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Index
Cover
Titel
Impressum
INHALT
PROLOGUE
1 IT ALL BEGINS WITH AN UNUSUAL RUNNING STORY
1.1 The Atacama experiment: Performance that defies the imagination
1.2 The book’s character and structure: How it works
2 HOW MUCH OF YOUR HEAD IS IN YOUR FEET?
2.1 Antiquated everyday training: Is the earth still flat?
2.2 Power of the mind
2.3 The mind’s astounding effects on the body: Learning to control the uncontrollable?!
2.4 Mental training as the magic bullet? Possibilities and limits
3 POSITION FIXING: STARTING MY PERSONAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM
3.1 “I’m going to rate myself”: Important topics in a nutshell
3.2 Where am I right now?
3.3 Personal performance profile
3.4 Diagnosing my mental strengths
3.5 Why do I run? What drives me?
4 MOTIVATION AND GOALS: FUELING AND GUIDING PRODUCTIVE ENERGY
4.1 Everyday self-sabotage, or: Fuck you, problem!
4.2 Never again, motivational problems! A beautiful new world of athletics or something from the psychological bag of tricks?
4.3 Brain-appropriate goal management: The basis of success
5 7-D HEAD CINEMA: LET THE MAGIC HAPPEN
5.1 Visualization with virtuosity = 7-D experience patterns
5.2 Visualization guide
5.3 Remembering a successful future: Irresistible wish goals, performances, and results
5.4 Magic moments: Perfect movements, processes, and sequences
5.5 The big picture: Visualizing competitions
6 USING RESOURCES
6.1 Resource reload: The Swiss army knife of mental training
6.2 Focusing attention: Learning from the grand masters
6.3 Self-talk: How we can constructively guide the voices in our head
6.4 You’re allowed to copy: Learning from more or less glam models
6.5 Act as if: Fake it till you make it
6.6 Testing and creating self-confidence
6.7 Relaxed effectiveness and effective relaxation
7 THE DARK SIDE OF RUNNING AND HOW TO TURN IT INTO OPPORTUNITIES
7.1 A threat to body and soul: The negative effects of positive thinking
7.2 Shit happens: How to handle failure
7.3 Crises, opportunities, twists, and turns: How does a world champion think?
7.4 From research & practice: Mental resilience as means for success
7.5 Sports injuries: The role our mind plays in the occurrence and healing of injuries
7.6 Exercise addiction: What exactly is it and am I affected?
7.7 What happens when success makes you unhappy?
OUTLOOK
INTERVIEW WITH MICHELE UFER: WHEN MANAGERS LEARN TO RUN
REFERENCES
Readers’ opinions on the book
Success Stories
Photo credits
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