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I have what the doctors call a "personality disorder". I can go from being calm and collective one minute to being full of anger and rage the next. And it doesn’t seem like it takes much to set me off. I don’t like a tough guy image. I don’t like for people to be afraid of me. It makes me feel like mabe I am crazy cause everyone seems to be afraid of what I might do. All I want to do is live a normal life and be successful at my goals. I am a talented musician and a pretty good athlete. Playing sports does seem to help me release some anger. But only for a short time. If I’m in a position where I have time to think. I can have one of those angry outbursts. I try to think positive. But it seems like sense I grew up in a violent and perverted environment its like my mind has been trained to think this certain way and I can’t seem to change the way my mind thinks. I want to change! But it is definately not easy. I wish it was! This is the type of thing abuse can cause in someone.

Wow, it sounds like you have been through quite a lot in your life, and are re-living it in your daily actions. Unresolved hurt does manifest itelf through anger or depression (which is anger turned inward), or self-inflicted pain, even pain to others we care about.

So, have you seen a therapist? If so, how long did you go? Did you really do your homework as far as what the Therapist may have recommended you do (writings, prayer, positive affirmations, confronting your abusers, etc.)? Not every therapist will work for you. It is like a relationship, you may have to go through several before you find the right "fit".

I too lived a childhood that was so horrific, you would think it was untrue. The things my parents did were unimaginable. They died when I turned 16. However, my brothers and I were left to drag the baggage of all they had done to us.

The good news is that you have a choice. You can chose to live as a victim to all that has happened in your past, or, instead, you can get some therapy, work on your issues, and rise above that. Listen, those who hurt you may have had the power at the time, however, why keep giving them the power? If you remain angry, bitter and hurtful to yourself and others, you just allow those people that hurt you to keep hurting you, yet, you carry the weapon in your hands this time. I vowed I’d not give them the satisfaction.

It is like an alcoholic who gets mad at someone and goes to a bar to drink it off, they go to "drink at them". They get stinking drunk because they are so angry, but ultimately, who are they hurting? They only hurt themself.

Evidently you want help. I hope you will be proactive and really seek some counseling. There are many well trained Therapists out there that can work with you. Don’t be afraid to "interview" them first either. Ask them how many people they have counseled that have experienced similar issues. Ask them thier success rate? Ask them if they themselves have experienced any of those same issues and how they overcame them?

Let go of being a "tough guy". In the end, you only succeed in keeping away those people who could ultimately love and accept you regardless of your past.

Love yourself first MOST OF ALL!

Good luck. Trust me, it can be done. I lived it. I live it still everyday, but made the choice years ago to slay my dragons. You can too!

I thought the civil-right activists of the segregation era were all about equality? It doesn’t seem so. Black Americans, whether they like it or not, have the upper-hand when it comes to success in the USA. Black scholarships, affirmative action, etc. Black people rarely have to try anymore and those that do and want to be recognized for their sole achievements can’t because of these systems that favor them. So, how does racism against black people still exist when they clearly have the upper-hand over minorities and even whites when it comes to earning an education and being successful?

we have the upper hand, how so? Let’s say for the sake of argument that affirmative action does require schools and businesses to hire 13% minorities. Who do you think represents the other 87 percent? And out of that 13% half will be white women, who by law, are considered a minority.

There are more white women attending college than anyone else, yet some of you all still complain about AA being unfair when it has clearly helped more whites than it has blacks.

As far as scholarships go, most of them are given to whites. One, because you all go to better schools which prepare you for college. And two because no one is coming into the inner city to give a black person a scholarship unless it’s for sports. They’ll give an athlete a $40,000 education because he’s going to earn them about $4,000,000 in ticket sales. More than that if you consider all the royalties they receive from merchandise sales.

We don’t have to try anymore? Are you kidding me? We have to try twice as hard just to prove ourselves to the rest of you that we didn’t succeed solely because of Affirmative Action. It’s white people who have jobs waiting for them because daddy knows someone in ABC corporation.

But you asked for examples of how racism still exists against blacks…here’s a few:
A person with a "black sounding" name is 50% less likely to get called for an interview than a person with a "white sounding" name.
A black person with the same education and experience as a white person will be paid 25% less.
A black person with no criminal record is less likely to find a job than a white person who has a criminal record.

First and foremost, I know very little about photography in general but I’m always fascinated to see photos of sports men and women caught in the action and in particulalrly their facial expressions. My question is this:

Q) Lets say you’re a pro photographer at say the olympic games, you’re extremely close to the action and you’re photographing 100m sprinters. To get very sharp pictures of athletes frozen in position without any motion blur what sort of camera settings would you be looking to use and what sort of lens would you have?

