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Years ago, as a new high school athletic director, I found myself in a challenging situation. Weighing in around 240 pounds, I was out of shape—and I had completely neglected my personal health. All of my focus was zeroed in on my job. Everything else was an afterthought. And while this may have helped in …
Jason A. Kersner has been coaching top-level Midget teams in the Washington DC/Baltimore region for most of the past decade. Under his leadership his teams became recognized as one of the best Midget programs in the country, as measured in both wins and championships. Jason is also co-owner of Pinnacle Performance, an elite training program …
In life, you’re either trained or you’re untrained. Whatever you want to do, you simply need to find the right training. Check out this video below where I will read your mind: Find someone who has done what you want to do and ask them how they got there. One step at a time… One …
Lyndsey Fry was a member of the 2014 Team USA Women’s Ice Hockey Silver Medal winning team at the Sochi Olympics. She is from Chandler, Arizona, and played collegiately at Harvard University. In this podcast Fry talks about the mental game challenges she faced when going to college and when playing in the Olympics, what …
If I were to ask you to write down 3-5 character traits that define who you are, would you know what those are? Vitor Belfort told me one time before a fight, “A man is driven by principle. A boy is driven by preference.” Check out this video on Championship Culture: Begin with the end in …
Seth Appert took over the men’s hockey program at RPI prior to the 2006-07 season. A coach who routinely has one of the toughest schedules in the nation, Appert talks about the importance of the mental game of ice hockey and competing one shift at a time as well as coaching the most important aspect …
Man, I am excited about this one… This is a concept, borrowed from Rick Pitino, that will heighten your awareness and push you to be the best that you can be today. Watch this video on the One-Day Contract: We must prove our worth every single day. Live with the mindset of having a 1-Day Contract. DOMINATE …
70% of New Year’s Resolutions don’t survive. Why? There are too many of them. Setting a one word focus helps you drill down to what’s most important to you. Watch this video on a book titled One Word That Will Change Your Life: What is your ONE WORD for the next 30 days? Share it with our …
Are you living in TODAY or TOMORROW? Watch this video featuring a poem titled Tomorrow: What are you waiting to do tomorrow that you should do today? DOMINATE THE DAY! Your Peak Performance Coach, BRIAN CAIN
Today we’re going all the way back to 1994 in Williamstown, Massachusetts. At a high school football banquet, Glenn Foley shared with me a poem that has stuck with me to this day. Watch this video featuring the poem titled The Man in the Glass: I challenge you to look inside and ask yourself: Where am I? …
Everyone in the world needs 2 people for maximum success: a coach and an accountability partner. Thank you for allowing me to lend a hand in your pursuit of being the best. Watch this quick video featuring a story about The Touch of a Master’s Hand: Go lend a hand to the lives of those around you …
The moon today is full. What about those days when it’s not? Is it still there? Watch this video I shot while running this morning about Confidence, Belief & Faith: What’s the moon in your life that is full even when you can’t see it? DOMINATE THE DAY! Your Peak Performance Coach, BRIAN CAIN
This week, I am going to share with you 5 Tips on Confidence from 5 MMA Champions. I’ve had the privilege to work with many champions in different arenas, and have learned from the best of the best when it comes to confidence conditioning. Watch this video below featuring 5 Tips on Confidence: Did you like this video? …
If you want to speed up your learning curve, you’ve got to follow in the footsteps of those who have come before you. It is my mission each week to bring you the success strategies, stories, tips, and techniques of the best in the world. This week, we are going to look at business mogul …
You’ve got to be able to take the adversity that life is going to throw you. In life, there are winners and learners. You are only a loser if you choose to be. Watch this story about a donkey that learned he must Shake It Off & Step Up: Shake it off and STEP UP. DOMINATE …
This Monday, I want to share with you a story I heard one of the top college football coaches in the country delivering to his team. Watch this 2-minute video on the importance of Saying No: Be sure to SAY NO to the small things that will take you away from the big things that …
Today, I am going to share with you something I picked up from Stephen Covey in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. There are 4 Quadrants of Life and it is important to be aware of these to know where your time is going. Watch this 2-minute video below to learn more: Can you …
Don’t count the days. Make the days count. This is one of my favorite videos of all time: Your time is precious. You’ve got 86,400 seconds each day. What are you going to do with them? DOMINATE THE DAY! Your Peak Performance Coach, BRIAN CAIN
Today, I want to share with you a concept that I’ve been teaching for 10 years. When driving down the road, your headlights can only see the Next 200 Feet. Watch this 90-second video on how to focus on the process throughout your journey: What is the Next 200 Feet for you? Share it with me …
Sometimes we focus too far in the past or too far into the future, instead of locking in on today. In this video, Joe Rogan encourages you to be the hero of your own movie: Now, go Be the Hero of Your Own Movie. DOMINATE THE DAY! Your Peak Performance Coach, BRIAN CAIN
