We’ve all heard stories about someone being hypnotized into lifting far heavier weights than they thought possible. But is there a way to get access to such hypnotists or books and resources on the matter?
I’ve heard of using hypnosis therapy for things like quitting smoking and improving your memory etc. you could use it for anything really. but you wouldn’t be lifting weights while hypnotized, you just listen to the recording or go to sessions and then apply what your subconscious learned. you can find tons of self hypnosis tapes on the market or in the library.
Here’s a book where you can hypnotize yourself to eat healthy, lift weights regularly, etc. You can write your own scripts too. Also, if you search at amazon.com, there are other books about hypnosis too. And search t-nation for articles about mental programming. Hope this helps
Thanks guys.
That book sounds great bryant, but how do I know any of this stuff works (I’m sure some of it does work, but I’ll bet people have started marketing a lot of crap on hypnosis).
I’d love to program myself into having better memory, etc.
When i listened to the memory improvement tape in school, i did great on my exams that week. was it related? could be. i couldn’t keep listening, it freaked me out. i think i have a mental block against it now. but the relaxation technique i learned is with me 10 years later.
Hypnosis does work. It’s not magic, but it does work, and it FEELS sort of like magic if you get a good full-on experience of it.
The flaw in hypnosis is that a lot of people forget hypnosis HELPS you do things, but it will not do them for you. A lot of people get some hypnosis or subliminal tapes and think they don’t have to consciously work at doing what the tapes are supposed to help them do. These people go around saying it doesn’t work, because they listened to “think yourself thin” while they slept and then had three pints of Haagen-Dazs for breakfast.
Bottom line, it works, but you have to work with it.
Go to google groups and type in hypnosis.
Also, go to http://www.kevinhogan.com
Another great read which could be a form of self-hypnosis is “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. By far the best book I have ever read and has the potential to change your life forever.
I read Hill’s book (skimmed it actually, since I seem to have come across all that advice before) and it didn’t seem to talk about hypnosis? Are affirmations, visualization, etc. considered hypnosis?
And from what I know, listening to something during your sleep is pointless as you won’t process anything.
Zulu–
I can email/PM you a hypnotic induction and script for weight training from the book. You can try it for a week and see if you notice any difference.
Go for it! 
I injured my chest once. Broke the first rib below and to the righ of the solar plexus, the first one to connect with a cartilage bridge. Actually, broke it in two places, cracked it in a third, plus I broke or tore some of the aforementioned cartilage, and muscles of my abdominal wall from the point of the injury to about the bottom of the rectus abdominus. I was down for exactly 15 months and 8 days.
About a month ago this sunday, I got hypnotized for “perfect health,” to get my mind into the idea that I was healed up, and that my body could fix itself. Two days after the session, I could bend at the waist. Two week later, I was lifting weights and participating in martial arts.
Right now, I’m only stiff in my chest in the mornings, and that is gradually going away, too.
So, I’m gonna hafta say it works.
Zulu, actually it doesn’t reference hypnosis. But if you look up the definition "An artificially induced altered state of consciousness, characterized by heightened suggestibility and receptivity to direction. " It does deal with a form of self-transfomation and how to tap into your subconscious mind to manipulate it into teaching your mind and body to get what you desire. You should read it, its pretty scary(good) if you understand its principles.
I don’t know if I understand the principles, but I think I do. I’ve already read Robbins, Bandler, Carnegie a host of NLP stuff, etc.
One thing I found very interesting in Hill’s book was the rejection of fear. That makes a whole lot of good sense.