The Power of Rest

Years ago I came across the story of a college track coach who would do an interesting experiment with his sprinters every year. At the start of the year he would tell them that they were going to run and that their times would rank them on the team.

All of the sprinters would take off and run as fast as they could, and their times were recorded. Then he would tell them to run a cool down sprint, and to focus on running relaxed and smooth. They would all run again and beat their first time. 

Then he would have them run again and focus on being even more relaxed and they would all beat their times again. 

It is counterintuitive but our bodies always perform better when they are relaxed. 

When we are mentally relaxed answers come faster and our productivity increases. 

Basketball coach John Wooden used to always tell his players to be quick but don't hurry. 

When we rest God works.