Two days ago, I told you about an idea I found from Ironmind’s Milo magazine that I really liked. (If you missed that one about injury prevention you can check it out here.) Now, something I disagree with. This is from an article on Mental Training for All Athletes by …
Rerunning a Mental Program
I put together a multi-faceted plan to get back in action on the Beast Snatch, and finally achieve this big goal. One part of that plan was for mental training. And one aspect of that was to listen to my own Fitness Maximizer hypnotic tracks. While I also do self-hypnosis …
How to Plan for a Big Training Goal
I’m settled into my new house, and things are mostly back to normal. However, much that I want to go off in a new training direction, I still have a big goal I need to hit before I can do that. The Beast Snatch Test. I was closing in on …
Mental Toughness in Workouts…You’re Doing It Wrong!
Susan: “It’s getting there. It’s getting there. No pain. That is a big thing. Natan: “Didn’t Logan say ‘No pain, no gain?’” (Everyone laughs) Logan: You just gotta try harder — that’s it! If you’re not getting results, you’re not trying hard enough! Some people believe that honestly! It’s kind …
Practicing, Training, Testing
Number 5, this is kind of an idea I’ve developed and found very useful. Understanding the difference between practicing something, training, and testing. So with testing, this is where you’re in a competition or you’re really going all out, see what you can do — this is where you break …
How to Use Your Imagination for Exercise
Hey everyone, you guys can do this while you are sitting. This just underlies the importance of the imagination in going further. Just go up straight. Take your right arm and go behind you. And notice how far you get. And come back. Neutral. Now just imagine yourself being able …
How to Focus Your Language when Coaching
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 …