The mind-body connection is seldom taken as seriously as it should be, especially in any kind of sportive context.
Optics are a bit deceiving - a physical challenge of any kind will prompt us to consider our physiological statures much more critically than our mental conditioning.
But for those who look a little deeper and tend to believe that the psychology that we bring to the table - to the court, to the track, to the trail - is just as important, well, they're likely leaving everyone else in the unsettled dust of their achievements.
For it's a hard truth to wrap the mind around.
After all, it's not the brain that's responsible for the muscle fatigue or the cardiovascular exertion. Or is it?
Our minds, more than anything, determine our motivation levels, our willingness and our determination. These intangible qualities, in turn, have a considerable bearing on our performative output.
Maybe not in the immediate situations - say, if we're after some aesthetic toning - but when it comes to the long game or to that which we find on the other side of breaking through self-imposed limitations, we can begin to see the true role played by the mind.
When we reach a point where we know we can't go further but push on anyway; when we surpass all expectations and blow the roof off what we thought was possible; when we grind out day after day of relentless training in a way that defies all logic - these are the products of a mind that is working as hard as the body is to carry us where we want to go.
It's within these moments that the calibration of the mind and body - the powerful synchronization of the two - delivers to elevate our performative capacity to new heights.
While it takes a lot of work to achieve the kind of symbiotic mind/body relationship that is conducive towards optimal physical output, it's wholly possible so long as we supplement our entire being with the right blend of effort and awareness, resources and understanding.
A daily commitment to our mental and physical wellness; an unceasing awareness of our inner systems and the realization that all pillars of our being need attention.
It's in this way that we can achieve the kind of mind-blowing achievements that define not only what we can do but who we are, raising ourselves higher atop a harmonization of our many diverging faculties into one unified totality of being.
Greatness can only be built atop such a powerful, multi-faceted foundation, and Endorf is here to help share the blueprints.