Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Vince Gironda, the famed Iron Guru of
bodybuilding, once said something to the
effect that he had learned more by watching
weightlifters train than by watching
bodybuilders train.
I've had the same experience -- and I've
also found that I've learned much more by
what weightlifters do than by studying what
bodybuilders do.
According to Gironda, the difference between
weightlifters and bodybuilders was that the
weightlifters knew how to concentrate.
There was a reason for this. The weightlifters
HAD to concentrate when they trained. If they
didn't, they missed their lifts.
When a weightlifter performs a heavy lift, he
begins by visualizing what he is about to do.
He watches a "mental movie" where he performs
the lift over and over in perfect form.
When he has the image clearly and firmly in his
mind, he steps to the bar and lifts it in exactly
the same manner that he has visualized.
And when he performs the lift, he is concentrating
as deeply as possible.
He blocks out everything else.
Nothing exists but the moment -- and the moment is
the lift.
The mind-body link is as strong as possible.
THAT is how a lifter trains.
And in Gironda's opinion, it was how a bodybuilder
should train.
In my opinion, it's how EVERYONE should train.
If you're looking for "a secret" that will rocket
your training to new levels of intensity and double
or even triple your current rate of progress -- you
just got it.
It's all in your mind.
It's all about concentration.
It's all about deep, focused, total intensity,
physical and mental.
Try it and see for yourself -- and let me know how
it works for you.
As always, thanks for reading, and have a great day. If
you train today, make it a good one.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. For more about the all-important mental aspects
of strength training, grab a copy of Dinosaur Training.
There are multiple chapters dealing with the mental
aspects of training.
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