INTENSITY , How do you do it ?

[Tryn2]

Ok so when I walk up to say the squat rack...

I get close, I take a few quick deep breathes psyching myself up. I then start the train noises in my head and I breethe even heavier. I walk up aggressively to the bar . I grab it a few times, breethe hevier then I make the train noise louder in my head. The loud ass horn ( ITS A FUKN LOUD ASS HORN TOO) and working train noise. I get into position of the deadlift and I pull like a mother fucker! If i could Id throw it through the damn roof !!!

The weight may or may not be heavy to you. But it is to me and its all relative.

I think intensity can make or break a real lifter trying to make a difference. My system may sound funny but if I dont do it in my head I lift less....Its amazing
INTENSITY OVER VOLUME ANYDAY BRO.

 

[huskyguy]

I agree, I motivate myself by imagining a future where I am over 300lbs at about 6% bodyfat--a virtually impossible goal but a good motivating concept. Then I concentrate and I just do it.

 

[epzin]

hahahahahahahahahhahahaha, shiiit, thats the funniest thing ive ever heard, bahahah, compose, compose...ok done. hahah, i just pictured you going up saying all that shit out loud. chugalugah chugalugah choo choooooooo!! that an the image of tommy the train.... hahaha, sorry man, had to let it out. i guess next time you can use me laughing at you as motivation, jj. whatever gets you to lift your hardest. mines usually a picture of myself ripped to shreds with solid proportion, and also looking like a fool if i dropped heavy weights.

 

[slobberknocker]

I have an alternate personality that I become when I train.

I am very calm, and not very strong. But HE is absolutely nuts and can lift anything.

 

[hornedfrogs07]

I have an alternate personality that I become when I train.

I am very calm, and not very strong. But HE is absolutely nuts and can lift anything.

Ditto. Or, at least in my case, HE THINKS he can lift anything.

I generally think about all the bitches that have fucked me over in the past (there's quite a few to motivate me) and get EXTREMELY PISSED. Otherwise, I just can't do it. Oh, and some loud ass death metal from the MP3 player works quite well alongside that.

 

[Golden_Muscle]

LOL.............................

 

[pullinbig]

I always remain calm. I save my energy for the work set. I try to picture myself lifting during the lifts and try to focus on form and not the weight. I used to yell and cuss and after seeing others do it realized i was embarrassing myself. the weight on the bar is all i need to get psyched/focused. try it some times, it works. almost all the greats past and present have a calm about them as they approach the bar for a huge squat or dead. watch ed coans video clips and you will se what i mean. a calm confidence.

 

[esvux]

I get caught speaking to myself at times.
Usually just saying things like "theres no weight there". When the weights up usually too hard concentrating on form or in pain to be thinking anymore.
Could do with a new approach feel im losing the mental battle with the weights, might try mp3 instead of becoming thomas the tank engine though

 

[THEDENTIST]

As with anything you do. ALot of it is in the Mind.

If you tell yourself you can do it , you will have more passion.

Good Post

 

[Tryn2]

Just to clarify things a little...
I dont say anything out loud. The only hint you could tell is maybe the breathing but you still may not notice that. If you watch me you couldnt tell. My girlfriend says she just see's me concentrating a whole lot more the second before the movement and during Shes says that just looks intense. All that other shit is just in my head thats all. She always is saying youd never notice if you were watching.

But yeah thats some funny shit...

 

[epzin]

after reading what i wrote the next, i may have come across as a dickhead, lol, sorry bout that. i was in a laughy mood yesterday, and as a result, had a shitty workout. i need to concentrate before the gym, visualising myself lifting the weights first, then and only then am i able to lift as heavy as possible. yes the mind is the most important aspect in lifting, it gets really distracting when someone is either talking to you, or trying you to go at their speed. thats why i workout alone.

 

[Insane_Man]

I always do best when I am calm. If I doubt myself, there's no way I can lift anything near my max.

I hate the music at my gym and am seriously considering getting an mp3 player.

I'm not one of those guys that gets all pissy like a little bitch before lifting though. I lift my best when I'm in a good mood. I have a smile on my face between sets and I like the fact that other people in the gym are looking my way. They're probably thinking "That little guy can't dead (or squat) that" just because they're dumbshits and very few at my gym deadlift. Also, we have these big bumper plates so he bar is near full.

I get pissed when I miss a lift though. I don't swear aloud, but people won't be approaching me asking when I'm done there

 

[DADAWG]

I have an alternate personality that I become when I train.

I am very calm, and not very strong. But HE is absolutely nuts and can lift anything.

im more of the calm type myself , when i tried to psyche myself up it seemed to hurt my lifts more than helped , seemed like i wasted energy . once the bar is unracked the feel of the weight pumps the adrenaline for me .