That if I don’t give it my all and learn how to truly push myself all I am doing is cheating myself of what I can achieve.
Not wanting to black out and die underneath the bar.
generally, no matter how I feel about the set I’m about to do, I’m free of all thought. Thinking is distracting. Thats not to say I don’t go and get pysched up and shit, but even in those cases I’m not thinking at all. I know what I need to do, my body knows what I need to do, so its all about doing it. If I’m working on a new thing for technique, I visualize how it felt w/ the empty bar and then I clear my mind and go after it.
A significant PR I usually will yell a bit, lots of grunting and when I breathe in before the lift I make sure the exhale before it is a growl and then a really quick sharp breath and then BAM!
I don’t got time to think.
p.s : fuck what other people think. I’m what matters. Its me out there, not them.
I think about how I am about to do something that I was completely incapable of just a week ago.
I think of my ex. She makes me angry…
[quote]Raw Power wrote:
austin_bicep wrote:
i usually pray before i lift, then use some profanity as im lifting like “Don’t be a bitch, THIS IS LIGHT MOTHER FUCK*N WEIGHT,”
Who you praying to? Captain Marvel, the Hulk, Conan or some Viking warrior? You pray then start using profanity…weird.[/quote]
no, i pray to god.
[quote]Jacked Diesel wrote:
Or you could think about how you walked in on your dad fucking your wife, that could piss you off enough to get that last rep.
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It is pretty messed up that you went there first. Is that your default horrifying event?
Oh well, it still made me chuckle. I think it would be worse if they were scissoring.
I just scream “LIGHTWEIGHT, EEEEE OOOOOOOOO”
I think about the Teletubbies.
[quote]Chewie wrote:
Jacked Diesel wrote:
Or you could think about how you walked in on your dad fucking your wife, that could piss you off enough to get that last rep.
It is pretty messed up that you went there first. Is that your default horrifying event?
Oh well, it still made me chuckle. I think it would be worse if they were scissoring.
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haha, i was just thinking what would be like the most fucked up and shocking shit you could walk into in your own room, and that popped in my head.
On bench days I think “I better do this or i’ll probably die because I don’t have a spot”.
I believe.
If I’m squatting at my house I pretty much have to get every rep or have to drop the iron plates onto concrete, so I get it up every time.
[quote]eggowned wrote:
so I get it up every time.[/quote]
That’s not what she said.
[quote]Plim wrote:
I better do this or i’ll probably die[/quote]
Thats what she said!
…lol
[quote]undeadlift wrote:
I believe.[/quote]
Believe in your dreams.
I lift, I train, I eat clean because I refuse to be mediocre.
Last time I went for a Deadlift PR I just thought to myself before I steped up to the bar. You do not stop pulling this bar no matter what.
I love threads like this, looking at the mental side of lifting. I sometimes get “mental” with my thoughts, thinking about embarassing myself if I miss, or too many technique thoughts. If so, I slap myself in the face, because for me, the optimal state is a combination of controlled rage and intense desire. Anything else doesn’t work well for me. Doc
I tend to only think the muscles invovled in the lift and the bar path… for example if im doign a deadlift, the first thing i do is tighten my calf/lower leg as tight as possible, then the hamstrings, then my back, then my abs and then finally i jerk my head back and look up to start the deadlift…not to mention grip which i also tighten when i jerk my head…
if i get what i consider i good first rep i simply try and recreate that feeling…i think people saying they dont think at all make no sense because you should be thinking VERY hard…i believe you should be thinking about every inch of the rep your involved in…just my two cents though