Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Nashville Personal Trainer | The Key to Mental Toughness

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I'm sure you've heard before that the biggest obstacle to getting success on a journey is simply getting started.

Once you overcome the anxiety of getting started, the rest of the road becomes easy.”


That's a deceiving mindset IMO because when things get hard, you'll be caught off-guard, unprepared, and ready to quit.


Training sessions become challenging or you realize that the self-discipline needed to stay on top of your nutrition might be higher than what you anticipated.


The last thing you want to be in is a perpetual state of starting and quitting things.


The antidote to this mental toughness.



Mental toughness is simply how you internally deal with challenges.


Unfortunately, many of us aren't born with it or it has be diluted out of us by how we were raised.

There are are 4 key ways build up your mental toughness.

#1 Become Invincible
There's a problem when you give up too easily and shy away from painful, difficult endeavors.


How resilient are you in the face of adversity and challenges? Is your confidence at 100%?


Becoming stronger and more confident is done by going through tasks where you can't see a way out.


Periodically, perform a workout that's a gauntlet of hell. One where you'll have the choice of either quitting in the middle OR finishing and coming out stronger mentally and physically than before.


Try this: Find a hill that's about 20 yards. At the bottom, perform 20 pushups followed by a 20-yard sprint up the hill. Once you make it back down, take 5 deep breaths and continue until you're unable to complete even 10 pushups.

#2 Consistency
Nothing works until you are consistent.

Training and good eating works. Every. Single. Time. If something isn't working for you, and you're legitimately training hard, then most likely you just haven't been doing it long enough.


Prioritize your goals. If you want a freakin' awesome body, you're going to have to sacrifice a bit. The long term reward will be well worth it.

Yes, things do get boring and stagnant. But sometimes it's not about keeping you entertained; it's about results.


#3 Competitive
In the household that I was raised in, a competitive spirit was discouraged. I was taught that it birthed envy, jealousy, and divisions.


But when I stepped outside and got into the real world, I found competition to be a very powerful driving force.


Specifically, competition within myself.


It's a drive that's invaluable.


Whether you're competing against yourself or engaging in friendly competition with others, the periodical sting of defeat should spark a flame in you to get better and come back to open up a can of you know what.

If it doesn't, then you got served.

#4 Unyielding
Unyielding is defined is unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure.


Those who are unyielding continue to get back up from defeats and search for new ways to conquer their goals.


How you approach failure is what will seperate you. Simply don't accept it.

For instance, if you didn't meet your weight loss goals, chances are something was slightly off- calories, macronutrients, training intensity, daily activity level, etc.


Find a way to boost a weakness. Don't overhaul EVERYTHING. But look for obvious “chinks in your armor” that can be meted out.


Now go after it!


-Rickey

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