Back in 2003, my company name was Major League Mental Training. I had a lot of friends who would give me a hard time about it… but I knew I was going to stay the course… Watch this video to find out what happened next: When are you going to start writing your ‘I Told …
I want to challenge you this holiday season… Watch this video to learn one strategy to move from Self Minded to Service Minded: When you walk in the door to your family at Christmas, I want you to say “There you are!” instead of “Here I am.” Live with a Service over Self Mindset. DOMINATE THE …
Your decisions determine your destiny. Make a difficult decision that might change your life forever. Watch this video below to find out what Tough Choice for Good I made in my life: There’s a tough choice that you know you’ve got to make. Make that tough choice for good today! DOMINATE THE DAY! Your Peak Performance …
Today, I want to share with you what has been a magic bullet in my life… A magic bullet is something that changes your perspective on life so much that you can trace a lot of who you are and what you do back to that magic bullet. Watch this 2-minute video below to find out what …
Today, I want to share a personal story… I had a great high school baseball career in Massachusetts and received a scholarship to the University of Vermont… where I was terrible… Watch the rest of this Woe to Win story in the 4-minute video below: If I can do it, you can do it. What is YOUR Woe …
When most people watch MMA fights, they want to see the big knockout… Watch this 2-minute video below featuring one of my favorite stories about Working The Cut: Survive the assault and work the cut. Want to share this story with your team? Tweet this video. DOMINATE THE DAY! Your Peak Performance Coach, BRIAN CAIN
Do you make your bed? This is a habit I picked up from Admiral William McRaven when he spoke at the University of Texas Commencement in 2014. I do it for 3 reasons… Watch this 3-minute video below to learn why I make my bed: To watch the full speech on 10 Ways To Change The …
As I go around the country, one thing I hear most from coaches is that they want their teams to be able to finish. This 2-minute video below tells the story of John Stephen Akhwari and his commitment to Being a Finisher: What’s the marathon that YOU need to finish? Get after it. Get it done. Thank yourself later. …
Thanks for checking out the 5th in a series of 5 Daily Mental Practice breathing exercises. In case you’ve missed any of the previous 4 exercises, click here to view them now. The final breathing exercise that I am going to share with you is the 1 In, 2 Out technique. Breathe in the odd, and breathe …
We are now on our 4th Daily Mental Practice Exercise. We’ve already covered the 5-4-3-2-1 Exercise, the 6-2-8 Breathing Exercise, and the Triangular Tactical Breathing. If you’ve missed any of those and want to catch up now, click here to view the full Daily Mental Practice Series playlist on YouTube. This week features 5×5 Box Breathing that I …
Taking a deep breath is the life jacket of the mental game. This week features the 3rd video in this Daily Mental Practice Series. Week 1 featured the 5-4-3-2-1 Exercise, which was followed up by last week’s 6-2-8 Breathing Exercise. Now I want to introduce you to Triangular Tactical Breathing. Your breath has 4 parts, and …
The second breathing exercise in this series of 5 is the 6-2-8. In the video below, I walk you through this technique used by top athletes, coaches, and teams around the world. This will help you be more calm, relaxed, and focused on the task at hand. Check out the 6-2-8 Breathing Exercise by watching the video below: …
This week’s guest on The Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast is Scott Belger. Coach Belger recently won his second state championship in two years as head baseball coach at Southeast Polk High School in Iowa. Belger is one of the top coaches in the country and has a clear set of core values that make …
For the next 5 weeks, I am going to provide you with a breathing exercise to incorporate into your daily mental practice. These are the same breathing techniques used by top athletes, coaches, and teams around the world. Doing these on a regular basis will help you to develop a stronger present-moment focus. The first is …
The last story in my series of September Stories goes back to 1954 in Oxford, England. Roger Bannister set out to do something that had never been done before. He ignored the negaholics and knew that all of the physical barriers other people had put on themselves were simply illusions. Watch this video below to see …
Join me in the barn (AKA My Workshop) as I share the third September Story, featuring the Vermont Woodsman Competition. For 10 years straight, the same guy won this competition. He was not the best woodsman, but he performed the best when it mattered the most. Naturally, everyone wanted to know what he was doing to …
This week contains the second September Story I want to share with you. These are great stories, not just for you, but to share with your team as well! This Monday Message features the story of a judo fighter who was born with some adversity. Watch the short video below as I discuss: Goals vs. …
In the month of September, I am going to give you 4 of my favorite stories that you can use to motivate yourself and your team. The first story explores the 4 stages of commitment in life. Remember, your attitude determines your altitude. Check out this short video below and Tweet your takeaways @BrianCainPeak on …