Fast lens – minimum 200mm f2.8 often 300 or higher.
Shutter speed minimum 1/250 preferably higher. As low an iso as you can but raise it to get the shutter speed required.
Camera on burst mode – fast motor drive (5fps minimum preferably higher)
Prefocus on spot where you know the athlete will be and hit the shutter just before they arrive.
You can also follow focus or pan the shot depending on where you are and what effect you are looking for.

It all depends on whether you are outside in sunny conditions or inside under floods but the essence of any good sports shot is knowledge of the sport, anticipation and timing.

ive been watching the video on gopro.com and was inspired. i love Action Sports as well as travel. what kinds of jobs would allow me to travel the world with athletes in these action or "extreme sports"? also as i have come to the conclusion that its close to impossible to be an athlete i figure something such as a photographer or videographer would be more posible… THanks

-matt

Become an athletic trainer

Let me ask you a few questions. How does Tiger Woods consistently play his last hole as strong as his first? How is it that Michael Jordan could consider a comeback in the NBA, and play successfully, at an age when most professional athletes are stuck in their armchair counting their pension checks? Three words.

Superior physical conditioning.

Compare two athletes in any sport. Given equal talent and skill, the player with superior physical conditioning will win every single time.

If you’re serious about your sport, you must know and live by these 7 principles that I call the 7 Secrets to Developing the Complete Athlete

1. Identify the abilities of the ideal athlete in your sport. The easiest way to initiate this part of the process is to picture the top athlete in your chosen sport. Ask yourself what abilities they possess that make them the best at what they do. Abilities are things like flexibility, strength, endurance, power, balance, reaction time, coordination, speed, and agility.Don’t confuse abilities with skills that are specific to the chosen sport. For instance, a basketball player must be able to dribble while running up the court. That’s a sport-specific skill, not an ability. The abilities are what underlie each skill. Now, examine each ability more closely. Think of the extreme of each ability and rate that level of ability a 10 on a zero to 10 scale. For instance, if you are examining flexibility, who are the most flexible athletes in the world?

Gymnasts! So gymnasts require a number 10 level of flexibility for successful performance. Olympic weightlifters would be a 10 for power. Power lifters would be a 10 for strength and so on for each ability. Next, take your chosen sport and compare it to the extreme. Let’s use Lacrosse as an example. Does lacrosse require the same level of flexibility as gymnastics? Of course not! But, lacrosse does require some pretty significant amounts of flexibility in the spine, shoulders, and hips.

So while it may not require a level of 10 in flexibility we can estimate the ideal level of flexibility as a 7 or a 8 out of 10. At this point don’t worry about trying to be exact when establishing the ideal abilities of a lacrosse player (or any other athlete for that matter) as your best estimation will not vary much from the ideal unless you really have no understanding of a lacrosse player’s needs (or your specific sport). Repeat this process for each ability to create your ideal athlete, in this case a Lacrosse player.

When you finish you should have a chart that looks something like this. Keep in mind that the scores will be different for different sports.

Optimal Abilities for Lacrosse; Strength – 6 Power – 8 Speed – 8 Coordination – 8 Endurance – 8 Reaction time – 8 Flexibility – 7 Agility – 8 Total Score – 61

2. Realistically assess your current abilities. Here’s the hard part. Now you have to be honest with yourself. It’s time to compare your current abilities with those of each extreme. You may or may not be a strong as a power lifter. It doesn’t matter. BE HONEST! You gain nothing by overestimating or intentionally underestimating your own abilities.In fact, overestimation or underestimation of your abilities will promote absolute failure of your sports conditioning program. When you’ve rated your own abilities, you should end up with a chart that looks something like this.

Your Current Abilities Ability your Score Strength – 6 Power – 6 Speed – 5 Coordination – 8 Endurance – 3 Reaction time – 5 Flexibility – 5 Agility – 5 Total Score – 43

Identify your weak points compared to the ideal. This part is easy. Simply put your abilities up against what you determined to be the ideal for your sport. Then just highlight those abilities that fall below your estimation of the ideal level for your sport.

