Ok so this is a bit off topic, but what the hell. When I lift I envision my self as… well… a superhero type, or villain depending on my mood.
What got me started on this is one day, many years ago a buddy of mine pissed of this cook at a restaurant we were working at. The guy walked over to my friend (he was maybe about 150lbs at the time) grabbed him by the neck with one hand and lifted him clean off the ground with easy, and held him there for what seemed to be forever while he screamed in his face. He then quietly put him down and went back to work. It was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in my life, it was something straight out of a movie.
Ever since then when I’ve lifted, I picture my self as another person in another place. It makes the workout a bit more interesting.
Hell no. I like to pretned horrible things will happen to my loved ones if I miss the lift. I know it sounds fucked up, but damn it gets me jacked me up.
I also like to flash back to great moments in sports or movies. The part in Gladiator where he takes his helmet off and turns to the emperor gives me goose bumps just thinking about it.
[quote]Donut62 wrote:
Hell no. I like to pretned horrible things will happen to my loved ones if I miss the lift. I know it sounds fucked up, but damn it gets me jacked me up.
I also like to flash back to great moments in sports or movies. The part in Gladiator where he takes his helmet off and turns to the emperor gives me goose bumps just thinking about it.[/quote]
That reminds me of Wedding Crashers…
“That’d be awesome. We could get something like big game. Even like a gorilla or a rhinoceros or a fucking human being! That’ll get you jacked up.”
[quote]tveddy wrote:
I try to imagine that I’m gonna make the lift. Then Make the lift again. Then again. Then rack it if I’m doing a set of three. If not I keep going.
I find that I do a lot better if I keep myself grounded to reality than if I daydream.[/quote]
i do that too. i visualize the next set as realistically as possible. grip, sticking points, everything i can. the imaginary set sort of dictates my rest period. when i’m done with the rehearsal i do the real set.
when i do that my workout stays really focused, i make more lifts, and possible distractions just bounce off.
what i imagine is my friend that benches 450, my other friend who’s arms are (currently) bigger than mine. anyone stronger than me or bigger than i am. my competitiveness helps me get those 2 extra reps
I imagine all the times I’ve had my ass kicked, been disrespected, had girls cheat on me, stuff like that. I’ve been on the verge of tears for some of my best lifts, but it keeps me out of therapy.
[quote]Melvin Smiley wrote:
I imagine all the times I’ve had my ass kicked, been disrespected, had girls cheat on me, stuff like that. I’ve been on the verge of tears for some of my best lifts, but it keeps me out of therapy.[/quote]
thats basically what i do except for the verge tears part.