AEQ AND SPORTS
THE CONSEQUENCES OF A POOR CONNECTION BETWEEN BODY AND MIND
If an athlete is not educated on the principles and mechanisms of the problems he is facing, training is mostly an inefficient use of energy and time because he will react as before under the same circumstances and cause…
Understanding the body after an injury
Injury is usually the result of an overload that is severe and prolonged enough to lead to burnout and termination of the overload. Injury, especially if it is repeated, offers us an answer to what, despite a strong…
THE MAGIC SPIRAL OF INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT EXERCISES
Many athletes, especially recreational ones, get caught in a spiral of increasing the difficulty of training, even though they feel inside that this does not bring them the expected progress and often leads them away…
MORE EFFORT AND LESS EMOTION ISN’T BETTER
A common cause for joint problems that athletes have, are sensory-motor amnesia (SMA) and an increased muscle tone that distorts correct and fluid pelvis and torso movement. From the day of our birth onwards…
HOW TO FIND THE MENTAL STRENGTH NEEDED TO RUN
When looking for a reason for lack of motivation to run, it is necessary to understand the role of the invested-received relationship, which is implanted deep within our limbic system. The relationship between what…
HEALING INJURIES AND PREVENTING NEW ONES
In the treatment and reduction of the probability of recurrence of injury in the AEQ method, the rule is that the movement must first be normalized, then optimized, and finally improved. The injury alone…
RUNNING AND MINDFULNESS OF THE MIND OVER THE BODY
Consciousness is usually directed to reaching a certain goal no matter the cost, rather than going faster toward the goal using conscious learning, better feeling, and consciously improved movement….
OBSERVE THE WAY YOU BREATHE AND YOU’LL FIND OUT WHO YOU REALLY ARE
Nasal breathing moisturizes and heats the air, prevents the drying of the mucous membrane, removes many pathogens, and raises nitric oxide in one’s blood. Competition is not a time for an athlete to focus…
SIGNS THAT OUR EXERCISE ISN’T HEALTHY
Our consciousness often uses an exaggeration in the movement to redirect emotional energy towards movement, with which we do not fix the relationships that burden us. Artificial pleasure is born, which brings…
WHAT IS MY TRUE SPORTS GOAL?
How to find out – with a quality connection within ourselves and accept feelings and insights even when they are inconsistent with our plans and desires. To become better, we need to exit our comfort zone and…
CONTROLLING THE EGO
Who is the ego? Ego allows us to change our surroundings to fulfill our needs and wishes or changes us to suit the environment. Life has been long and increasingly alienated from the body and the natural laws and…
THINKING PATTERNS DURING EXERCISE
The point of the story is that no matter how strong the effort put in the wrong direction is, it will not bring the desired or planned results. With too many unwanted results, injuries, rapid mood swings, chronic fatigue…
GOOD PERFORMANCE IN SPORTS
As an experienced cyclist and a long-time owner of a bicycle shop, I have often observed the consequences of the wrong approach to sports and the wrong motive for success in sports with my clients. Most of the time…
THE AEQ METHOD AND RUNNING
Every runner should master conscious movement and the things happening inside his body. This means that he should constantly observe and learn to feel and understand changes while moving. That would help him…
HOW TO REGAIN AND MAINTAIN TOP FORM
By increasing our body’s abilities the use of automatization increases as well, and with increased automatization our control over movement begins to decrease. Less control over movement decreases the feeling…
STRETCHING VS. PENDICULATION
The central nervous system (CNS) controls movement by using signals which it receives from muscles. When we move, our brains constantly receive information about our body’s current state and surroundings.