Benjamin Renaud
Level 8 Valued Member
I have been asking myself lately if thinking in English while I train affects my performance. Being a french Canadian, English is a second language that I learned at a young age, but it's still not a language that I use regularly, except on social media and through reading. Everything training related that I read is in English, workshops that I've attended were in English, as are most videos I watch.
The question I am asking is: do most people who have English as a second or even third language think in English while they train? Or do you translate cues to your primary language? Are your thoughts and focus in any particular language when you train? Do you visualise with images only or with words also?
Does anyone know if there have been studies done on this topic?
This is all just out of pure curiosity.
Thanks to all who take the time to chip in.
The question I am asking is: do most people who have English as a second or even third language think in English while they train? Or do you translate cues to your primary language? Are your thoughts and focus in any particular language when you train? Do you visualise with images only or with words also?
Does anyone know if there have been studies done on this topic?
This is all just out of pure curiosity.
Thanks to all who take the time to chip in.