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12-05-2004, 09:02 PM #1UNLEASH THE BEAST ELITE MEMBER
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Lesson #9: Unleash The Beast (No, not that beast!)
Lately I’ve been noticing a disturbing trend on the weightlifting related web sites and message boards. Men and women everywhere are spending so much time talking about training and nutrition that they hardly have any time left to train.
And when they do train, they're so busy counting time under tension numbers and rest intervals — following exercise plans by the numbers — that they never really focus on unleashing the beast and pushing up big weights.
I’ve heard people talk about finding inner balance and peace while training. Inner balance and peace is for yoga. Mention those words during a deadlift session and I’ll beat you with a 45 pound plate.
To train hard and develop an outstanding physique, you must "find the anger" within and unload it on the bar. Not only will you feel better when you’ve done the workout, having activated your lower, reptilian brain centers, but you’ll also have stimulated the body to improve through brute acts of force and strength.
Unleashing the beast, though, is tough work and many find this work far too hard to do. So rather than going into this zone, they try to replace raw, hard lifting with the acquisition of knowledge; the more they learn the better they feel about their wussified lifting protocol. Next time you hit the gym, unleash the beast. It’ll change the way you do things in the gym — hopefully forever.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain...
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12-05-2004, 09:42 PM #2Follow @TheUnzippedFly
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12-05-2004, 09:47 PM #3UNLEASH THE BEAST ELITE MEMBER
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Point is some people create mental blocks relying on knowledge too much and holding themselves back from their true potential in the gym. I think there needs to be a balance.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain...
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12-05-2004, 09:57 PM #5Fueled by Testosterone MODERATOR
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Did this come from T-nation? I remember reading this before... Anyway, I agree that "unleashing the beast" is of utmost importance. If I really get focused, and I know I am going to throw that piece of shit fucking steel bar around, then I do. It's as simple as that.
I haven't done it recently, but meditation is a good way to get into this zone. Tell yourself that you're going to kill that bar, maim it, discombobulate it, obliterate it, and most important, push it in the desired direction. Once you get in front of the bar, the beast has already been unleashed.
Three words: Mind over matter.The only time it's bad to feel the burn is when you're peeing...
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12-05-2004, 10:01 PM #6UNLEASH THE BEAST ELITE MEMBER
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Yeah, from T-nation. That's what I do here at night, LOL. And your completely right CP. Last few w/o's I haven't been able to get "mind over matter" and my lifts have sucked!
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain...
Originally Posted by rock4832
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