Mental Training. The Hardest Workout You Will Ever Do!

So you're 180 pounds, and flabby. What are you going to do about it? Sign up for a gym membership, just to go a few times. Then start making excuses why you can't go? Statistics show an average of 40 to 50% of people who sign up for a gym membership, quit going shortly after. Up to at least 90% will stop going to the gym within the first 90 days. Why do you think that is?

     The #1 reason for this is the lack of mental training, or Mental Toughness. People sign up for the gym because they feel they have let themselves go over the years. They are unhappy with their appearance. So they sign up for a gym membership, go a few times, then start making excuses. Sure they want to be in better shape. Sure they want to feel better about themselves. Sure they don't know that mentally they are not prepared for it.

     Just going to the gym and working out isn't going to do a lot. sure you will hit your goal....Eventually! You have to mentally prepare to push yourself to your limits. To really perform at your best, prepare yourself mentally. Don't go into the gym doing primal screams, beating your chest, and slamming weights down when your done. That's just mental. Instead, train yourself to think "There is nothing I can't do.". Don't just think it. Believe in it, use it. Repeat it to yourself several times a day. The proof that it works is all around you at the gym.

     You see men and women of all ages at the gym, that are in very good shape. They have the mental toughness to realize the shape they wanted to be in, and stick with it. They didn't just wake up one day and decide they wanted to look and feel better. They mentally set themselves in their minds. They decided how they wanted to look, and kept working until they reached that goal. You can do it too.  We all have the ability. All we need is the right mental path to take. 

     I've read a lot of articles on mental toughness. A lot of quotes as well. The best I have found is this one "Mental toughness is not letting anyone break you." and that was by Jimi Mitchell, a football player. It's all about having an unshakable belief in yourself and what you can accomplish, to be more consistent and remaining determined, focused, confident, resilient, and in control under pressure. So focus on what you want to improve, then make it happen. Regardless of what happens or what people say. You also have to remember, your goals are yours. When you do have them set, you need to block out the people around you in the gym, and focus on you. You won't look like them, you'll just be a better you.

     Once you set your goal, and decide that your not going to let anyone or anything get in your way. You will notice a big difference. Not just in how you look, but how you feel. More importantly, how you feel about yourself.