A quick Google search of sport psychology will bring you a variety of links: websites focused on definitions, links to academic programs, and sometimes articles that mention famous athletes who have used sport psychology. If you’re reading this, though, you’re probably more interested in what we call applied sport psychology than sport psychology in general. Applied sport psychology focuses on...

For a long time, I was what a friend calls a “yoyo exerciser.” I would commit to a specific program, see it through, then stop exercising (at least regularly) once the program was done. I could knock out a 30-day exercise program pretty easily but come Day 31 I was just not going to do it. A few years ago, I joined an amazing boutique gym in the summer. Initially I told myself I would go...