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My First Beast Pullup

In Mental Mastery, Strongman Mastery by Logan Christopher1 Comment

This video shows my first ever successful Beast kettlebell pullup. That’s an added 48kg or 106 lbs. It’s ugly but pretty much everything is the first time you do it. This is a big mark of progress towards my goal of the Beast Tamer Challenge. My system of How to …

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Body Imbalances

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Here’s a detailed question that has to do with imbalances, mindset and more… Hi Logan, My question is about mindset. I seem to have built up a lot of muscular imbalances, which seemed to become more prevalent since I had left big toe surgery. My history has only been doing …

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Increasing Your Mental Baseline

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Yesterday I discussed how you’re always mental training, whether you think you are or not. This is because, if you’re thinking at all, that is mental training that guides your actions. This doesn’t mean you’re doing EFFECTIVE mental training. Far from it. Most people are likely to be hurting their …

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You’re ALWAYS Mental Training

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I was interviewed on a podcast recently in which most of the discussion was around mental training. (Of course, I’ll share that with you once it is live.) But we happened on a concept I hadn’t quite thought about before. The fact is… You are ALWAYS mental training…whether you think …

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The Future of Healing…

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The other week I posted a message with my case against personal trainers. (If you missed that you can read it here.)  That contrarian perspective yielded a lot of response, but people agreeing and disagreeing. Today I specifically want to share a message from Tyler I’m a personal trainer and …

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Try this Mental Training Drill…

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A long-time customer wrote in with his intensive mental drill that is working wonders for him. I thought this was worth sharing with everyone. As the title says, it is INTENSIVE. There’s a lot going on. While I would encourage you to give the whole thing a go…it might be …

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How to Fix Chronic Pain?

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Travis asks… “You mentioned emotional/mental blocks to healing. This is the great question: what to do to prevent or redirect chronic pain? I’ve watched so many folks go through knee/hip replacement surgery in my life and also celebrities and aging athletes. The great question is what causes and sustains pain. …

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Dietary Setbacks and Binge Eating

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“How do you keep motivated and stick to a plan despite upsets?”– Pete It’s actually quite simple if you understand and do what I’m about to share. Really, really, really simple. You ready? Know in advance that you’re going to have upsets and plan for them accordingly. Here’s how most …

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Handling Loss of Loved Ones

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Death was a topic I was asked to cover in relation to mental toughness. Didn’t I say earlier that the questions really ran the full extent of possible topics? Let me start by saying that I am not an expert on death. I have my own experiences for what they’re …

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Climbing the Wrong Damn Mountain

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I wanted to share Ted’s comments in regards to the Darkside of mental toughness and stubbornness. Because this lesson is oh-so-important. As you’ll see it can take decades of your life… “This mentality kept me competing in Olympic style Tae Kwon Do way longer than I should of been (leading …

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The ONE Technique for Mental Toughness

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“Your mental toughness and resiliency is off the charts. Is there any one technique that you prefer above others?” Thank you! Before I list my favorite technique, I appreciate the ‘off the charts’ comment and want to discuss that a bit. I feel like I do have reasonably good mental …

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Toughness and Antifragility

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“Is there a practical way to be antifragile on a day to day basis- like actually getting better from experiencing adversity? I have been exploring this topic. It seems like looking for challenges puts you in a “I can handle everything” mindset. I know there is a “Antifragile” book but …

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Top 3 Mental Toughness Exercises

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“What would be your TOP 3 choices for exercises that literally affect mental toughness the most?”– Emil This is a tough question! I’m going to take a slightly different track and mention top three CATEGORIES of exercises as I think that may be more helpful. Endurance (Can Always Do One …