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At least once per week, I have an hour or two where my idea seems hopelessly stupid. You just have to power through it. Like doing heavy squats. You don't have
by mellavora 12y ago
At least once per week, I have an hour or two where my idea seems hopelessly stupid. You just have to power through it.
Like doing heavy squats. You don't have to like doing them, you just have to do them. A fun game is to think of as many excuses as you can to not do the next set. The next set is one rep for each excuse on your list. Unless you don't have any excuses, in which case you do the set (there's no excuse not to, right?)
Observe/acknowledge the emotion and get back to work.
- mlrtime 12y agoGood analogy, when I'm walking up to a heavy bar I still get nervous and think "Do I really have to do this?". But when I'm not squatting I miss it. The endorphins probably explain this a bit.
- mellavora 12y ago@mlrtime: That's not nervousness, that is your body preparing to do something difficult, i.e. physiological arousal. Of course it has a cognitive component. let your thoughts do whatever they want. You are not your thoughts. Recognize that this is how you prepare to do the squat. Then do it. You of course know that heavy lifting builds strong bones. Ever realize that building bone strength increases mental strength? Bones are an important part of the endocrine system, they produce lots of interesting chemicals.