What do you think about?

[Proteinboy]

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."

very nice.
i always know that "quitters never win, and winners NEVER quit". tell yourself that when your legs are shaking from squats, and see which of the 2 you are. there is no way in hell im going to lose.

i find that having a driving force behind a workout ALWAYS overpowers the traditional "i dont think of anything" approach...IMO that is

 

[LeiYunFat]

Well let me clarify...I think a lot and I said those motivational things to myself when I was resting and trying to get to my next set. Trying to start, in other words. Once I am doing it though, I think of nothing. It's kind of like being motivated to train for a fight, but when you actually fight you don't think, you just act.

 

[Proteinboy]

yea, but when things start getting tough, you can either
1)just blank out and feel the pain and be like "oh sh*t this hurts..."
or
2)channel that pain in your own way based on how you motivate yourself. like sometimes i actually feed off the "exaustion" or the "burn" because it gets me in the mood and i know that the more i push(even if im tired as hell) is getting me towards my goal.