chrisw77's Journal, 26 Jan 20

** THE POWER OF THE MIND **

I decided to play a little game today at the gym:  I asked one of my fellow rats to load up the leg press without telling me how much he put on. I closed my eyes, took my seat, and did my reps; it felt heavy to be sure. Turns out it was 90lbs over my previous max!!

He wanted me to do the same for him, so he played the game... he struggled for his reps and, once he was done with the blind test, it turns out it was less than what he normally does. Because he expected me to load it heavy and I didn't, so his mind trickled him in a negative way 😜

By finding ways to do mind-body disconnects, you can make your body do amazing things with exercise and diet because it removes the "I can't" and replaces it with "I'll try".

An old saying: "It's only impossible because that's what you believe."

View Diet Calendar, 26 January 2020:
2438 kcal Fat: 75.87g | Prot: 194.37g | Carbs: 260.30g.   Breakfast: Better'n Eggs Better'n Eggs, Egg Beaters Egg Beaters - Southwestern Style, Hidden Valley Fat Free Ranch Dressing, Valu Time 1% Low Fat Milk, Publix Quick Cooking Oats, Quaker Instant Oatmeal - Strawberries & Cream. Second Breakfast: Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Gatorade G2 Perform 02 - Fruit Punch (20 oz), Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine Powder, Kaged Muscle Citrulline. Elevenses: General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch Treats (24g), Nature's Best Isopure Low Carb Dutch Chocolate, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Now Sports Carbo Gain. Lunch: Fiber One Soft Baked Bars Lemon Bar, Fiber One Chocolate Caramel and Pretzel Bar, Nature's Best Perfect Zero Carb Isopure Whey Protein Isolate - Mango Peach, Fiber One Chewy Bars - Oats & Chocolate, Ocean Spray Diet Cranberry Spray Juice. Dinner: Butter (Salted), Baby Carrots, Broccoli Flower Clusters, Brown Gravy, Meat Loaf, Oreo Thins Pistachio, Valu Time 1% Low Fat Milk. Supper: Vitafusion Extra Strength Melatonin Gummies, Dr. Tobias Triple Strength Omega 3 Fish Oil, Vitafusion MultiVites Gummy Vitamins. more...
3281 kcal Exercise: Bus Driving (~130 cals/hr) - 10 hours and 30 minutes, Intense Weightlifting (540 cals/hr) - 1 hour and 45 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours and 30 minutes, Driving - 1 hour and 15 minutes, Sitting - 1 hour, Showering - 15 minutes, Cooking - 15 minutes, Resting - 30 minutes. more...

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Comments 
Interesting. I’d love to try this. Cool experiment. And look at you. 💫🤗 Keep it up. No more chicken legs...you’ll be promoted to turkey soon 😂😂🤪🤪 
26 Jan 20 by member: wifey9707
I'd bust something at 90 lb over max. I'm the hardest one on myself I know. However, I doubt you're near my age of 59 next month.  
26 Jan 20 by member: adamevegod1
I read this post on a quick break at the gym today. Asked hubby to put on a little more weight on the bench. Thought he put on 10’s. Busted them out and he told me he added 5’s too when I wasn’t looking. So a bench of 135 today! Set 1 6 reps and set 2 3 reps. 
26 Jan 20 by member: peeperjj
Awesome Peeper!!!!!  
26 Jan 20 by member: wifey9707
Ty wifey! Yes Chris. I seem to be gaining most strength by lifting heavier weights at lower reps. Still not seeing a muscle gain though.  
26 Jan 20 by member: peeperjj
Yepper. On the other side of the coin I've read the brain cannot process the word 'no' - so if you think 'I'm not going to eat cookies' the brain only processes 'eat cookies'. So we have to continually replace the image of the thing we are eliminating with a positive 'keeper'.  
27 Jan 20 by member: FullaBella

     
 

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