UNCLAS / FOUO 1 Questions Energy Management

Mission and Vision 2 Mission: Implements the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program, identifies and trains Master Resiliency Trainers (MRTs) and commences annual resiliency sustainment training in order to enhance overall performance, improve unit level readiness, and sustain a balanced, healthy, campaign capable, expeditionary army End state: Will improve unit readiness and performance by implementing the Resiliency Training program. The end state will see a more balanced, healthy and capable Brigade Combat Team

Task: Use energy management strategies to regulate emotion and energy levels and enable critical thinking and optimal performance. Conditions: Within a classroom environment and 90 minute timeframe. Standards: Understand that self-regulation is a primary target of Energy Management Task, Conditions, Standards 3

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Key Principles Practice: These techniques require practice in order to derive full benefit. Double Up: Energy Management can be used in conjunction with other skills in the program. Self-regulation: Energy Management builds all of the MRT competencies; Self-regulation is a primary target. 5

Bottom Line Up Front Energy Management helps to build Self-regulation. These strategies lower the intensity of emotions so you can think and respond more clearly and with greater control. They have been used effectively in a variety of settings including sports, the workplace, and clinical settings with chronically ill patients. 6

How do you manage your energy and rejuvenate? 7

Mental Games Principles for designing mental games: Must require your full attention Should be hard and fun Must be games you can do within a few minutes 8

Mental Games Math games: Count back from 1,000 by 7s. Alphabet games: Work your way through the alphabet, naming someone for each pair of initials. Categories games: Name all the sports figures, war heroes, etc. you can in two minutes. Army alphabet: Repeat it backwards. Lyrics: Recite upbeat song lyrics. 9

Energy Management Techniques Controlled Breathing Progressive Muscle Relaxation Meditation Positive Imagery 10

Progressive Muscle Relaxation Do controlled breathing for two minutes. As you breathe in, make fists and tense your hands and lower arms. Keep your muscles tight for the count of fifteen. As you exhale, relax the muscles quickly and concentrate on the feeling of relaxation. Do twice, take a minute break and then move on to the next muscle group. For each group tense the muscles for fifteen seconds, then relax them for thirty seconds. After each muscle group, take a minute break before continuing to the next muscle group. 11

Applications How can Energy Management help you be most effective and cope with stress? How can Energy Management be incorporated into the Soldier’s general fitness plan? 12

Check on Learning What is the skill? Energy Management strategies are used to regulate emotion and energy levels to enable critical thinking and optimal performance. When do I use it? Use Energy Management strategies whenever you want to regulate the intensity of your emotions and energy so that you can effectively cope with a situation and enhance your performance. How do I use it? Use Controlled Breathing, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, or Meditation to relax. Use the mental games to refocus your thinking on the task at hand. 13

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