Gabe Rummel, The Athletes Health
Mental Performance Playbook
Every athlete trains their body, but how many train their mind? Mental Performance Playbook breaks down elite mental strategies used by top performers and gives you simple, actionable exercises to apply immediately. Hosted by Gabe Rummel, Mental Performance Coach, Founder of The Athletes Health™, and creator of it's Phronoic Gym™, where athletes train their minds like they train their bodies. Whether you’re looking to reset after mistakes, boost focus under pressure, or build unshakable confidence, this playbook has you covered.
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Gabe Rummel, The Athletes Health
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Jul 6, 2026
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Episodes
Staying Composed & Building Confidence When Overwhelmed! 11.08.2025 14:48
Mental Performance Playbook – Episode 116 | Deep Dive #63 Brought to you by The Athletes Health™ In this episode, we break down four actionable exercises to help you get back to composure and rebuild your confidence when you’re feeling overwhelmed, whether that’s in the middle of a play, staring down a packed schedule, or facing any high-pressure moment. You’ll learn practical tools to regain cont...
Start Strong This Fall With 5 Mental Exercises To Separate Yourself From The Pack! Ep. 115 04.08.2025 19:08
Mental Performance Playbook, Episode 115 — Deep Dive 62. Brought to you by The Athletes Health™ If you’re in Iowa, fall sports are kicking back off after a break, and there’s no better time to sharpen your mental game. In this episode, we dive into 5 powerful mental performance strategies to help you separate from the pack and start your season strong. Whether you’re fighting for a starting spot o...
How To Break Back Mentally Stronger From Break! Ep. 114 28.07.2025 17:30
The Mental Performance Playbook Episode 114, Deep Dive Topic 61, Brought to you by The Athlete’s Health™, Hosted by Gabe Rummel In this episode, we’re breaking back stronger after the break. Whether you faced a tough physical challenge, like a grueling hike, or just struggled mentally during Iowa’s week off, this episode is about coming out of hardship sharper and more locked in. We reflect on wha...
3 Mental Exercises Every Athlete Should Do During the Break | Ep. 113 21.07.2025 13:26
Welcome to the Mental Performance Playbook brought to you by The Athletes Health, episode 113, deep dive topic 60! This episode breaks down the concepts of taking deliberate breaks and using them to our advantage! So much happened throughout our experiment we turned it into a 2 part episode. Follow along for the pre break prep! (00:00) Embracing the Pause With A New Perspective (02:43) 1. Reverse...
Switching Seasons: How to Transfer Mental Wins to Your Next Sport | Ep. 112 14.07.2025 21:22
Welcome to Mental Performance Playlist episode 112, Deep Dive 59 with the topic of attacking the next season and taking the mental strength built right into it! Brought to you by The Athletes Health, we go over 4 mental exercises that bring out the biggest pieces from the last sport and season and transfer all that momentum into the next one. Follow along, you won't want to miss this! Check ou...
Acting Confident vs. Being Confident: How to Bridge the Gap | Ep. 111 07.07.2025 18:02
Mental Performance Playbook episode 111, deep dive topic 58, brought to you by The Athletes Health. This week we are covering a few exercises around our pillars of Clarity, Confidence, Composure, and some secret sauce to ideally help us actually BE confident instead of simply acting confident. Because we all can act confident… until that act show gets put to the test in our real performance! Liste...
The Silent Edge: Why Mental Training Isn't Optional Anymore | Eps. 110 29.06.2025 16:30
Welcome to the Mental Performance Playbook brought to you by The Athletes Health! In episode 110 we go a little more behind the scenes into the WHY all this mental training is so important. It may be silent, but we can make that silent edge cut our way to success instead of cutting the floor beneath us and thinking there’s nothing we can do. Follow along in this episode for a few different stats a...
