Maximum Performance [1978 ed.] 0671816055, 9780583128964

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Do you want

to

perform better?

Get things finished in the time used to take you to get started? Feel really good about life? Then it

POCKET 81605-5 (2.50

forget the myths, fads, punitive fitness

schemes— achieve

your

HAAUniM PERFORM-

MCE LAURENCE E.MOREHOUSE,PH.D. AND LEONARD GROSS Authors of the *1 bestseller

Tom fmm m m minutes aweek

EVERYONE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DO BETTER AT EVERYTHING! Forget the myths:

be a winner.

You

don't have to

You

don't have to drain your energy to maxi-

mize

it

learn

how

You can teach your

yourself to

inner

achievement,

ment

it

make

to turn

the most of

from

athletic

your goal, to achieve-

every area of your

up-beat,

—

off.

capabilities, that's

if

in

achieve more.

to

to control anxiety

on and shut

it

"In this

yourself to

—you can do less

You can

all

kill

life!

eminently sensible guide-

book, the authors provide a step-by-step pro-

gram

for toning

minds and bodies into a

state

of dynamic relaxation as a prelude to achiev-

ing one's ultimate potential.

.

.

.

surprisingly

readable and very, very persuasive."

— Publishers Weekly

Books by Laurence

E.

Morehouse, Ph.D., and Leonard Gross

Maximum Performance Total Fitness in

Published by

30 Minutes a Week

POCKET BOOKS

LAURENCE E.MOREHOUSE, Ph.D. and

LEONARD GROSS

MAXIMUM PERFWtMMCE ILLUSTRATIONS BY PETER GREEN

PUBLISHED BY POCKET BOOKS NEW YORK

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Copyright

©

POCKET BOOKS, a Simon & Schuster division of GULF & WESTERN CORPORATION 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10020

1977 by Laurence E. Morehouse, Ph.D.

PubHshed by arrangement with Simon and Schuster Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 77-1894 All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Simon and Schuster, 1230 Avenue

of the Americas,

New

York, N.Y. 10020

ISBN: 0-671-81605-5 First Pocket

12

Books printing October, 1978

9 8

Trademarks registered Printed in the U.S.A.

in the

United States and other countries.

To Our Children

Acknowledgments

We

would

thank the following people: Talese and Dan Green of Simon and Schuster for their creative support and like to

Peter Schwed,

Nan

enthusiasm.

Herman

Roth, Debbie Cooper and

Ron

Zernicke

for their research assistance and critical reviews.

Gayle Godwin, head coach of the UCLA women's team and coach of the United States Junior Wightman Cup team, for helping Leonard Gross tennis

turn theories into

Our

realities.

families for their patience, tolerance

and per-

ceptive criticisms.

And

finally all

those colleagues of Laurence E.

Morehouse in exercise physiology, sports medicine and athletic training whose work has amplified and assisted his

own. Laurence E. Morehouse Leonard Gross

Contents

1

-'

Unlock Your Better

Self

2< Stop Trying So Hard 3- Optimal Anxiety 4" Dynamic Relaxation

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5< 6' 7< 8' 9