This is because it is not a result that can be obtained through a trivial exercise protocol and / or a diet, but thanks to a series of cognitive and behavioral changes necessary to evolve physically and psychologically to express the maximum potential in terms of well-being, health and athletic prowess.
The gain of this psycho-motor and emotional efficiency and effectiveness requires performing various fundamental steps, such as "food and hygiene" "literacy", "re-education" to motor skills, an improvement (as far as possible) of one's "emotional" set and of the way of "relating", simplifying: awareness of oneself and of others.
Achieving awareness and greater total functionality are placed on the indivisible compromise between mind and body, and between us and others. As we will see, pursuing these goals may not be easy, as it requires a passion for training, nutrition, learning and communication skills, etc.
But sometimes, for reasons that we will examine later, one's own strengths may not be enough; here is the figure of the personal coach. If total functionality replaces the concept of wellness, the personal coach is the contemporary adaptation of the old personal trainer
, prowess and form; therefore it does not concern only the bodily conditional capacities, but also the mental, emotional and social ones. It is a path that, by nourishing the connection between body, brain and emotions, ours and others, improves memory, cognitive, intellectual potential, stress management, physiological efficiency and related organic and metabolic capacities.
Gaining total functionality ultimately means improving the quality of being and of a community. It is then obvious that, usually, an aesthetic benefit is also obtained in parallel. As a direct consequence of greater well-being and the awareness of looking better, you have the achievement of greater security and a higher level of self-esteem.
Many readers will wonder what role motor activity can play in a project that seems very close to the so-called "mindfulness". Training, whatever it is - better if complete, in terms of movement and metabolism - is instead decisive, since constitutes a catalyst for emotional states, bringing the "individual closer to the" here and now "and re-educating him to contemplate the" we ", with consequent reduction of physical, psychological and social discomfort. We also speak of" social "because a training that lends itself to more often than not, total functionality must not be individual, in fact it serves to enter a circuit of collaboration that humanizes people, makes values re-emerge, nourishes hope or - even better - makes us independent from it. All the more reason for those who feel the need to be alone, because most of the time they use training as if it were an escape from the "too" demanding management of relationships; the solution is instead to learn to manage them.
It is also interesting to note how the concept of total functionality contrasts with the phenomenon of doping, which is the result of social unease - which we will mention below. The subject who resorts to doping, in addition to the risk of becoming less efficient, jeopardizes his own health, sometimes reaching irreversible states - which, with cynicism, also constitute a greater cost to others, as much as those who allow themselves to perish in the sedentary lifestyle and in food abuse and / or drug addiction.
, mental power, emotional balance and social skills. To do this, he does not necessarily place himself outside or above the group, but fulfills his role from the position that best lends itself to chance. Dialogue is never one-sided, because most of the time there is no "truth", lie "," wrong "and" right "- this is true in the weight room, in the swimming pool, on an athletics track, on a ring. how much in life.
The personal coach must "be a reference figure but not a foothold, basically because no one outside of themselves can find motivation, will, energy and resources. He does not transmit the desire, but teaches where to look to find it. He exhibits athletic gestures. but it does not impose them, because not everyone can perform standardized movements. It raises awareness on the "importance of self-listening and concentration, but it does not slow down those who need to let off steam. It pushes to communicate but not necessarily to socialize, because group dynamics can follow paths and Different times He admits competition, as long as it is clear that no one is competing with others, but only with himself.
A good personal coach can indicate the right path for awareness and to improve total functionality by acting on the following points:
- Get closer to your physical limits, learning to manage them;
- Recognize how emotions affect eating behavior;
- Learn to listen and to raise awareness, improving emotional control and decision-making ability;
- Passionate, without obsessing;
- Learn useful information but don't fall prey to notionism;
- Balance social interactions, nurturing positive ones and protecting yourself from negative ones;
- Experience an "adequate consideration of oneself;
- To improve the mastery of one's life.
Some readers may critically read the above. The figure of the personal coach, described as above, appears closer to that of a mentor rather than a coach. This can be frightening, on the one hand for fear of choosing the wrong figure, on the other hand not liking to give this power over one's life to third parties.
We start from the assumption that giving trust or taking it away is in itself one of the jobs necessary for total functionality, more precisely referring to the social and emotional sphere, but also psychological - the lack of trust in others or the tendency to trust blindly are very often a consequence of deeper problems. Secondly, pilgrimage is a journey, so by definition it includes (indeed hopes) the possibility of change. There are no prejudices related to sex, age or ethnicity; this too is a very important step of maturation.
In this regard, an old Jewish proverb comes to our aid according to which "when two Jews meet, if one has a problem, the" other automatically becomes a rabbi "(Cit.). This means that, regardless of the cultural background of the personal coach (there are certainly many rabbis), the success or failure of the project revolves exclusively around the attitude and personal needs of the user.
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On the other hand, we cannot even exempt ourselves from assuming the due responsibilities. The benefits of the search for total functionality can in fact be obtained only with the right motivation, will and sacrifice, aspects that unfortunately hinder users even more than social factors. Sometimes they do it even before starting, in the guise of the well-established preconception of equivalence between sacrifice, deprivation and suffering. In truth, this depends only on oneself.
Dedicating oneself to the search for self-awareness and total functionality does not bring man closer to deprivation and suffering, but rather distances him from the first moment, as long as he becomes aware that by renouncing it we would deprive ourselves of the sacrosanct right to health and well-being.
