Every person brought up in the family and in society concludes that there are more prohibitions than permits in life. Compliance with the necessary constraints is essential for the stability of society and the maintenance of a healthy psychological climate in the human world.
In the sports environment, the main taboo is the violation of the diet. Skipping workouts, not getting enough and too much sleep or eating, «indulging» in prohibited substances of natural and chemical origin and much more – counteracting the whole, whose name is the diet. Among the sentences of the athlete’s self-motivation, there should be phrases «I like what I do»,» it’s easy and pleasant for me to load my body physically, and this allows you to achieve high results»,»I adhere to a special diet, thanks to which many admire my figure.» They need to replace harsh formulations such as «I forbid myself to eat because I have to «dry» the body before the competition «or»I’m afraid of my coach because he scolds me for systematic delays». Relying on good physical condition and ignoring training, giving Slack and pushing the limits of the freedom of behavior necessary for personal purposes – all these deviations from the norm can play a diabolical joke with a «minister of sport» and turn him from a hope into an ordinary Homo sapiens.
Not the best effect on the body and the general condition of the athlete is an uneven increase in the load.
The lack of habit of regularly attending workouts and gradually progressing can lead to a state of moral and physical «Burn-out». Attempts to bring the form closer to the ideal in a short time and jerks are like the desperate desire of careless students to prepare for the exam overnight. Practice shows that nothing is impossible, but at what cost! The tendency to self-derision is characteristic not only for athletes, but also for ballet dancers, musicians, scientists. By turning workouts, repetitions and written presentation of the results of the study into a cult, they accelerate energy expenditure without worrying about its complete recovery, which leads to apathy and depression rather than an improvement in calculated performance.
Each prohibition can be formulated in the form of a statement, and this method of formulating requirements should be guided in the upbringing of children. However, prohibitions have a more powerful power of influence, because they set the limits of what is allowed, and everything that does not go beyond the limits is allowed. To follow the prohibitions in sports is a necessary effort of Will, «working» on the result much more than softness and complacency with whims. Reducing the personal moral barrier and the requirement to oneself is a dangerous loophole that can rather distance rather than get closer to the gold of victories in dreams.
Finess Head 