The Summer Swim Method for Mental Composure | EP. 109 23.06.2025 13:17
Welcome to the Mental Performance Playbook brought to you by The Athletes Health™. This week we have a 3 step process for composure that you surely will understand, as it revolves around these hot summer days and jumping into the pool! Watch and listen in, then share the show! (00:00) Embracing Discomfort: The Pool Analogy (02:02) Step 1: Stand in the Heat (04:10) Step 2: Enter the Cold (07:51) St...
Seeing Success Before It Happens With The Power of Mental Imagery in Sports | 108 16.06.2025 18:46
Mental Performance Playbook episode 108, deep dive topic 55 brought to you by The Athletes Health. Founder and Mental Performance Coach Gabe Rummel walks us through 4 different circumstances to use mental imagery, and how to use it! Catch more with the links below, and email us below with the subject "AUDIO!" to get the limited free Composure Audio Mental Exercise! Email: GabeRummel@TheA...
Spotting the Silent Mental Blocks (aka Ghosts): You Can’t Fight What You Don’t See 09.06.2025 19:06
Welcome to the Mental Performance Playbook episode 107, deep dive 54, where we are walking through the 3 step process of capturing those mental performance blocking ghosts and leveling up our game! More episodes like this coming soon. Let us know your thoughts, and if you liked it, share it! (00:00) Understanding the Invisible Ghosts of Motivation (09:20) Removing the Ghosts from Our Mind (16:06)...
Unlocking Mental Performance for Athletes: TAH 3 Minute Pitch Competition! 02.06.2025 7:49
Mental Performance Playbook by The Athletes Health, deep dive 53, episode 106! This one is a little different, as we are showing off our 3 minute pitch and using this podcast as a little practice! Give us some feedback and check out the progress so far. Catch you next week! (00:00) Introduction to Mental Performance Playbook (01:57) Overall Exercise: Performing Practice (02:49) 3 Minute Pitch (06:...
Control the Temperature: 4 Mental Training Exercises to Perform Under Pressure 26.05.2025 17:11
Episode 105, deep dive 52. Welcome to the Mental Performance Playbook brought to you by The Athletes Health! Check out this episode where we're introducing the concept of the internal thermostat, emphasizing the need for emotional regulation and resilience. Through various exercises, we're going over how to stay cool under pressure, expand potential, and reframe our mental game, using exam...
Mental Performance Matters The Most! Sports, Business, and Life with Sam Tokpa 22.05.2025 59:00
Mental Performance Playbook episode 104, brought to you by The Athletes Health. In this episode, we interview Sam Tokpa, a recent college graduate and former D3 football player. We discuss Sam's journey through college athletics, the impact of a significant injury on his mindset, and the importance of networking and personal growth. Sam shares valuable lessons learned from football, including...
When and Where Mental Toughness Matters Most in Sports 19.05.2025 14:46
Welcome to the Mental Performance Playbook brought to you by The Athletes Health! Episode 103, deep dive topic 51! Giving you actionable mental exercises to go add to your practice and game immediately. Today we are covering "When and Where Mental Toughness Matters Most in Sports". Delivering these exercises in a slightly different format today. Listen or watch in to check it out, and as...
Win or Go Home With Mental Exercises to Master the Moment. 12.05.2025 17:48
Welcome to the Mental Performance Playbook brought to you by The Athletes Health! Episode 102, deep dive topic 50! Giving you actionable mental exercises to go add to your practice and game immediately. Today we are covering those win or go home moments, how to handle them, and how to perform at your peak in them! Check out the 5 exercises and level up your game today! Chapters (00:00) Embracing P...
Grittiness Of Goals: 4 Secrets to Leveling Up Mental Performance 05.05.2025 15:44
Mental Performance Playbook episode 101, deep dive 49. This one is a whole new way to use goals to get that gold and get ahead of all that competition! Do stuff they don't do, implement these mental exercises into your day and level up! Chapters (00:00) The Power of Goals (02:19) Framework 1: The "North Star" Climb (04:50) Framework 2: The "24-Hour Hustle" (07:53) Framework...
