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General Fitness & Exercise

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7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/05, 08:51 AM A lot is said about focusing while at the gym. Keeping your mind on the task at hand is key to get a truly out of this world workout. Have any of you ever been to that place. I have, When I am lifting I am not looking at the TV scattered around the gym. I am not looking at the other gym rats doing their own thing. I do not have a cell phone there. Most times I do not even wear my headphones. I am into that one rep. One rep. It speaks volumes to me. It means that my workout is all about that one rep. Not the set or sets. No those come along naturally. The one rep is the rep I am doing at that moment. Why is it so important? It is the only thing you should be thinking about is that one rep. I want to be so focused on one rep at a time that aliens could land and I would not even know it. This one rep thing takes you to that muscle/mind conection you may have read about. That is why I can completely fry my body part with just one set at times. Do I have this each time I go. No, I wished I did. One rep is all it takes. When that one rep is done the next one becomes the focus. Try it some time and see the results. -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!

rsquade Posts: 152 Joined: 2003/01/06	2003/05/05, 09:14 AM Hey Mutt, I think you've just described "New Age" weight lifting - living in the moment of the REP. Fantastic perspective - particularly in an ever more complex and sensorially saturated world. Thanks for bringing it back into focus.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/05, 09:16 AM Thanks, just trying to write how I feel, and wanted to try to explain it somehow to ohters -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2003/05/05, 09:38 AM Good post Mutt....I tell people all the time, don't save for the next set, this is the one that counts. Make each rep hard and deep, focus on this one. If you have anything left for the next one, fine, but don't save for it! Make each one count. Great post as usual. -------------- As far as genetics go, the skies the limit. You are limited only by your mental perception of it. Ron
BIGGIN Posts: 130 Joined: 2003/04/30	2003/05/05, 08:15 PM i couldnt agre with u more 7707Mutt. i use the same mind set when im lifting. just focusing on every rep. great post, keep these comin!! -------------- ---Kev--- Focus and Lift!!
mackfactor Posts: 766 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/05/06, 05:45 PM Mutt - I think you're spawning a whole new archetype - training philosopher . . . Nice. -------------- "Don't follow leaders and watch your parking meters!" -- Bob Dylan
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/06, 05:47 PM LOL gee thanks that means a lot to me. I do try to touch something else besides the physical aspect of lifting. Most people when you tell them you are either a weightlifter or bodybuilder think that you are dumb or slow or something. They really have not a clue the thinking and effort involved in this. -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
mackfactor Posts: 766 Joined: 2002/10/17	2003/05/07, 06:28 PM Great point, mutt. Lifting can be a great Zen like activity if you take it seriously. -------------- "Don't follow leaders and watch your parking meters!" -- Bob Dylan