I’ve just put up another article at Breaking Muscle and unlike my other posts there, this one focuses on the mental part of training. Meta Programs: How to Adjust Your Thinking for Better Results The term meta program comes from Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). Meta, meaning over or above, indicates …
My Morning Routine and 10000 Hours
So I asked myself the same question I discussed in my article yesterday. What is the ONE thing I could turn into a habit that would make the biggest impact on my life? The answer was training. Of course I was already working out regularly. Typically five days a week. But this wasn’t enough… …
VITAL Behavior
One of the books I read, Influencer, used the term vital behavior. What does this mean? It is the behavior that is vital for the outcome you wish to achieve. This book used far reaching case studies like getting Thai prostitutes to use condoms to stop spreading disease, or getting Africans to filter …
Which Person Are You? (failure or success)
Let me tell you about two different people…I knew one person that didn’t workout at all. Yet, she had a lofty routine in her mind. Despite not being a morning person she planned to wake up before dawn at 5 o’clock each morning and go running. She planned to do …
6 Steps to Psych Up
As I said in my previous article very few people give you any sort of specifics on the how to of psyching up. And remember this doesn’t mean you need to have people slapping you in the face. (I never liked that one personally, but hey I guess it works …
When to Psych and When Not To
Among weightlifters you see psyching up fairly commonly. Among people that do bodyweight training you don’t see it nearly as much. Why is that? Do you know? If you go back in the sports psychology research from about 30 or so years ago one of the things they often talk about is “Arousal …
Fighting Cancer and Changing Behavior
According to the CDC every year 14 million people find out they have cancer. And 8 million people die of cancer each year. That means a less than 50% survival rate. With statistics like that most everyone knows someone that has been impacted by cancer. I certainly have my own …
What Drives Me? – Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
I’ve received an interesting question the other day. This person wanted to know what drives me to push myself further than a normal gym-goer to become a strongman. Below is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which I already talked about before, but I thought it would be good to include it …
What Do I Need and What Should I Do?
I received this great question that really deserved a lengthy article to answer it. Here’s the question and then my reply below. “I constantly have questions running through my head, so here’s one from my training session today. How well rounded should I be and how do I get myself …
Looking Back at 2013 and Forward to 2014
Happy New Year! As with every new year I make sure to review the past one and set out goals for the next. If you do this, and then put plans to achieve those goals into action you will get better. Back at the beginning of 2013 I did a …
Chakra Bodybuilding Qigong by Eric Guttmann
“Contrary to popular belief, most people do NOT have chakras, they have to be developed!” That’s the statement my friend and Qigong master, Peter Ragnar, made during a group coaching phone call. While this seemed to astonish the group, it got me thinking, “Well, if you have to DEVELOP the …
Do You Have Any Of These Limiting Training Beliefs?
Here’s a list, in no particular order, of some beliefs that could hold you back in a variety of ways. I’m don’t have the motivation to workout Only beginners make fast progress I don’t have great genetics I’m too old to do a handstand It’s not possible for me to …
Belief Change Process
Beliefs are interesting. And the human beings that have them are even more so. What is a belief? It is something that is held in the mind about how the world or ourselves are. The funny thing is that they don’t necessarily reflect reality, yet in having them they organize …
I Sucked at Squats
Take a look through my youtube channel. Until recently you wouldn’t find any videos of me squatting heavy weights. Not like the deadlift, where there’s tons of videos up. Take a look at my body and you may see why. I’m not built to squat. Although this is true, in …
Mental Training Interview
Jedd Johnson from Diesel Crew interviewed me recently on the topic of mental training. We discussed: How the body and mind work together Why HOW you visualize is more important than WHAT you visualize What to do to best prepared for any Competition The use and value of basic hypnosis …