best mental motivation to get angry

[bigfor15]

A healthy dose of death metal and general disdain for the outside world are fuel enough for my lifts without looking like a raging idiot or pretending terrorists kidnapped my cat.

[LT1Squirrel]

For D/L i get amped up.. for squat/bench i need to be focused/calm or ill f it up

[ziyedb]

I just think that I'm gonna show the audience what I'm capable of, however it might not be that impressive for them

[Jason2459]

Missing a weight. It pisses me off more then anything. I typically have a number I'm going for and think about it and visualize about it all day. If I miss that number I typically rage though you wouldn't know it. I keep pretty calm on the outside pretty much 99% of the time. But inside and in my head I'm ready to fuk something up. So, I go for it again and so far have gotten my numbers 100% of the time in training. So for those that say dont get to angry before lifting I say fuk you.

Edit: its sometimes funny to read what I post just before or after training. Aggression levels are definitely elevated.

[BALADEVA]

I just go and lift, no need to get your panties wet just to move some weight.

[IcedEarth111]

my gym has the worst song choice ever...
it's like the ideal music to help you fall asleep
+ the lighting has the same effect


so when i have to get psyched up for my squat work set, i pinch a small part of my skin with the knee wraps and that sh*t hurts like hell
that wakes you up instantaneously

[IronAddict7]

I have had the worst year of my life, but for the few seconds a heavy lift takes - theres nothing. All my pain; struggle, gone. Pre lift, I'm channeling all of my emotions. In that moment, I know I can crush anything - the pain - the weight.. Thats how i gear up for a lift. If I try to get too angry or too aggressive i miss lift cause I'm thinking too much.. for me its a delicate balance..

^^This literally perfectly sums up what I was gonna say. The few times when I've gone into rage mode for a ME lift, my form broke down completely and I had to muscle up the weight with all the wrong muscles.

[namesarehard]

I don't get angry before I lift. I try to get inspired and energetic. I pace back and forth until I'm ready to go. Then I throw an epic song on my ipod and picture the lift.

[shaneaunt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bu9c...e_gdata_player


Nevermind get mad

[blastbeats_stl]

Look at government deductions in your paycheck or watch MTV.

[bigwoody117]

I use my phone as my mp3 player (airplane mode). What I do aside from listening to aggressive metal is, I have lifting videos on my phone (a lot of pete rubish, babyslayer stuff like that). I'll watch those videos before I deadlift.

[fitpro88]

The guy that said he thinks about Obama getting re-elected is my hero hahahaha. No but for real, for me atleast the gym is the place i let out all my anger,aggression, anxiety and whatever else. But before real heavy lifts for squat or bench i think to myself this weight is going to fu*kin crush me if i don't get this **** up. That resolve in yourself to never give in never die, kicks in as i visualize blasting the weight off of me. It's about getting your mind right for the task at hand..which you can use for any aspect of life. Just in the case of lifting weights its a hell of a lot more fun than anything else!

[TheSuccessful1]

I think about whatever girl I'm seeing at the time being banged by another guy or even getting hit on and it makes me want to tear the barbell in half I get so angry.

[ziyedb]

I think about whatever girl I'm seeing at the time being banged by another guy or even getting hit on and it makes me want to tear the barbell in half I get so angry.

what girl did you see at supertraining? pics?

[hammerfelt]

I am a calm confident lifter. I do like pre-supps to the point of being jittery though.

One thing I have noticed is lot of lifters from other parts of the world having their ear lobes pulled/massaged roughly. I wonder what this does to improve lift.

[zakatak333]

I am a calm confident lifter. I do like pre-supps to the point of being jittery though.

One thing I have noticed is lot of lifters from other parts of the world having their ear lobes pulled/massaged roughly. I wonder what this does to improve lift.

i second the stim buzz, helps with everything...

yeah, wonder what affect the ear lobe rubbing has...

i've seen a dude get slapped before, not my style but whatever works brah

smelling salt is good too, right? that'll wake you up




but all this stuff is just assistance

what really matters is having practiced the lift, put the work in, your body being ready(no meme)



your lifts are in kg, right?

that's cheeky, i bet you've been called out before then said "they're in kilos"

[hammerfelt]

your lifts are in kg, right?

that's cheeky, i bet you've been called out before then said "they're in kilos"

yes, kilos in sig

[ironjunkiie]

i used to try and get all pissed off and pumped up but after reading so much about the power of the mind over the body...all i do now for nay max lift is sit quietly with my eyes closed for 60 seconds and imagine there is no one else in the world but me, nothing to be done but this one lift and i visualize myself doing everything from the setup to gripping the bar to how ill feel after i do it... then i take a deep breath with no hesitations and everything i jsut visualized happens...(most of the time ha)

[ampUP11]

A head smack or thinking about how afraid I was of big weights during my bb days, usually gets me fired up to man up and nail it.

Put 80 on my total since september with this mentality.

[predator187]

"Power lifting is an external view of how pissed off I really am at the world"

[NathanielArca]

I deadlift 135 lb in peace.