The idea of thinking yourself fit, healthy intrigues me.
Through the mind to be the Wim Hof mantra of “happy, strong, & healthy”.
I’m not convinced of the sheer necessity of physical training.
Conscious thought is the difference between gym development and labor builds generally.
A gym built body is more aesthetic as thought was aiming for that.
Yet on the flip side I’ve seen and done many things on the job, on the mat, and on the field where it was beyond my perceived, or my estimation of them based on, gym “limitations”.
I’ve known laborers stronger than gym knowledge says they should be, far stronger, and that’s a matter of not thinking the limitations.
I’ve done a few things like that myself.
The mind is working towards something, that’s a given.
The above examples show it goes both ways – the thing is to control it, and guide it.
The “necessity” of warm ups comes to mind.
Plenty of experience tells me that you only need to warm up as much as you think you do.
Once the mind accepts this as truth you’ll be set to, or soon will be, able to hit 90+% 1rm performances essentially on the spot.
I ask you this ; did the rugged workers of yesteryear warm up?
The answer is a hearty no.
There’s freedom to, not shine – that’s the wrong word by definition, do as thou wert designed when you don’t have any conception of what “proper” ability is.
“proper” the result of societally imposed limits.
Without having been raised by wolves in a cave, without being the nature boy – it’s best to look at only the elite, the top, the record performances, and systematically, until it is your genuinely held belief and instinctive expectation for these to be the norm, more especially the norm for yourself.
You have the necessary genetics.
I have the necessary genetics.
Why are you saying someone has better genetics than you!
That shit is just a cop out for being, fat, lazy, but worst of all resigned, and apathetic.
I hated seeing the fat kid say the school running back was in shape because of “good genetics”, while I barely kept the thought inside, my thought ; “you fat motherfucker, why not try lifting hard, and running bleachers every day, and see where you truly stand”.
I’ve put in enough training time that good results are a given.
In martial arts there’s the concept of hard and soft.
Both work!
It’s just not the typical western way to practice muscle control and meditation, thinking yourself to the image of health you desire – from the start.
But going the “hard” route (note the quotations, as doing what you must is anything but difficult), moving that weight, brute force, like a bull in a china shop…eventually you actualize the power and validity of the “soft” (thinking) route.
Everything works!
You must believe.
You must take the actions.
You must give it time.
Frequency doesn’t matter.
What you eat doesn’t matter.
There’s plenty of precedence to individuals of humanity shining beyond what “science” says is limit.
Go build muscle barely training, barely eating, on little protein.
I guarantee it’s been done before!
Every so called limit is thrown out the window by, note this is an and/or proposition, a zen state and/or a madman state of “fuck it, you can’t stop me”.
What is called lunacy and zen are two sides of the same coin.
It’s all in the perception, and what works for you in the moment.
Go train.
Or don’t.
Eat clean.
Eat dirty.
Barely eat, fast.
Smorgasbord, feast.
It’s all in the choice, the belief, and having the tenacity to own these fully.
Self ownership, knowledge of rightness in all that you do.
Accepting both the hard and the soft styles, having them both work for you.
Persistence & Tenacity