Olympian mind games the everyday exerciser can play

Lauren Sesselmann, whose Canadian Olympic soccer team captured a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Games in London, said while the physical prowess has to be there, a healthy mindset might play an even bigger part in success. "We do a lot of mental training," said Sesselmann. "You have to push yourself and to put goals before yourself every day." Motivation was never a problem for Sesselmann, 30. But Sesselmann credits the mental strategies learned in the team's so-called "mind room" with helping her counter inevitable Olympic stressors from a bad practice day to a truncated personal life to being far away from family and friends.