Mental Discipline: The Pursuit of Peak Performance

By Michael K. Livingston

Book Overview

Livingston's approach to sport is based on his belief that the mind trains the body. His intensive study of the scientific evidence concerning the phenomenon of learning , coupled with his study and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087322440X
• ISBN13: 9780873224406
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

hits the nail on the head.

I read 'mental discipline' years ago while racing as an amateur cyclist in my 20's and found it to be the most insightful,logical and practical book to guide someone seeking maximal athletic capacity. Michael Livingstone writes the book in three styles.The first is a very practical approach to training that is comprehensive, although aimed at the athletic layman.The second is focused around tying his broad philosophical experiences to what would seem to be the mutually exclusive world of peak athletic performance.The third is an indepth look at the physiology and anatomy of human movement. While training , I had a voracious appetite for literature concerning training principles, maximising efficiency and return on the effort put in , and this book sticks in my mind as the one that eclipsed all others in terms of accuracy of information and clearly explaining fundamental principles of improving a desired activity. The scope of this book is broad.The principles apply equally well to academic studies as they do to athletics. Michael Livingstone has groundtruth in his book, having rowed at a national level for many years in the U.S. . This sport is an ideal example of an activity in which not only a peak physiological state is required, but also the mental discipline to perfectly co-ordinate your activities with 3 or 7 other athletes to effect a winning outcome.He is now a highly successful businessman. It is NOT light reading but if you are lost in a world of training confusion and mixed advice, I highly recommend you to chew your way through it. I guarantee if you put the principles to practice you will give yourself the best chance of achieving your potential. Summarised in three words: Specificity Intensity Duration