING_17215_05843-sm-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Female Runner Winning Marathon\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"><\/a>Anyone who is regularly physically active will experience workout days that are great, and those that are not so great. <a title=\"Mindful Eating for Athletes\" href=\"https:\/\/amihungry.com\/programs\/mindful-eating-for-athletes\/\">Individuals who exercise mindfully<\/a> stay curious about these experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Curiosity removes judgment and the resulting feelings of guilt or shame that can follow. Rather than allowing their less than desirable workouts to lead them to beat themselves up or forego all physical activity, they ask, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t my workout feel better?\u201d and \u201cWhat could I do to modify my activity so it feels good again?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If these less than optimal workouts occur often, the mindful athlete will analyze why it could be happening and then experiment to see what they need to do to change their experience. For example, they may discover that they are over-training, under-fueling, fighting an infection, or feeling bored with their current activity. Or they might realize that they are stuck in Overeating and Over-training Cycles\u2014in other words, exercising to <a title=\"Don't Exercise to Punish Yourself for Eating\" href=\"https:\/\/amihungry.com\/dont-exercise-to-punish-yourself-for-eating\/\">pay penance<\/a> for what they have eaten\u2014leading to a negative experience.<\/p>\n<p>Tuning into and becoming curious about your physical sensations, thoughts, and feelings will connect you with your needs.&nbsp; Determining what makes you return to moving your body again and again will help you discover the <a title=\"Getting in the Zone: Discover the Intrinsic Benefits of Physical Activity\" href=\"https:\/\/amihungry.com\/getting-in-the-zone-intrinsic-benefits-of-physical-activity\/\">true value<\/a> that physical activity brings to you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If less than optimal workouts occur often, the mindful athlete will analyze why it could be happening and then experiment to see what they need to do to change their experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":21831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38,44],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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