Quotes About Conditioning

There used to be an old thing where every team had a heavy bag in their locker room for people to punch, but again, it was more about conditioning because if you hit a heavy bag for a minute, it feels like your arms are about to fall off.

Some of my fights in PRIDE, I felt tired. I would train on the punching bag and feel great but then get tired in my fights.

Pilates helps condition the body without punishing it.

Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they can create an addiction to rewards and punishments.

I want to put myself in the best position to stay out on the floor.

It's not about how much weight you can lift in-season. It's about how fast you can move it, how strong you are, how you can maintain that strength so you can produce on the floor.

When I travel I have a full-time physio that I pay for myself. He also handles strength and conditioning.

In my experience, women are conditioned to expect and accept that life will not only let them down, but they themselves will be the reason for their own downfall in the fullness of time.

I point out to you, Marcus Claire Luyseyal, a lesson from past over-machined societies which you appear not to have learned. The devices themselves condition the users to employ each other the way they employ machines.

All persons act from beliefs they are conditioned not to question, from a set of deeply seated prejudices. Therefore, whoever presumes to judge must be asked: How are you affronted? And this judge must begin there to question inwardly as well as outwardly. — The Question from Ritual of the Courtarena Guide to Servants of the Box

The devices themselves condition the users to employ each other the way they employ machines.

machined societies which you appear not to have learned. The devices themselves condition the users to employ each other the way they employ machines.

a lesson from past over-machined societies which you appear not to have learned. The devices themselves condition the users to employ each other the way they employ machines.

We are being conditioned, as a population, to never wait, to never delay our gratification, to accept thoughtless, constant consumption as the new norm. But how we think about consumption and willpower carry enormous implications for the environment and the culture of society as a whole.

I always condition my ends, and I love Mane and Tail. It's so amazing. It leaves a film of moisture and just gives great texture.

Fitness is the most important aspect in this sport. You've got to feel good.

The one thing you have to address with Randy Moss is not a conditioning thing. It's not an age thing. It needs to be addressed. I believe it's the elephant in the room. It's that thing called quit. And Randy, not like any other superstar I've met, he has more quit in him than any of those other players.

I don't need to practise. The only thing I need to do is build up my match fitness.

Ce genre de communication (mass-médias) ne sert pas à faire "communiquer" les hommes et les peuples, à enrichir leur expérience de la vie par l'expérience des autres, mais au contraire, à abêtir, à manipuler, à conditionner (pour faire acheter un produit, faire voter pour un parti, ou faire accepter une guerre).

I'm convinced the same thing is true in all other kinds of crisis, too. We react to our conditioning built up of every single decision we've made all our lives; who we have used as our mirrors; as our points of reference. If our slow and reasoned decisions are generally wise, those which have to be made quickly are apt to be wise, too. If our reasoned decisions are foolish, so will be those of the sudden situation.

our value/belief system acts as aconditioning factor for our thinking pattern.

Condition them to erratic handling, such as touching, poking, and hair-pulling. Babies and small children like to grab and pull, and your puppy may be startled if the baby's tug is the first one they experience. Feed them a savory or lickable treat as you gently condition them to your mimicking of a baby's touch. Say gentle as you do this, and repeat this phrase when it happens in real time. Don't forget to make some baby sounds, too, for the full effect.

As long as you don't react to a new stimulation, your puppy won't, either — they'll get conditioned to new noises, sights, and people, often without pause or hesitation.

Thinking is a very natural process, but we are so easily conditioned by our thinking and give too much value to it. Maezumi Roshi