TL;DR, "It's a mindset"

"We suffer more in imagination than in reality" is something i always have in mind when i start getting anxious before doing a high rep or 1rm squat

The greatest insight is listening to the Eric song

Ram Dass at 30: "Be here now." Ram Dass at 60: "Be here now and then."

In the end, ignoring the inhibitions of the emotions (fear, anxiety, etc), the perfect muscle memory so that cues no longer have to be a focus etc is not enough. What gives strength to the will to push through in spite of the difficulty is conviction, which it derives from the clear idea in the mind of why I must push through. The motivation, the reason why I must succeed, must be greater. Most lifters fail because they lack conviction, sometimes even just to begin the workout. Auto-pilot is just the highest manifestation of it. It is not the lack of consciousness but its hyper focus on one thing. It is there that you will both discover why you lift and establish and entrench your choice in it, whether it be narcissism, vanity or some deeper reason.

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Thanks for PUMPING out more content. Need the mental gains preworkout for maximum lifts!

I'll be dead serious: For my latest 1RM attempts in squat and ohp 2 weeks ago, I went to the window near the squat rack, watched the sky, the hills, and also visualized a giant Kyriakos Grizzly in the horizon doing his powerful roar. It went well.

Amazing video brother❤

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Never had trouble pushing myself in the gym I honestly don’t get when others have trouble with it

Great video! Thank you!

Absolutely true, every time i go for a pr im forced into autopilot in order to actually lift it! If i overfocus on form the weight just doesnt budge.

Legendary video bro. Anime level training insight.

Such a great video. Perfectly articulates the method of executing a heavy lift

I think you're referring to Ultra Instinct

Great video man Tangentially related to the mental aspect of training: do you have a few songs you like to go to when you’re going for your most brutal sets?

it's a mindset

I started doing much better at 1RMs when I started being calm rather than hyping up. Whether I hit the lift or not it doesn’t really matter, the success was in completing the gruelling training bloc beforehand & in time, the new PR is inevitable.

watching Ronnie Coleman videos before lifting seems to get my mind ready for max exertion

Are you still growing your legs with just breathing squads? And have you tried the same technique with other muscle groups/exercises with success?

Yeah i am not there yet for the autopilot technique. I still need to think hard EDIT: Actually, I do have to psych myself up for 20 rep pendulum squats. I do two sets. It’s my top set for leg day. I always look forward to it, but when I actually get to the pendulum squat machine, and even while I’m warming up before it, that’s when the dread starts to kick in

Sounds like a watered down powering up. Took me a while to really get down how i like it now but since i learned how to raise my heart rate and mimic the feeling you get when you barely miss getting in a car accident or some other adrenaline inducing event, I've been testing it out for lifting in most of the sessions. Once you get good at it all you have to do is think about it and you'll feel your chest tighten, breathing breathing get deeper, heart start pounding, your arms get lighter, your palms start sweating, your sinuses and bronchii dilate, and you end up knocking out a previous 1rm for an easy two reps. No yelling, hyping or imagery necessary.

Mindset is definitely underrated. I remember using the 'Autopilot' technique when doing widowmaker squats. I think it'd be great to cut these videos into shorts. Let me know if you want help with that, I work with Jim Wendler.

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I do think it’s a mindset works. However there’s days where I feel like garbage and the weight moves slow on warmups and I can still PR there’s days where warmups are super quick and I’m feeling it but then I try to add weight and boom no PR. But then again I suppose the days you warmup and it moves quick you assume in your brain the weight you add is gonna be easy Vs on warmups where you were fighting already so you need to fight.

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Does the mind direct the body, or vice versa?

Hey Alec do you have any tips for somving golfers elbow? Ive had it for like a year now and i was wondering if you had sny tips. Thanks!

Engagement!

In summary: "JUST LET GO" - some schizophrenic movie character

Would you say this mental rep technique and the screaming and brain shootdown technique, will also give more Hypertrophy?

The best way to see neverending increases in strength is to start at 1lb squats, and add 1 gram to your lift every week.

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Hey Alec! This is kind of unrelated to the video but I could really use some help right now. Do you have any advice on fixing a partial meniscus tear? It’s pretty bad and I can’t squat to parallel with bw

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Oh I get it, you're saying "Let go and let God", right?

Don't just drop down on push-ups 🦾😤🦾 control the weight & hold the tension the whole through to the end Weighted dips can cause inflammation in the chest & going beyond 90° can cause injury