3. Now, design an individualized training program to focus on your weak points. I think this is one of the most common areas where athletes make mistakes in their sport-specific conditioning program design. It is a waste of valuable time to focus your conditioning program on your abilities that are already at optimal levels or higher. Look at the example. “Your score” for strength was 6 out of 10 but the optimal score only requires that you possess a strength ability of 6 for successful performance. So how much time and effort should you be spending on strength? Enough to maintain your current levels. Any more than that will not improve your performance, in this case, as a Lacrosse player. However, “your” speed, endurance and agility ratings fall below the ideal for Lacrosse.

Therefore, the majority of your sports-specific Lacrosse conditioning program should revolve around improving those ability scores to achieve optimal levels.

4. Identify current muscle imbalances you currently have. Muscle imbalances are the main culprit when talking about injury. Most injuries occur because there is a significant imbalance between antagonistic (opposite) muscle groups. To compete at optimal levels there must be a balance throughout your entire body.For example, let’s say that your pushing muscles (chest, shoulders and triceps) muscles are far stronger and tighter than the Pulling (upper and mid-back) muscles. That means you have a common imbalance between these two muscle groups and you are likely to hurt your rotator cuff (common shoulder injury).So what do you do about it? What you have to do is stretch the pushing muscles and strengthen your pulling muscles to create a balance between the two muscle groups, producing less stress on the shoulder joint resulting in an INJURY FREE Shoulder. Now this example is quite basic but you should get the point. It doesn’t matter how strong you are in one movement, it matters how strong you are as an entire unit.

5. Identify and train in the energy system used in your sport. This is probably the biggest flaw in training and conditioning programs I see. To do this correctly, you must understand the physiology of the main energy systems and how they are used in your chosen sport.

Let me use two examples. A marathon runner and an Olympic Sprinter. A marathon runner relies very heavily on the aerobic energy system to provide energy over 26.2 miles of running in about two and a half hours. A Sprinter uses primarily the ATP/CP system to provide energy to run as fast as possible over a very short amount of time. So how much distance running and endurance training should a Sprinter do? Minimal, assuming our Sprinter has plenty of gas left in the tank after his short race. Get it?

Take basketball for example. It sure looks like a lot of running, but it’s not marathon-style running now is it. It’s actually a whole lot of repetitive sprints followed by a lot of standing around and occasionally some light jogging. Research shows that basketball actually relies most heavily on short-term energy sources (85% ATP/CP and anaerobic glycolysis) and a little from intermediate energy systems (15% aerobic glycolysis). In other words, if your coach is having you run laps for conditioning you are wasting your time.

6. Identify and train the type strength used in your sport. Most athletes equate strength or being strong to maximal strength. In other words, how much weight can you lift? However, there are many different types of strength such as maximal strength, starting strength, explosive strength, speed-strength, strength-speed, and strength endurance.

Focus on the wrong type of strength training may improve performance in the weight room, but it does very little toward improved sports performance. For instance, it doesn’t take a 300-pound bench press (high levels of maximal strength) to drive a golf ball 300 yards, but it does take higher levels of speed-strength and explosive strength than the norm. Most of a golfer’s strength training should, therefore, be designed around increasing levels of speed-strength if the goal is to increase driving distance.

7. Hire a professional sports performance coach to design your individualized program. If you haven’t realized by now, proper design and implementation of a sport-specific conditioning program is not as simple as it seems. Each individual athlete brings a unique set of abilities to the table, so “cookie-cutter” programming doesn’t work.

Each sport has very specific needs for optimal performance. Only those who are trained to identify these abilities and needs can truly provide you with an optimal training program. Without proper guidance, your conditioning program becomes a “crap shoot”. By the way, a poorly designed sport-specific conditioning program can actually reduce your ability to perform at your best on game day. If you have learned anything from this special report, consult with a professional sports performance coach or strength and conditioning coach to make every play your best.

Best of Luck

JZ

Jason Zaretzky

I’m 24 years old and an athlete. I currently work with the fire department and Action Sports industry. I really enjoy both of the jobs, but don’t earn enough money. I would also like something more intellectually stimulating. Any career ideas for an INTJ?

Here ya go maybe this will help you out!!

http://typelogic.com/intj.html

btw I’m an INTJ we’re the rarest .. 😛

Massage is recorded as one of the earliest forms of physical therapy and it is known that it was used by very different cultures over 3000 years ago. It is only in the much more recent past since travel and communications have enabled different civilizations to meet that so many forms of massage have been developed. People are raving about massages and anything that goes with it. That also included sports massage. But what is sports massage?