Our Top 5 Mental Performance Exercises Every Athlete Needs (100th Episode Special) 28.04.2025 20:38
Welcome to The Athlete Health's Mental Performance Playbook, our podcast to give you some in depth mental exercises. In our 100 total episode, deep dive 48, we are giving away our top 5 mental exercises that athletes teams and coaches have loved. Follow along, find the links below for additional resources, and share it if you know someone who could use it! Chapters: (00:00) Introduction to Men...
Why Multi-Sport Athletes Build Elite Mental Toughness 21.04.2025 15:43
The Athletes Health's Mental Performance Playbook Podcast episode 99, deep dive 47. This episode explores the mental advantages gained from participating in multiple sports. It discusses how multi-sport athletes develop a mental edge, transfer skills between sports, manage pressure, and diversify their identities to enhance performance. It highlights examples of successful athletes and provide...
You Can’t Cram For This Pressure: Mental Exercises When There’s No Answer Key 14.04.2025 22:48
Mental Performance Playbook episode 98 deep dive 46 brought to you by The Athletes Health! We are breaking down the similarities and differences from the prepared and routine academic and school pressure vs the athletic performance pressure. Check it out, use some exercises, and level up your game! (00:00) Introduction to Performance in Uncertainty (02:25) Embracing the Unknown: The Chaos Rehearsa...
From Amateur Champ to Pro Debut: Jaron Lathrop’s MMA Evolution 10.04.2025 53:51
The Athletes Health's Mental Performance Playbook! Episode 97, conversation 49 with MMA Fighter Jaron Lathrop. Jaron's a newly professional MMA fighter, who shares his journey from amateur competitions to the professional arena. We discuss the mental aspects of fighting, the importance of coaching, and the lessons learned through adversity in sports. Jaron emphasizes the significance of pr...
Mental Exercises That Leveled Up Our Athletes' & Our Business Growth (Year One Recap) 07.04.2025 23:34
Mental Performance Playbook episode 96 deeper dive 45. We go behind the scenes in this one and show how we used the same mental exercises to build a business with this year one recap, and all the additions that we formed or are coming our way! Sometimes its good to see different perspectives, so this is a great way to see these mental exercises for performance in another view, and more specificall...
PAC Basketball’s Mental Game: Passion, Attitude, Confidence in Action and Behind the Scenes 03.04.2025 16:10
Mental Performance Playbook episode 95 with our first traveling episode! PAC Basketball is located in Kansas City, and it Kansas's ONLY Pro 16 team. Find more at their website and instagram handles below for contact information! https://pacbasketball.com/ https://www.instagram.com/liamwoulfe21/ https://www.instagram.com/70.samuel.70/ https://www.instagram.com/gradypaytonn/ The Athletes Health Link...
Elite Mental Skills You’re Witnessing in March Madness (And How to Use Them!) 31.03.2025 19:31
Mental Performance Playbook (our more specific name for the podcast piece of the business The Athletes Health!) episode 94, deeper dive 44. This one is all about showing some of the common mental exercises used DURING MARCH MADNESS. Yes, you have been watching these live on TV, whether you've known it or not. Come check out how exactly these prime time teams and athletes are implementing menta...
Stepping Into The Next Big Role... What To Know! 24.03.2025 15:37
The Athletes Health episode 93, Deep Dive 43. This one helps out any situation where we have to step up! Whether its for the day, week, month, season, or eternity of life, we can take some of these exercises, tips tricks and tools, and level up our game! (00:00) Embracing New Opportunities (02:05) Tip #1: Own the Opportunity Before It Owns You (03:49) Tip #2: Shift from Pressure to Purpose (06:17)...
The 5 Biggest CURRENT Mental Game Struggles for Athletes… And How to Tackle Them 17.03.2025 24:42
The Athletes Health Deep Dive episode 92, deep dive 42! This one's personal... as the ideas come from some athletes I recently was talking to and overall in the industry. It brings up some main topics of concern RIGHT NOW in athletics, by looking at the mental side. Dive deep and check out all the exercises, tips tricks and tools we include here in this REAL episode! (00:00) Introduction to Me...
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