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How to train a “Beast” in the weight room.

By Elliott | May 22, 2008

Every once in a while, one of my clients will arrive at my gym early and catch a glimpse of what my training looks like. When they stumble upon me: pushing the prowler with 160 lbs on it, farmers carrying 300lbs per hand or box jumping 44″ for reps, they drop their jaws and ask me…

“Elliott, how do you train like such a BEAST?”

I sum it up with on phrase – “I Turn off my brain.” I learned this trick when my college football buddies used to come and train with me and my brother in our basement during the summers. One day we were performing back squats for reps… and I told everyone that I had an idea “Lets continue to perform reps beyond what we were used to 8-12 and see how many we can do and the way we are going to make this happen is by reminding the guy performing the set to turn off his brain when he got tired.

The results were amazing! What would normally be a 15 rep set turned into a 25-30 rep set!!! Why did this happen? Because when you remind yourself to “Turn your brain off” – you destroy 2 things, first is the ego, that little voice that tells you what you should or shouldn’t do or the remnants of your mommy’s voice saying “my poor baby is going to get hurt, come here let me kiss you.” The next is inhibition…. This again is a little voice that warns you ‘that you are getting out of your comfort zone’ and that it may be scary out there. This voice is not you friend. He aims to keep you mediocre, normal and sane.

Remember this “The Same old thing equals the same old thing” - you’ve got to get uncomfortable if you want to be the best! Discomfort will become your friend because it is a reminder that you are getting better. And something new is on its way. You’ve got to break a few eggs to make an omelet.

Shut Your Brain Off whenever you hear a voice tell you that “you cant” or “that’s too dangerous” or “you’re not smart enough or good enough” in any fashion. Sure, your body can get tired but a heart full of intensity of purpose never grows tired!!!

Scream & shout when you train! I do, that why I train in a warehouse hidden deep in the Florida swamps. When we train we make so much noise that alligators run scared!!! Why do you think Bruce Lee made all of those wild Kung Fu noises when he was kicking some poor suckers ass?

Don’t be afraid to make noise – literally and figuratively. Shut your brain off and do what needs to be done. Notice when the ego or mommas voice gets in your way, shut them out… fast. (sorry mom) Know exactly what you want, keep your thoughts focused on it and be thankful for it as if it were already at hand.

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