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What do you think about/focus on mentally while you're lifting?

Yesterday as I was lifting, I was thinking "If you want a body like blah blah blah you gotta get it up there two more times" to get those last reps done.
 
i usually think about my goals. i think about the competition. i think about the people who inspire me and encourage me(some people here) and how i will NEVER let them down because they believe in me.

when i get serious, i think about God and the strength he gives me. when i promise myself i will do it for my little brother........well that promise has never been broken.
 
never really thought about it my mind goes blank usually lol but i know where i am and what i want to look like so i guess i look at my goals. also i concentrate on my form
 
WOW, You guys have far more noble thoughts than I do. Usually I feed off of energy and excitement of myself and people around me.

I have me best workouts when I am thinking about going on a murderous rampage. :11doh:

I would also say that I feed off of anger, sometimes it feels like my only choices are get this lift or bludgeon my training partner with a 25lb plate.:D

I would have to say that as I age I feed off of anger less and just raw energy and excitement for my workout and the people around me a lot more. I enjoy more how my body feels and appreciate the progress I make a lot more. Is that what maturing means?

I could not even write about what I thought about 5 years ago. :rolleyes:
 
goergen1 said:
WOW, You guys have far more noble thoughts than I do. Usually I feed off of energy and excitement of myself and people around me.

I have me best workouts when I am thinking about going on a murderous rampage. :11doh:

I would also say that I feed off of anger, sometimes it feels like my only choices are get this lift or bludgeon my training partner with a 25lb plate.:D

I would have to say that as I age I feed off of anger less and just raw energy and excitement for my workout and the people around me a lot more. I enjoy more how my body feels and appreciate the progress I make a lot more. Is that what maturing means?

I could not even write about what I thought about 5 years ago. :rolleyes:
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Same here, I always lift better when I'm angry. I lifted alot more than usual whenever my ex-girlfriend pissed me off.

Also, at the gym, I don't want people to look at me funny because normally if I can't get the last rep I say some choice four letter words that probably wouldn't be acceptable there, so I guess that's motivation.
 
I think about people who annoy me, how they have annoyed me, and what their heads would look like on stakes. Then I feel better, and no harm done.
 
+ rep jman

I keep my mind blank and I try to get work done. If I think, it's usually like, "Oh **** that's tiring...it's hard to do this..." or some other whiny bitchy thing when I am resting. If I'm on the last few reps grinding out my max or whatever, I just think "PUSH/PULL!" and that will do it. A recurring thought when I am doing chins and grinding it out is...well...like I'm trying to save a child from some burning building by pulling us out of it.

For the most part though, I leave emotions and feelings out of it. I just go and do what I need to do.
 
I usually blank my mind but I have found that if I'm naturally angry at the start of a session then I lift better. Getting myself worked up doesn't have the same effect. If I'm lacking motivation then I'll spot the fitest woman in the gym and imagine I'm gonna bump into her on the beach in 6 months time; I'm gonna want to look my best for that!
 
for the most part i dont think about anything.

BUT every now and then i seem to get a moment of clarity and then i think about how stupid my facial expressions look while i squat in front of a full length mirror lol
 
Get the ipod on - loud dance music; generally think about that. If i'm struggling at the end of a set i just push my self mentally - think about the gains, the benefits of lifting these weights :D
 
other than the beat of my music, I like techmix, and house beat stuff,

I think about how my body is working. I think of my heart flexing and the blood going thru to the muscle and I try to see it without skin on it, and then I try to feel the body search for energy.

I do alot of endurance and I like to think of "observing" my brain trying to quit, or come up with left brain excuses, and right brain ideas, of why I should stop.

I find my body and brain very entertaining... and when that all runs out....

I think of God.

unless there is a hottie walking buy, then I am just "on stage" heheehe
 
I only think about form, and go through the movements in my head, for example everytime I squat I'l think about not letting my knees go further then my toes, about pushing my chest out about keeping my back straight etc. However everynow and then my mind wanders and my head is 100% blanc.
 
Today I was working with an amount of volume that I'm really not used to at a pace where I tried to do everything with no rest...

Of course I took some rest, and I tried to talk myself up when it got hard...I just kept thinking, "This is where we find out who you really are."
 
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