| Hey Friend,
Pre-Workout energy supplements are hands down the most popular category of supplements these days. More and more people are reaching for a pre-workout boost before they hit the gym.
Now while some of these pre-workout supplements certainly work for cranking up your workout intensity, they sometimes have a bit of a downside... First off they are usually quite expensive, they tend to make you to feel jittery, and in some cases they may even keep you awake at night... Which is certainly not good for muscle growth.
But what if I told you that there was a "natural" pre-workout energy booster that doesn't cost anything, can instantly increase your strength, and doesn't have any negative side effects... Would you be interested?
Well did you know that your mental self talk, the music you listen to, and your memories can all have intensity boosting "pre-workout" effects...?
It's True!
Just check out the article below, written by Mike Gillette that explains how powerful this stuff can be...
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Anchoring Attitudes
By Mike Gillette
Chief
Instructor of Strength
PsychologyYou've experienced this before, whether
you realized it at the time or not. It starts
when a certain song comes on the radio.
Then, the next thing you know, you're
in a better mood than you were just
a moment earlier.
Or, it starts when a certain song comes
on the radio. And then, the next thing
you know, you're in a much worse mood
than you were just a moment earlier.
How can this be?
Well, it goes much further than the
idea that
some songs are either
inherently good or inescapably
bad.
It has to do with a psychological term
known as
an "anchor".
An anchor is any stimulus that can
trigger a
particular psychological state.
And a song on the radio is
just one
example of a psychological anchor.
Anchors occur throughout all of our
sensory channels
(visual, auditory,
kinesthetic, gustatory [taste] and
olfactory [smell]) in an almost infinite
number of
ways.
If you ever took a psychology class,
you
probably remember reading about
Ivan Pavlov's famous experiment with
dogs. Using food and a
metronome,
Pavlov trained a group of dogs to
salivate whenever the metronome
was triggered.
For those dogs, the anchor was the
association between hearing the sound
and the food that
they'd been conditioned
to expect after hearing the
metronome.
Psychologists describe their salivation
as being
the result of a conditioned
response.
So, an anchor is a stimuli, which brings
forth
thoughts, emotions or a combination
of both. We
actually create anchors
throughout our lives. Many of them
are created without
any conscious
thought or
intention on our part.
Think about the feelings you get when
you smell
a certain type of food or
perfume. Or the
associations you have
with a particular time of the year or
location such as a house.
These are the kinds of anchors that
develop and
are reinforced over time.
And this is an important
point because
anchors ultimately exert a significant
influence on our lives based upon the
decisions that they
lead us to make.
So, if the "Psychology of Strength"
is about the
intentional control of the
mind, how can we
use the phenomenon
of anchoring to our advantage?
Very simply, by intentionally creating new
anchors.
So here are some simple, yet effective
steps for
anchoring positive associations
to your training regimen.
These are so
simple that most people will read
the list
and that will be the end of it.
But remember, mental exercises
are just like
physical exercises...
It doesn't matter if you know them,
it only matters if you do them.
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1. Create a mission statement for
your training.
It could be related to improving
performance in
a given sport,
improving your appearance or,
if you're
like me, you just want
to be stronger.
So I might write out something along the lines
of,
"Every day I train I'm getting stronger and
stronger."
The key here is to make your mission
statement
specific to your goal(s)
and build it into a concise,
positively
phrased statement that you can both
write down
and repeat to yourself.
For example, before each set,
repeat your
mission statement
in your head or even out loud.
2. Make a list of songs you love that
also put you into a powerful mood.
Then create a MP3 "power playlist".
Whenever you train, play that music
and let the powerful, positive
associations
take you to new levels of accomplishment.
3. Spend five to ten minutes before
you train by reliving a strong, positive memory.
A memory of an experience when you
were
performing at your best.
Recall every detail of that
memory.
The time of year, the time of day,
who else was
present, how you felt
before, during and afterwards.
Make it as real as you possibly can.
Practice
this with different positive
memories, as many as you can
recall.
With practice, you will get better
and better at
putting yourself into
your own peak-performance state.
If you do all 3 of these things before
each workout, the results will
surprise you!
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Now after reading that I have to admit that I've used some of these techniques in the past, but I have never combined all three together in sync as a pre-workout ritual.
So I'm looking forward to giving this a go in my
own workout routine to see what the results are like!
Let me remind you that this is just a sample of
the techniques and strategies that Mike Gillette
teaches in the Strength Psychology program.
Once you start the mindset exercises like these
you'll be surprised how little time they take. It will
all seem quite easy, as though nothing is happening. But
then in the next few days, you'll start to notice
subtle differences.
You'll find yourself a little more focused. The
paperwork on your desk will reduce faster. You'll find it
easier to concentrate.
A week or so later, you'll start noticing your
surroundings more. You'll observe your environment in
greater color and detail when you walk in a room. You'll wonder if it's really is possible that changes are taking
effect THAT quickly.
After three or four weeks, others will start to
comment.
"Is there something different about you?"
because you’ll be walking taller, more confidently. And the
first time you realize how far you've come will be when you
start experiencing breakthroughs.
Perhaps
pushing past your best in the gym.
Perhaps giving a presentation without feeling nerves.
Or finding yourself reacting calmly to a
‘situation’ that you would have freaked out about before.
You feel your shoulders loosen and your mind
clear as you quietly, coolly and collectedly assess the
situation.
Time stands still.
The chaos that used to rage in your mind is long
gone. The electric energy that tightened your muscles
and your chest doesn't materialize.
You breathe. You think. You act, decisively and with purpose.
Others notice the change. They rely on you when
there's a situation. They look up to your control. They
have new-found respect for you.
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| | You've wrestled control from fear. It will never
control you, again. You're a totally different person
from the one who is reading this today.
Make the best choice for you future today.
Banish any doubts, act decisively and within minutes you
could soon be treading the path to a tough mind.
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Keep training hard (mentally & physically)
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Lee Hayward
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I
sabotage myself by the way that I talk and a lot of
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I operate on auto-pilot whether I'm saying I
can't
do something or this is really hard for me.
Because
I'm saying those things it's a really deep
belief
I have within myself and it's something I can
get
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Taking
CONTROL of Anger
"The most powerful lesson or takeaway for me... I have
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short fuse and as I've gotten older I've gotten better
at
dealing with external pressures but I still have a long
way
to go and there's been a number of things that Mike
brought
up...some triggers and things I can do to reset
myself
when I'm reacting in a negative, self-limiting or
self-defeating
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