• The Wall Chair: Mental Toughness vs. Physical Endurance

    edited by Alexander Becker on July 16, 2006 | Link

    A simple, yet effective exercise: The wall chair.

    Stand with your back against a wall and feet shoulder-width apart. Slide down into a crouch with knees bent to about 90 degrees. Hold as long as you can.

    On the first day, try to hold the position as long as you think you can endure. On the second day, increase the time by five seconds, on the third day, increase by another five seconds. Do this for about a week.

    Now, what do you think do you work on during that week? You surely train your quadriceps, but most of the exercising is improving mental toughness. Would you expect to double your physical endurance in such a short time?

    It’s the double benefit of training body and mind through continuously pushing beyond the limits that makes endurance exercises so valuable.

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