Technically speaking, sports massage is a powerful therapeutic technique in a range of compression and stretching techniques is applied to the body’s muscle and connective tissues. It is used to great effect in the rehabilitation of all soft tissue dysfunction ranging from sport-related injury to aches and strains caused by everyday activities, such as working, lifting and gardening. Sports Massage is a special form of massage and is typically used before, during, and after athletic events. The purpose of the massage is to prepare the athlete for peak performance, to drain away fatigue, to relieve swelling, to reduce muscle tension, to promote flexibility and to prevent injuries.

Spots massage gives way to flexibility and a wide range of movement. It promotes faster recovery from injuries and assists through early detection of muscles dysfunction. Spots massage can be done before, during and after event and aids in the rehabilitation treatments. With its health benefits lots of sports players and coaches have been using this to enhance their performance and helps prevent injury.

Everyday, we exert lots of effort, sometimes even straining every inch our body to do a simple thing. Each of our movements can give damage to our muscles and tissues, although some may be just very minor ones, some can go to extreme damages. It has already been widely known that massage has its health benefits and usefulness. And with the addition of the healthy effects, one should really make massage a regular part on one’s life.

Sports massage has many benefits. In addition to FEELING GOOD, sports massage reduces the heart rate and blood pressure, increases blood circulation and lymph flow, reduces muscle tension, improves flexibility, and relieves pain. Each sport and athletic event uses muscle groups in a different way. Sports Massage can also include pre-event, post-event and maintenance techniques that promote greater athletic endurance and performance, lessen chances of injury and reduce recovery time.

Each sport and athletic event uses muscle groups in a different way. Sports massage therapists must be familiar with each muscle, the muscle groups and how they are affected by the specific movements and stresses of each sport. They also are trained in the appropriate uses of hydrotherapy and cryotherapy.

Traditional western (e.g. Swedish) massage is currently the most common approach used for conditioning programs. It is frequently supplemented by other massage therapy approaches including deep tissue, trigger point work, and acupressure. Some massage therapists have special training in sports massage and greater experience working with athletes.

Contraindications are conditions when you should not be massaged. The most common condition among athletes is that of an acute injury or inflammation. Usually the first 72 hours after an injury are the acute stage. After the swelling and pain begin to diminish, massage is indicated.

Emma Hardy
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/understanding-sports-massage-101816.html

From barrier breaking auto-racing to the calm and peaceful game of golf, the globe of games and sports has consistently been exciting. When the masses get pleasure from frequently watched sports such as tennis and soccer, there are most many people who are involved in sports that do not have considerably fan following. But, even those sports are adequate to fascinate the athletes and audience alike. For instance, kayaking is not a highly normal sport but you can acquire a lot of shops with Kayak accessories and kayak hardware.

There is 1 type of sport that is while highly favorite but only couple of many people are courageous adequate to be a portion of it as a specialist athlete – the extreme sports. The accurate definition of extreme sports is challenging to acquire, but it can basically be categorized as a sports or activities that are connected with the adrenaline rush that is felt by the athletes and the audience as properly.

Extreme sports are also referred to as Action Sports or adventure sports considering that they mostly fulfill the thirst for thrill and adventure. These sports can take participants to the edge of their physical and psychological extreme. Also, these sports involve a highly high risk of fatal injury. In spite of this, just about every sport that entails a high risk of injury could not be extreme.

The term extreme sports is stated to be coined by the extremely publicized Television event, The X games. In spite of this, the origin of such games links back to straight forward games and sports. The extreme enthusiasts frequently add new and risky approaches and maneuvers in existing sports to make it alot more thrilling for them and exciting for the audience.

Skateboarding, which is a normal and favorite activity about the neighborhoods of America, was taken to extremes by performing extraordinary maneuvers at unimaginable heights and hazardous terrains. Similarly, extreme enthusiasts took the typical bike and BMX ride and turned the activity into extreme sports such as dirt biking and extreme BMX.

The scope of going extreme in a sport is not limited to getting land but also in the sky and water. Sky diving, paragliding and bungee jumping are some of the most preferred sports of this type. Plus, hiking is also taken to the next level by climbing the most impossible locations such as glaciers and high mountains.

Water gliding, surfing and paragliding are only couple of of the sports that take the participants to the extremes of their physical and mental endurance. Other water extreme sports incorporate canoeing and rafting against speedy raging rivers.

As apparent in most sports of this type, these sports do not will need any unique ground or conditions. Rather, they are played in a natural environment with practically no or highly much less safety gear and equipment. At present, there is a new breed of extreme sports that relies entirely on human physical capabilities and the capacity to transform the body into an extreme machine. A favorite example of these activities is zero cost running in which participants jump and run with practically super-human abilities.