“Without a doubt working with Mark to engage my subconscious enabled me to compete at my highest level. The results speak for themselves and I truly believe hypnosis gave me the mental edge over my competitors. I switched on my armour and got the job done!”
Genuinely I believe with the help of you, Mark, and the session we had on the Friday just before we competed, sealed the deal for me. I just absorbed everything you said and it just made sense. (It was actually a bit life changing for me!)
At one point in the race, it did get tough for me but I used the anchoring technique you taught me and managed to turn my mind around and banish the demon voice inside my head.
You’ve taught me to be kinder to myself and the things I say to myself. Just even as small as a positive thought to replace what could seem like 10 negative thoughts really does turn my mindset around.
“The body won’t go where the mind won’t take it” And you have unlocked my armour for me, so a big thank you!!!
This won’t be the last of our sessions & I really look forward to working again with you soon
Big thanks again!
R.D. from Bedfordshire
“Rachel and I contacted Mark a few weeks before our big race in order to achieve an edge over our competitors. We had a 5-star, fool-proof training plan in place and were in the best shape physically of our lives. However, I have seen first-hand the effects of race day pressure take down the biggest, baddest athletes and no training plan is good enough to combat what the psychological impact of racing can have on you.
Hyrox is a sprint that lasts an hour.
It’s like no other race. A real leveler in the fact there’s no one body type that is at an advantage. If you’re big and strong the sled and carries are easy, but running at speed is going to be hard. If you’re tall and lean and a good runner, the burpees and lunges are going to get you! It really is the ‘championship of the fittest’. And ‘fittest’ is by no means purely a physical state.
I wanted to tap into my subconscious, to be able to override the voice in my head and to remain calm and in complete control in the days leading up to the race as well as race day.
The moment you go too hard on the wrong bit, you’ll be chasing the pack from then on. You need to let everyone burn themselves out. Learn to not ‘race’ them, but to pace, run your own race. Steady is fast.
When you run a marathon or a half marathon or a 10k, you have a pace, you stick to it. Hyrox makes this almost impossible to do.
Rachel and I both got different things out of the hypnotherapy sessions with Mark: for me the thing that stands out more than anything was the level of focus it gave me. I’m a worrier by nature and an over thinker. The day before the race I told Mark I was getting anxious about things I hadn’t considered; I didn’t take into account how much of an impact being in Las Vegas would have on me: the air - lots of air-con which dried my throat and mouth to an uncomfortable level; the heat during the day sapping my energy levels; the jet-lag and lack of sleep; the food; the flight and the swelling of my hands and feet!!
We had a hypnotherapy ‘top up’ session with Mark the day before the race and he got me (us) to just focus.
The moment the gun went off I was so unbelievably focused, more than I have ever been in my life, that nothing mattered. Not the air, not the temperature, not how hot or hard it was, I was mechanical.
I was able to pace my runs to within seconds of each other. I just knew exactly how hard and fast to push and when to pull back. I didn’t focus on any other person there.
It was the absolute best we have ever performed. We took over 6 minutes off our previous time. There were 32 seconds between 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. We came third in the world in our age category as well as overall. We were the only Britons to come top 3 overall.
The one significant difference between that race and the others, was my mind which is usually full of noise and stress. It was as if a switch had turned on and I just knew how to get the job done.”
D.B. from Bedfordshire
