Focus on the first person you see in the mirror
I've been following a short Retro Zumba exercise daily for a few weeks now, and based on how long I've been dancing to the same steps, I should've already memorized them. Yet, it seemed I still hadn't. I'd still end up missing some steps, getting it wrong, or I'd get distracted somehow and not be able to follow along. But today, my experience was totally different, and I had two major realizations - one is that constant repetition helps our brains go on autopilot when needed; and two, that constantly looking at others won't help us improve our own performance. What was different today, and how did I come to these realizations? Normally, when I exercise in the morning, I look at the screen of my phone as I follow the YouTube video. Today, because the phone needed to get charged and the outlet was near the mirror, instead of looking at the screen, I ended up looking at myself in the mirror while dancing. And when I did, my body seemed to just move on its own l