Fadi
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This may be a one of a kind thread that you’d need to read. My topic today deals with the creation of the most un-ideal situation/condition you most likely would not find yourself in…not on purpose anyway.
This is about training on full stomach when you can not stomach anything in your stomach during training. This is about training on empty stomach when you can not but have something in there. This is training with no mirrors or music if that’s what you rely on. Ok, I think the message is clear by now.
So why would any sane bodybuilder want to put himself or herself in such an uncomfortable situation…on purpose? Because it’s the only productive way that will force your mind to adjust and gain experience in dealing with such unfavorable conditions. In my opinion, we like to cling to our comfort zone way too often and way too much.
I have not researched this topic on the net or read a book about the psychology of what I’m saying here. However I am basing it on my experience as well as the experience of former world weightlifting champions from the eastern block.
You all know my history by now: the AIS and all the frills that came with it, from doctors, massuest, phisios, nutritionist, and the list goes on were at my finger tips. All to make my job of lifting the heavies safer, more productive, and most of all: comfortable.
But all the above comes crashing down on you when you visit other places in the world that do not offer such comforts. Try bent weightlifting bars; try rusty weightlifting bars and broken or smaller than usual lifting platforms. Try water you can’t drink or food you can’t eat. Try falling sick and asked to perform at your best. Try ripped hands lifting on the roughest bars in the world.
On this and other forums, we’re all striving on gaining that edge, be it through some supplement or some diet that’s low in carb or high in fat or by employing training program X, Y, or Z. The $64,000 question is: how well have you conditioned your mind to deal with the unforeseen and unexpected and still perform at your ultimate best?
Fadi.
This is about training on full stomach when you can not stomach anything in your stomach during training. This is about training on empty stomach when you can not but have something in there. This is training with no mirrors or music if that’s what you rely on. Ok, I think the message is clear by now.
So why would any sane bodybuilder want to put himself or herself in such an uncomfortable situation…on purpose? Because it’s the only productive way that will force your mind to adjust and gain experience in dealing with such unfavorable conditions. In my opinion, we like to cling to our comfort zone way too often and way too much.
I have not researched this topic on the net or read a book about the psychology of what I’m saying here. However I am basing it on my experience as well as the experience of former world weightlifting champions from the eastern block.
You all know my history by now: the AIS and all the frills that came with it, from doctors, massuest, phisios, nutritionist, and the list goes on were at my finger tips. All to make my job of lifting the heavies safer, more productive, and most of all: comfortable.
But all the above comes crashing down on you when you visit other places in the world that do not offer such comforts. Try bent weightlifting bars; try rusty weightlifting bars and broken or smaller than usual lifting platforms. Try water you can’t drink or food you can’t eat. Try falling sick and asked to perform at your best. Try ripped hands lifting on the roughest bars in the world.
On this and other forums, we’re all striving on gaining that edge, be it through some supplement or some diet that’s low in carb or high in fat or by employing training program X, Y, or Z. The $64,000 question is: how well have you conditioned your mind to deal with the unforeseen and unexpected and still perform at your ultimate best?
Fadi.
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