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February 10, 2012 Posted by The Longest Swim Team in Ben's Journal

Techniques For Keeping Your New Year Resolutions: Part Three

Part one and two of the series were about techniques and rules I used to stay motivated and focused. But what happened when nothing is going your way, your brain rebels and does not want to follow any techniques or rules? What happens when you hit the wall and feel like you need to give your brain an electroshock to put it back on track? I have been in that situation so many times that I had to find a way to pull myself out of that hole. I have developed two sets of images I access each time I am in that situation. It is like getting a second wind when you hit that mental wall; this helps me deal with those challenging moments and pushes my limits.

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January 13, 2012 Posted by The Longest Swim Team in Ben's Journal

Techniques For Keeping Your New Year Resolutions: Part Two

Part one of this series was about the dissociation technique and how we can move our mind far away from our body to alleviate some of our pain and discomfort. Part two concentrates on setting rules to restrain your mind from going to unwanted places and working on how to direct it toward specific times.

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January 5, 2012 Posted by The Longest Swim Team in Ben's Journal

Techniques for Keeping Your New Year Resolutions: Part One

We all start the New Year with the best of intentions by making resolutions, but as the year winds down we often experience difficulties sticking to them. During the next three weeks I am going to share with you three techniques I used during my swim across the Atlantic Ocean that helped me stay focused and motivated and these techniques can be used to help you stick with your resolutions.

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December 7, 2011 Posted by The Longest Swim Team in Press Release

Ben Lecomte to Swim Across Pacific Ocean for Cancer Research

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The Longest Swim, Ben Lecomte, Ridgeline

DALLAS, Texas (The Longest Swim) November 27, 2011 - Long-distance swimmer, Ben “Ben” Lecomte, the first man to successfully swim across the Atlantic Ocean, announced he has now started training for his next swim across the Pacific Ocean. Scheduled to start April 14, 2012 Read more

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