UrbanSkaters

It’s a scientifically proven fact that the mind doesn’t know the difference between what’s real and what’s simply being imagined. Athletes use visualisation to improve their performance all the time. Lewis Hamilton had been using visualisation before winning the F1 Canadian Grand Prix. Even before he’d set foot on the track, he had already run the race perfectly in his mind 100’s of times.  If this sounds too simple, then that’s because it really is!

When you truly immerse yourself in visualisation, your mind begins to create the same neural pathways and chemical responses, exactly as it would if you were doing it for real. More interestingly is that the part of the brain responsible for muscle movement also gets activated, resulting in noticeable muscle improvement to. Imagine being able to improve your skating technique, without even putting on your inline skates.

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