![]() ![]() What activity is FUN for you? What physical activity gives you joy, excitement and passion?įind it and DO it. If you are having a difficult time finding motivation to train, then you must focus your time and attention on doing the things you LOVE. “The Body Is Very Important, But The Mind Is MORE Important Than The Body.”Īlthough this story dates back to my days of training as an up and coming bodybuilder, these 2 key factors are not only applicable for bodybuilders. This can ONLY happen when you are passionate about the type of exercise you do.Ģ) Creating a DEEP connection between mind and body. I quickly learned that the ticket to success was TWO key factors:ġ) Experiencing Joy / Having Fun when you train. I couldn’t wait to wrap my hands around a barbell or set of dumbbells. I was shocked by such a disconnection and questioned why these men weren’t as excited as I was to train. Those guys seemed to NEVER gain an ounce of muscle OR strength. They were simply going through the motions. When they actually DID their set, I noticed they never had the mind to muscle connection. These guys read the newspaper in between each set or spent time with endless gossip between sets. The biggest, strongest, most muscular guys were those who stuck to the basics, remained consistent and didn’t complicate things. The earliest gym I trained at was a very basic gym, nothing but free weights and some heavy cable machines. Hearing weights clanking, heavy barbells dropping to the floor and dumbbells being placed aggressively on the dumbbell rack made me feel like I was at home. ![]() I would begin doing my homework at the gym just so I could be amongst the weights. I related to Arnold when he spoke about being the outcast amongst his friends and the community as they constantly questioned why I wanted to be at the gym every waking moment of every day. I would lose myself and find myself at the same time while reading the book. Every time I had to return the book I signed it out again.and again. I read the book in 4 days and didn’t stop reading the book for 3 years straight. I signed the book out and began reading the book during study hall. I quickly thumbed through the book and the black and white photos fired me up immediately. The last time the book had been signed out was over a year before. I noticed no one was taking the library books out. Arnold’s ‘Education of a Bodybuilder’ was 1 of very few bodybuilding books. I was a sophomore in high school, the year was 1990 & I found an opportunity to see what bodybuilding books were floating around. ![]()
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