The Usain Bolt Routine: How to Increase Your Confidence in 2 Minutes

Imagine you could intentionally show up at your best every time. A routine you could develop that ensures you don’t leave anything on the table. Now, dependent on what day you need to show up, your best might be slightly different. And what you do in the lead up to the event will impact whether your best could have been more, but you are leaving something on the table without power posing.

Have you ever done a power pose? The chances are you have had moments of success. of success, victory, or confidence. Usually, you pose in a powerful way when you win or feel successful.

Think back to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The headline event at any Olympic Games featured a new star in track & field: Usain Bolt. He broke the 100m world record at the time, obliterating the other competitors and celebrating his victory before the race was done with his arms raised in the air in a victorious ‘V’ shape. This is a power pose.

Bolt is also known for the ‘lightning bolt’ pose which traditionally he did just before his races, giving the crowd a lift, and giving Bolt a lift himself. Maybe he was just being a showman for the crowd before the race, or maybe he was power posing to make himself more confident. And that is the importance of body language. Whether the lightning bolt pose was for him or the crowd, it was part of the routine that set him up to win the big races. Your body language shapes who you are.