When you’re coaching someone, you really want to feed back their words. I didn’t really point it out when I was working with you up here. This kind of goes into the hypnotic language, some of the stuff we’ll talk about tomorrow, but even though I don’t have him sitting …
70+ Year Old Martial Artists
A little while back Andrew sent me the following video, of a 75 year old martial artists doing a demonstration, breaking boards and blocks and much else. And, in a similar vein, on this page, I detail how I found a 70+ year old martial artist that became my mentor. …
Negative Self-Talk in Health & Fitness
Number 9: Be on the Lookout for Mental Blocks and Negative Self-Talk. That negative self-talk is really important. So if you hear, “Oh, I can’t do that!” If you hear yourself say something like that or maybe even just think it, it’s like, “Ah! There’s a belief behind that!” And …
That Kinesthetic Feeling…
It’s amazing… Amazing how OUT of touch people are with their bodies. I know we place all the value on our brains in our culture, but damn. From the neck down many people have next to zero bodily awareness. Even among trainers and athletes…it can be very bad. Sure, you …
Content vs. Context
“How you visualize is more important than what you visualize.” I have that quote there. I quoted myself in the workbook. So, if you imagine yourself doing a push-up, right? That is the content: yourself doing a push-up. But how you are seeing that, perceiving that, not just the visual …
How to Heal Injuries Mentally
We will be addressing using some of this stuff around injuries. Basically, the way I look at injuries, most treating of injuries is done on the physical level. I feel that it is important to get all of the different levels, including the mental and the emotional side of things …
Myths about “Good” Form
In a recent message, I discuss that fast vs. slow training, wasn’t really important. Sure, there are some specific instances where one may be better than another, but the fact is you can make progress either way. Thus, it is not one of the very important aspects of training, compared …
Basics of How Internal Visualization Works
Our senses are used externally. And notice it’s also called, “Representations,” right? RE – PRESENTING. This is how we represent things within our mind. So even if you close your eyes, you’re shutting off your external visual sense, but by visualizing something internally, you’re seeing that on your internal screen, …
Strength Training as Self Development
Lifting weights, bodyweight or whatever method of exercise, is like a crucible where you forge your body, mind and spirit. I have always looked at is as such and always will. Not only that, but it is one of the best areas in which to practice the various skill sets …
How Thinking & State Alters Your Strength
This picture here is very important. So there is a lot of information going on in this image. The thing I want to focus on right now over on the left hand side of the page. Over here. Where it says, “Internal Representation, State, Physiology.” This is very important because …
I HATED Myself
When most people see me tear a deck of cards in half, or snatch a 106 lb. kettlebell over and over and over again, they’ll ask me odd questions like: “When did you learn you could do that?” As if this was an innate talent I discovered that I had …
Fast vs. Slow Exercise
Ricky asked me a lot of questions. A lot of them are great questions, so I chose to share them with the greater public too: “A couple of questions linger in my mind in regards to your Deceptive Strength (in particular) approach and philosophy… “You seem to think that faster …
Beast Snatch x 91 reps in 10 minutes
I’m closing in… Unfortunately, as I near the end its only by a couple reps at a time. My previous best in the 10-minute beast snatch was 87 reps. In this workout I hit 91. But there is extra good news with that. As you can see in the video, …
Sit to Stand = DEATH
Wowza! I just came across this study. The name pretty much says it all: “Ability to sit and rise from the floor is a predictor of all-cause mortality.” That means the better you can get up off of the ground, the less likely you are to die! Here are the …
Move the Damn Things!
Two weeks ago, I shared a mobility drill that I first learned from studying muscle control, and then further worked with through what I call “Intuitive Mobility.” Specifically, it was the Shoulder Blade Box Mobility Drill. (In case you missed it, you can find it on the blog here.) Well, …