Aug 26, 2008 9:43 AM GMT
I have a slight groin muscle pull that is preventing me from using the treadmill for my HIIT aerobic exercising to burn off the fat!!!!!!
... but I digress
So I am doing an exercise that I dont know the name of....it consists of sliding a big-ass dumbbell on a towel around the periphery of a Basketball half court by getting down like a sprinter and pushing the damn thing.
This is a highly effective exercise...Holy Jesus! I am so physically blown away by doing this....i am writing over 12 hours after doing this and my metabolism is still up judging from how warm my hands are.
However, for all the effort I put forth doing this exercise 10 times around the court with only a minute of rest in between, I am still not doing all that I can.
My PT was able to show me that I had much more in me, but my mental state is holding me back....and here I thought it was laying on my back gasping for air that was holding me back.
I have tried doing little "head chants" while I am doing the exercise....like..."I can do this" "This is fun" "FAT BE GONE" ... and whereas these may do something, it is apparent now to me that these cognitive tricks are very superficial and don'ttap into the true source of high performance....emotional performance.
Do any of you have a way that you can tap into your emotional motivation to propel your performance....or have you read anything about this? I dont see anything in RJ's resources about this.

So I am doing an exercise that I dont know the name of....it consists of sliding a big-ass dumbbell on a towel around the periphery of a Basketball half court by getting down like a sprinter and pushing the damn thing.
This is a highly effective exercise...Holy Jesus! I am so physically blown away by doing this....i am writing over 12 hours after doing this and my metabolism is still up judging from how warm my hands are.
However, for all the effort I put forth doing this exercise 10 times around the court with only a minute of rest in between, I am still not doing all that I can.
My PT was able to show me that I had much more in me, but my mental state is holding me back....and here I thought it was laying on my back gasping for air that was holding me back.
I have tried doing little "head chants" while I am doing the exercise....like..."I can do this" "This is fun" "FAT BE GONE" ... and whereas these may do something, it is apparent now to me that these cognitive tricks are very superficial and don'ttap into the true source of high performance....emotional performance.
Do any of you have a way that you can tap into your emotional motivation to propel your performance....or have you read anything about this? I dont see anything in RJ's resources about this.