Gym Motivation – You Are What You Think

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A strange thing happened to me today as I lifted in the gym.  For the first time in a long time, I wanted to QUIT!

I’m sure you’ve been there before and it’s tough to deal with.   It was because I was just starting a new workout I’d never done before that looked easy to begin with, but turned out to be a killer.

But one unusual piece of gym motivation kept me going…

Norman Vincent Peale’s Power of Positive Thinking.

I know, I know.  Not your usual gym head-banger music, but it’s what I’m into and it did the trick.

Through all the ugly faces, heavy breathing, and muscles burning, I heard him say several things that kept me going.

One thing in particular stood out.

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s quote that says “A man is what he thinks about all day long.”   If you know the Bible, that’s taken from the verse that says “As a man thinketh, so is he.”

Luckily I heard that before I got in the gym and resulted in a mini paradigm shift that got me through.

I entered the gym with my Goal Body, emblazoned in my mind’s eye.

I entered with an intensity like never before and with the determination that this workout was gonna be a great workout.

I really needed it because my muscles were screaming from those long controlled reps.

So my challenge to you is to cut out a picture of your favorite body model and keep it somewhere you can see it in the morning.  Take it with you as you go to the gym in your bag.  Look at it before you go workout (I prefer the Men’s Fitness body over the Fitness Magazine guys, ugh).

This’ll give you a clear picture of what you’re going for and remember “A man is what he thinks about all day long”.   So what are you thinking about really?

Are you repeating “I hope I don’t get fat” over and over or “Thank God I don’t look like that”?  These thoughts will draw you to what you don’t want.  Instead think, “I can’t wait til I look like this” and “I look good and I’m coming along nicely”.

A paradigm shift that will make all the difference.  Remember, a ripped body starts in the mind, NOT in the gym.

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Happy Lifting!

Mitchell

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