This article is aimed at helping you to get the most out of your time spent in the Gym by learning to use your mind as well as your muscles.
Most people think that weight training is a matter of moving weights from point A to point B. I trained for years before I heard that mentally focusing on the working muscle will improve the results you get in the Gym. Most people think that just the movement or action of weight training alone will lead to further progress and results. You may get some results in any case but if you find that you are not getting the results that you deserve then could it be that you are not making this mind-muscle connection during training? The main reason why most people never achieve the results they should is due to their lack of focus and little connection between their mind and their muscles.
Have you noticed how many people in the gym just pick up a weight and just move it from A to B? They are exercising the weight but not their muscles. Have you also noticed how many times these same people come in year after year to the gym just looking exactly the same way? While there are many factors that contributed to this lack of progress, such as the wrong training program and the wrong diet, if these people would have focused and felt the muscle as it was being worked while they were working out, at least they would have gotten some results.
We can learn to tap into the amazing powers of the mind. We are then able to induce a Zen like mind-set, allowing them to create precision focus, unbreakable determination and fierce intensity while training, all leading to profound results.
One of the ways to achieve this state lies in your ability to focus, without distractions, on your objective. To properly train a muscle is to truly feel that muscle being stimulated during exercise. Are you a Power-lifter or body-builder concerned only with heaving massive weight in any disorderly fashion? Or are you the type of athlete who cares about getting the utmost (quality) results from your workouts, each and every workout and getting into your best shape ever? If you belong to the latest group, then read on!
Focus During The Exercise
Did you know that the mind and every psychological process have a measurable physical manifestation? In other words, your mind can and will greatly affect your physical body, at will. So how does this apply to weight training? Try this: Before you execute a set, think about the precise muscles you intend on stimulating. By doing just this, you are then creating a super-enhanced mind-muscle connection. In addition, what I want you to do is that every time you perform an exercise, think about the muscle contracting and expanding. Feel it as it contracts to lift the weight and as it stretches to bring it back to the initial position. For instance, when working the chest, contract the muscle as you move the weight up and stretch it as you move the weight slowly on the way down. For biceps, really squeeze the muscle when lifting the weight and slowly stretch it when lowering it.
Focus During The Training Session
In order to achieve bodybuilding results, besides focusing while performing the exercise, you also need to focus on the workout itself. How many people do you see training while talking or even reading a newspaper and they all seem to have the same body-type they had last year? Could it be that their inability to focus and dedicate themselves to their training sessions has helped them get nowhere, fast? You Got It!
Focus On Your Goals
Another form of focus that will greatly help your training efforts is that of focusing on what your goals are. If your goal is to be in the best shape of your life, then you need to focus on that, visualize how you will look and take the actions necessary to start on your path there. Find a picture in a magazine of someone with a physique that you admire and aspire to be like. Cut this out and paste it somewhere that you will see daily as a constant reminder of your goal. You will need to be on the correct training and nutrition program. Focusing on the ultimate goal will help you stay on track and not deviate from the path. Having such focus will give you a laser-guided path that will lead you to the final destination.
Conclusion
Proper focus can and will bring you more results than you’ve reached thus far in your training. Combined with the right training, nutrition, supplementation and rest schedule, focusing on your exercises, training session, and ultimately your goals, will get take you to the final destination quicker than you ever thought possible! Believe & Achieve!
Yours in Health & Fitness
Tony Matthews
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