Thread: Mind tricks for lifting...

Sometimes if I focus the Force on the bar I can move it w/o even touching it.

I just think about baseball

Thank you, Mindset26. I think both are worth trying,

Counting backwards!! That's an interesting idea why have I never come up with that idea ?
I'm gonna try it at my next training session.

Usually I am easily intimidated by the weight heavier than my wife !! Don't tell her I said that.
So once I lie down on the bench I usually put some efforts to forget about actual weight I'm gonna lift, instead I try to concentrate on reps so I chant like, "( Today I will lift this ) six times, six times, SIX!!"
I know it's kinda lame. but I can't help.

I do the "spot-on-a-wall" thing.

Music. I skip to my fav tracks on a CD, especially for supersets. Let the emotion take over.

I never focus on the weight. Generally, I just try to relax, free my mind, and understand, "if it's there, you'll succeed... if not, next time."

Music can be downright the most helpful thing to me. It has to be just the right kind, but if you can find what works for you, it's mazing.

If I'm not listening to music, I find it best to concentrate carefully on what I'm doing. You know, the whole mind/muscle connection thing.

I only had to do those things when I first started out, after a year or so I find it easy and natural to try my hardest

MUSIC, MUSIC. MUSIC find the right kind for you and it just gets you in the mood to go big or go home

Originally Posted by mike456

I only had to do those things when I first started out, after a year or so I find it easy and natural to try my hardest

Agreed................

i listen to music when i lift but at certain times when i really need to concentrate i turn the music off for that set...........

I say: "Yeaaaah buddy! Light weight! light weight! OOOOO!"

Originally Posted by Spud

I say: "Yeaaaah buddy! Light weight! light weight! OOOOO!"

lolol

"got ta dig DEEP...got ta dig DEEP!!!"

when trainig with mate - if we are doing 15's we count each other down in 5's. 54321, 54321 etc.

mentall pshyching up before each set, getting really riled up.

I think to myself "this is easy, ive done this before, this is no problem..the next set is the problem..get through this" Then I might count down.

While benching, if I'm struggling through the last few reps, I focus on my left wrist. Odd I know, but I learned the trick in high school and it's worked fairly well for me.

Usually music, also basic things like form, speed etc etc just reminding myself of the principles and what I need to do.