8 Mental Gymnastics For Insane Muscle Gain

Tricking Your Mind To Get Insane Muscle Gain

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Achieving insane muscle gain is not a walk in the park.

If you plan to see major strength improvements and insane muscle gain, you’re going to have to work hard for it.

A major reason why most people fail at achieving the insane muscle gain they desire is because they aren’t pushing themselves hard enough at the gym. The question is, why not? The reason is simple….

It’s intense. It’s discomforting. It takes everything out of you.

Well, tough luck, Chuck, because if you are looking for insane muscle gain you’re going to have to move beyond the pain that comes with hard training at the gym.

With a little practice, you can learn to trick you mind to ignore those uncomfortable feelings and realize the insane muscle gain you are fighting for. Consider the following suggestions and you will be happy with the progress you’ll make….

1) Life-Threatening Situations

When you get to the end of your set, start thinking about a crazy situation where it’s life or death for you to lift a heavy weight off someone and save their life. Example? During a set of chin-ups envision yourself hanging off of a cliff and that you must pull your body up to prevent yourself from falling.

2) Magnetic Force

Pretend that the weights you’re lifting are powerful magnets and that they’re being pulled in the opposite direction. While bench pressing, envision the ceiling as a magnet pulling the bar or dumbbells toward it.

3) Envision Your Muscles

When you’re at the gym, you need to break down those muscle fibers to get your body to respond. To stay focused, imagine what’s happening to your muscle fibers during the set. Picture the way the fibers will tear and fill up with blood and nutrients, resulting in insane muscle gain.

4) Have Someone Watch You

This is not for you to have a spotter; it’s for you to be accountable. When we get our ego involved we’ll always go that extra mile to impress.

5) Positive/Negative Force

Pushing exercises can be improved by imagining that you’re moving something bad away from yourself. Imagine anything for this exercise, including feelings, material objects and people. When you do pulling exercises, visualize that you are pulling in something positive. Maybe it’s money, maybe someone you love or even a positive feeling.

6) Set Ridiculous Goals

If your goal is to perform 9 reps, increase that to 100 instead. Truly convince yourself of this. When you start to lift, convince yourself you will not stop until you reach 100 reps.

7) Close Your Eyes

Be smart and only use this technique on the simple exercises. Avoid exercises like squatting or deadlifting when trying this out. During simple exercises, keep your eyes closed. You won’t see anything that could distract you from executing a perfect set.

8) Pretend It's Someone Else's Pain

In order to produce insane muscle gain, you have to push yourself to muscular failure or at least very close to it everytime you train. Displace your pain by picturing it as someone else’s. More pain comes their way every time you push yourself harder. Maybe it seems mean, but if it helps keep you motivated then I’d encourage you to try it out.

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