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Nobody has unlimited energy and nobody's muscle building progress is going to be in a straight line, always trending upwards. But if you train 3 ,4 or 5 days out of every 7, then at least 1 if not 2 of theses days will fall on less energetic days in the gym, or on days where you are mentally tired from other activities (like work,family and life!). That's way too much gym time to just give a walk through.
We all have those days when we're just not feeling it. Our bodies are rested and ready, but the mind just can’t get there. What to do? Here are my 3 motivational techniques to get the most out of a workout.
Find a partner. There is a reason that having a training partner helps you get big, other than the obvious spotting duties. Each feeds off the other in a variety of ways. If you have the resources to have a paid trainer, they serve a similar function. Bottom line on days you mentally wander, having someone to scream at you is a very good motivator. Though partners don’t have to scream to motivate. If you train alone, on down days, slide up to someone you know, or don’t know, and work in with them on some sets. Just having someone standing by you will provide some incentive to work harder than you might have otherwise. This brings me to the second motivator.
Compete. This is my favorite. You don’t have to ACTUALLY compete with someone to do this. What I do is pick out a couple people who are busting it big, and from a distance I try to “match up”. They don’t know I’m doing it, or maybe they do. Doesn’t matter. But I use their energy to kick start myself. A variation on this is sometimes I focus on some schlub who THINKS they have it happening. You know the type. Slams the weights down after a set and then struts around like they just saved the world with that set. I use my ego to say to myself “no, THIS is how you are SUPPOSSED to do it”. Speaking of ego.
Ego. The evil twin of competing. Part of what allows the schlub to do what they are is to have the ego working. The “watch me” mentality. Personally, when I’m focused, I have no idea on what’s happening in the gym around me, nor do I care. I am in my own little world doing my own little thing. But sometimes to get myself to that point though, I envision EVERYONE in the gym is looking at me. Got to make a scene now. Can’t give this session a walk through.
The beauty of these little mind games occurs post workout. Often going in unfocused and lacking motivation, after employing one of these little tricks on myself, I walk out having had a better workout than if I were focused from the start. Such is the power of the mind. Use it to your advantage.
How Much of Your Muscle Building Success Lies Between Your Ears?
Thursdays and Fridays are tough days to hit it hard in the gym. I find it difficult to fire up and find energy on these days because as the week draws to an end, people are tiring and the gym isn't as lively or crowded. Like anything, when there are external forces to motivate you it's easier to work hard. That's why home field provides an advantage in sports. But the best of the best know how to generate that motivation internally, from within. Ultimately to be successful you have to be able to do this. When you can do this, every "field" becomes your home field and you will always have the advantage.Nobody has unlimited energy and nobody's muscle building progress is going to be in a straight line, always trending upwards. But if you train 3 ,4 or 5 days out of every 7, then at least 1 if not 2 of theses days will fall on less energetic days in the gym, or on days where you are mentally tired from other activities (like work,family and life!). That's way too much gym time to just give a walk through.
We all have those days when we're just not feeling it. Our bodies are rested and ready, but the mind just can’t get there. What to do? Here are my 3 motivational techniques to get the most out of a workout.
Find a partner. There is a reason that having a training partner helps you get big, other than the obvious spotting duties. Each feeds off the other in a variety of ways. If you have the resources to have a paid trainer, they serve a similar function. Bottom line on days you mentally wander, having someone to scream at you is a very good motivator. Though partners don’t have to scream to motivate. If you train alone, on down days, slide up to someone you know, or don’t know, and work in with them on some sets. Just having someone standing by you will provide some incentive to work harder than you might have otherwise. This brings me to the second motivator.
Compete. This is my favorite. You don’t have to ACTUALLY compete with someone to do this. What I do is pick out a couple people who are busting it big, and from a distance I try to “match up”. They don’t know I’m doing it, or maybe they do. Doesn’t matter. But I use their energy to kick start myself. A variation on this is sometimes I focus on some schlub who THINKS they have it happening. You know the type. Slams the weights down after a set and then struts around like they just saved the world with that set. I use my ego to say to myself “no, THIS is how you are SUPPOSSED to do it”. Speaking of ego.
Ego. The evil twin of competing. Part of what allows the schlub to do what they are is to have the ego working. The “watch me” mentality. Personally, when I’m focused, I have no idea on what’s happening in the gym around me, nor do I care. I am in my own little world doing my own little thing. But sometimes to get myself to that point though, I envision EVERYONE in the gym is looking at me. Got to make a scene now. Can’t give this session a walk through.
The beauty of these little mind games occurs post workout. Often going in unfocused and lacking motivation, after employing one of these little tricks on myself, I walk out having had a better workout than if I were focused from the start. Such is the power of the mind. Use it to your advantage.
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