| >>I had a self realization and received the advice from myself during one of my "zen state pondering" that - being in the best shape of my health with improve EVERYTHING by 10x in my life. This doesn't even have to be a theory. Being top physical shape today is a minimum requirement for top notch intellectual performance. Read: https://www.espn.in/espn/story/_/id/27593253/why-grandmaster... They jog up and down the hills around the farmland, At 5-foot-6, Caruana has a lean frame, his legs angular and toned. He also has a packed schedule for the day: a 5-mile run, an hour of tennis, half an hour of basketball and at least an hour of swimming. "Physical fitness and brain performance are tied together, and it shouldn't be a surprise that grandmasters are out there trying to look like soccer players," Ashley says. Viswanathan Anand, does two hours of cardio each night to tire himself out so he doesn't dream about chess; Chirila does at least an hour of cardio and an hour of weights to build muscle mass before tournaments. The next generation of rich, successful, with super careers and affluence will be people with Christiano Ronaldo like physique. |