Perched at the pinnacle of achievement, Olympians have trained their entire lives to reach their goal of standing on the winner’s podium. Not only do Olympic athletes tone their bodies to near perfection; but they hone their minds as well.Video above — Simone Biles: Competing in Paris ‘meant the world’ after struggles in Tokyo“A winner’s brain is not about a quick fix. You have to nurture your brain and take care of it,” said psychologist Jeff Brown, an assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School and coauthor of “The Winner’s Brain: 8 Strategies Great Minds Use to Achieve Success.”“You have to feed it good fats, like omega-3s. Your brain is the 3 pounds that you don’t want to lose,” said Brown, who is the sports psychologist for the Boston Marathon.“You have to move it — brain function improves if you’re moving. That’s one of the best things that you can …
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