Unleash the Beast

Rocco32 · 12-05-2004, 10:02 PM

From T-nation

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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.

soxmuscle · 12-05-2004, 10:42 PM

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Rocco32 · 12-05-2004, 10:47 PM

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.

soxmuscle · 12-05-2004, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by rock4832

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 completely agree. I don't go by the book if lets say, if I am feeling good and I want to try another set for a pr or what not.

**CowPimp** · 12-05-2004, 10:57 PM

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.

Rocco32 · 12-05-2004, 11:01 PM

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!

12-05-2004, 10:42 PM	#2
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12-05-2004, 10:47 PM	#3
Rocco32 UNLEASH THE BEAST Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 22,313 Photos: 18	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...

12-05-2004, 10:57 PM	#5
CowPimp Fueled by Testosterone Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD Posts: 15,428	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.
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12-05-2004, 11:01 PM	#6
Rocco32 UNLEASH THE BEAST Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 22,313 Photos: 18	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...

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