Hey! This week I want to share with you a 5-step process I apply with my team that can help you to be a better mentor for others. I learned this process from a book I read every day, and highly suggest you invest in, called The Maxwell Daily Reader. It’s a book written by …
What’s up? We are just over halfway through quarter 3 of 2015. How are you doing at executing your life plan? Are you making the progress you want to in crushing your goals? Regardless if you are dominating the days or getting dominated by them, knowing the 6L’s of Life will help you get back …
This month (July 2015) I am calling mindfulness month and each week I will bring you a video and strategies you can use immediately to build more mindfulness in your life. Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present. When you’re mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings from a distance, without …
Last week, I was working with the Hanford High School Athletic Department in Richland, Washington and was introduced to one of the coolest things I have ever seen in any program. In the school, they had a dedicated “High Five Zone” – when you walked through that area, you were to give anyone you passed …
If you are a competitor, this week we have a GEM for you. One of the greatest competitors and greatest teammates I have ever been around is 2007 NCAA Collegiate Baseball National Player of The Year and 2007 MLB Draft 1st Pick David Price. I had the privilege of getting to know David when working …
A special guest post from a former college baseball player who played his last pitch yesterday. Matt Morse has been a tremendous student of the mental game the last five years, and I thought it would be a great opportunity for you to hear what five years of college baseball can teach a young man …
Last Monday you shared some of your best Goal-Smashing Strategies and I am BLOWN AWAY at how awesome they are. I am still working through these to pull out the best of the best and will share these with you in the next few weeks. Today I want to share with you a week’s worth …
Earlier this quarter I provided you with the 8 keys areas that I set to smash goals. How are you doing with your quarter two goals? If you missed it, you can read it here: https://briancain.com/blog/smashing-your-goals-in-quarter-2-2015-lets-do-it.html This week I am asking for your help. What is your number one goal-getting strategy? What is the one …
As a fan of competition, this is a special time of year. Last night the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse tournament field of 18 was announced and the 2015 Ivy League Tournament Champion Yale Bulldogs will play next on Saturday at 2:30pm EST at Maryland. I had the absolute privilege to be on the sidelines with …
This week I want to introduce you to one of my many mentors and my #1 mentor in athletic administration, Mike O’Day. Mike is a Hall of Fame Athletic Administrator who served more than 31 years at South Burlington High School in Vermont. He has become a good friend and person of significant influence in …
Hope you had a fabulous week full of 7 days of domination. I am writing from Baby Beach on the coast of Aruba and am having a blast with some good friends. Last week we discussed how I was doing a “Digital Detox / Cyber Cleanse” where I was not going to use my cellphone …
This week I am on a trip to Aruba to do some work and have a little R&R with my fiancée Erin. Starting today I am taking a Digital Detox for at least 3 days where I will turn my phone off, log off my computer and put them away. I first learned of the …
Last week I broke down with you why I run when I hate running. As I am sure you remember, a large part of why I run is because I am obsessed with goals – smashing goals. As a competitor, I am sure you know of the many benefits of goal setting. One of the …
I know what you are thinking having read the subject of this e-mail “Cain, you are an idiot. Why do you run marathons if you hate running?” Let me tell you why I am running the Irving/Dallas Marathon this Saturday, April 4, 2015: Because I hate running, and I LOVE HAVING RUN! I love …
What is mental toughness? Unfortunately, there isn’t a universal answer for this question. However, in my 10+ years of working with top high school college and professional athletes I have experienced the best, most consistent and mentally tough athletes living the 5P’s of Peak Performance & Mental Toughness. This week I want to offer …
We are almost one month into the college baseball season and less than a month away from Major League Baseball Opening Day. Have you ever wondered what the mindset of a major league baseball player is like? How he is able to go out and compete in front of tens of thousands every night, not …
Every day you are faced with many decisions to make. Most of those decisions may seem inconsequential and minor at the moment. Then decisions you make shape who you are, reveal your character and determine your destiny. As we keep rolling into the spring athletic season, you will be faced with these 9 decisions …
Excerpt from Cherokee County Herald – by Shannon Fagan – August 15, 2014 And, the players themselves are reaching inward for the characteristics that will make them a family. “(Basketball) Coach (Joe) Carpenter invited Brian Cain in, the sports psychologist,” head coach Tiffany Rieger said. “One of (Cain’s) things is core covenants. What characteristics do you want …
From NewsTimes (The Columbia County) – by Scott Rouch – June 16, 2013 Two years ago, Kaila Hunt walked into Garrett Black’s office at Greenbrier High School, threw a book on his desk and told him it would change the way he coaches. Black, the Wolfpack athletic director and softball coach, didn’t read Toilets, Bricks, Fish Hoooks and …
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