Men\'s Health Singapore - June 2017

Jamie Foxx

Argue
Effectively

•THE WEAKNESS Don’t be too
quick to go negative – like telling
the boss you’ll quit if you don’t get
a promotion.

•STRENGTHEN IT Try what’s
called a “gain-framed appeal.”
Highlight what’s to be gained if
you do get a promotion (“I’ll be
able to focus on X”). Neuroscience
research suggests that these beat
loss-framed appeals in activating
parts of the brain linked with
taking action. In other words, the
boss just might ink the deal.

Swing
It Better

•THE WEAKNESS Are your tee
shots anemic? Golf Digest reports

SKILLS

that the average golfer’s drive

goes just under 220 yards – far

short of the 300-yard goal a Golf

Channel fan may fantasise about.

•STRENGTHEN IT A strong core

may send the ball farther off the

tee than big biceps do. Try pilates

• it may thicken your abdominal
  muscles, suggests Korean
  research. PGA Tour pro Ricky
  Barnes has been hitting the mat
  once or twice a week for the past
  five or six years. He says it helps
  him support his back and almost
  every aspect of his golf swing.

Crush It

Creatively

•THE WEAKNESS Think you’re

just not a creative type? If you

leave all the imagination to

someone else, your career could

hit the skids. Creativity will be

the third most important job skill

in 2020, the World Economic

Forum predicts.

•STRENGTHEN IT To get the

juices flowing, try a strategy

called preloading, says creativity

consultant James Taylor. Before

you go to bed, write down the

challenge you’re tackling. “When

we go to sleep at night, what often

happens is our brain goes into a

different state,” says James, and it

may keep trying to tackle that

challenge. You might have some

brilliant ideas come morning.

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Get Off A

Great Shot

•THE WEAKNESS When you’re

shooting hoops, your jump shot

rivals Steph Curry’s. But in a

game, you choke: Your jump shot

accuracy goes down more than

20 percent in the presence of a

defender, according to a study

published in Psychology of Sport

and Exercise.

•STRENGTHEN IT Hop to it!

Seriously: Point your feet towards

the basket and practise the

hopping portion of your jump

shot without launching the ball.

Explode up as high as you can. This

will help you generate power from

your legs so all you have to do is

guide the ball to the hoop, says

NBA alum Ronnie Grandison,

owner of RG Basketball Academy.

62 JUNE 2017 MENSHEALTH.COM.SG