High Intensity Bodybuilding Techniques

How many bodybuilding articles have you read telling you that you need 'ALL OUT INTENSITY' or that you need to get 'fired up' before your workout, leaving you to wonder what exactly they really meant? I mean those words are pretty vague and no one has actually specified what they really mean when they say them. Even more specifically, maybe you questioned how one bodybuilder can muscle out a last few additional reps even though he's beet red, screaming with pain and sweating like he's under a shower - while another may only be able to handle a few and then call it quits? Not only am I going to answer those questions for you, I will show you, step by step, how to improve your workout results simply by gaining a better understanding of how your own mind works. The first step to tapping into your inner workout demon is visualization.

Visualizing Strength

Can you imagine what your body will look like when you are as muscular and ripped as you want to be? Close your eyes for a second and curl your bicep slowly. As you do this imagine seeing your arm bigger and more muscular than it has ever been and just notice as you do this how much stronger you feel. Take a few minutes and really feel this. Now imagine how much weight you would be able to handle with good form if your arm was that big. Quite a bit Im guessing. Well what do you think would happen if you were to imagine your arm this way as you were working out?

In short, you would actually be stronger!

Maybe not as much as youre imagined arm but the weight you would be lifting will actually feel lighter because you are telling your body that it is. The visualization sends the message to the subconscious mind that this is what you want and it will make the corresponding change. As important as visualization is, another distinctly important aspect to this in your own internal dialog in conjunction with that.

Your Internal Power Voice

We all have an internal voice that talks to us as we do things. A voice that resides in us that tells us things as well as makes comments both complementary and condescending. If you have ever done anything that didn't turn out the way you had hoped, and just as you finished you heard the voice inside your head say, "that was stupid" then you know the voice I'm talking about. In the past this voice may have only functioned as critical. Now, we will harness that voice inside your head to make you the strongest S.O.B youve ever met! Next time you enter the gym say to yourself that you are going to have a better workout than you have ever had before. Use a voice with commanding tone so that you believe it and feel it! Once you feel that this is true you will begin to understand the enormous power of that voice.

This is not just for pre-workout; it is actually more important to use this tool during your workout!

Think about what you say inside your head when you're working out. Do you talk yourself out of that final rep? Do you convince yourself youre not strong enough to get to a new plateau? Everyone has something standing in the way; so find out what yours is and get rid of it. Tell yourself things like "I WILL get two more reps!", "This IS light!", "i AM strong", "I AM constantly getting stronger". This positive self-talk will push you through plateaus and beyond. However, when talking to yourself remember to always talk in the affirmative; by this I mean, "I WILL lift more" and not "I WILL NOT lift less" You always want to direct you body and mind where you want them to go and not what you want to get away from. For Example if I say, "i want to be lean, strong and healthy" it means something very different than "I don't want to be fat".

Remember -- your words have power in them, especially the ones you say to yourself.

So change the voice and you change the way you feel about your workout forever!

Feeling your workout

How do you feel when you work out? Do you feel exhilarated because your heart is racing, your body is tingling from the rushing blood and your breathing in so much air that you feel like you're at the top of Mt. Everest? No? Then you may want to ask yourself if you are really working out hard enough. Take a moment and think about the feeling you get from working out. You should feel more alive during and after each workout then you do at almost any other time. The point here is to magnify and idolize your workout.

Every time you enter the gym your body should expect to be utilized to the extreme - and should love you for doing it.

Perhaps we should look at it another way. Some would say that the worst part about working out is the 'burn' however this is exactly the time when you grow the most. Pushing through the burn to get to complete muscular failure is where you want to be. So next time you work out it's important to talk to yourself so you let your body know where it is you are trying to go. This way when the burn kicks in you can blast through it to muscular failure and grow like never before.

Combining it all

As you begin to realize the usefulness of these techniques and utilize them to their full potential you will find that there is no such thing as a plateau. And the more you utilize your mind to direct your subconscious body to grow big and strong, the faster you will obtain the results you want. So engage your mind to enhance your body and the seeds you sow in your mind will be reaped by your physique.