The one thing you tell yourself?

[tygersol]

Whats the one thing you tell yourself prior to a lift? For me it can be as simple as a quote, stiring up mad thoughts, or thinking of a ****ty day/ex lol. I just want to get a compilation together and that'd help us all. Maybe something like "The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."

[MANGANIELLO]

i have this as my desktop wallpaper , i found the picture on these forums and i photoshopped it a little , and when im pushing out my last rep and think i cant do it i think of this ....

[hilltop55]

on days when i feel lazy i just look at this pic,and then im ready to take on the iron

[fsheva]

I don't know how many times this picture helped me on the last rep of squats when I'm all the way down and ready to give up.

[hilltop55]

orignally posted by MANGANIELLO


i have this as my desktop wallpaper , i found the picture on these forums and i photoshopped it a little , and when im pushing out my last rep and think i cant do it i think of this ....

hmmmm guess u beat me to it.animal pak pictures really help a lot.

[Softmuscled]

Originally posted by fsheva
I don't know how many times this picture helped me on the last rep of squats when I'm all the way down and ready to give up.

thats the best picture ever

[Patrice_Lumumba]

I just go in with a clear head, I dont really have anything to motivate to push that last set, I just do it.

[ewark]

I just think '****ing come on!'

[MYNAMEIZGREG]

"Make them want to be like you"

[violinlifter]

Originally posted by hilltop55
on days when i feel lazy i just look at this pic,and then im ready to take on the iron

Anyone know where I can get one of these shirtS??

:-)

Adam

[R3N3GAD3]

"Ok Dave. This next set is..well..hypertrophy. You have a spot, so it's not like you can't bust your ass off it. After all, your only lifting <insert pounds here> to work your <insert muscle group here> to make them ****ing huge. For god sakes, sstop talking to me and lift! Look, the workout will be done soon. And if you keep talking and keep thinking about the weight, your rest wont be 20 seconds, itll be 2 hours. ITS NOT THAT HEAVY, GO ****ING LIFT IT. Biotch I bet you cant lift it.......hahahahaha YOU CANT LIFT IT YOUR STILL TALKING"






And then....I lift it. For 6-8 reps. And then after I say to myself "HAHAHAHAHA TOLD YOU I COULD"...and I take a drink of water. And I do the same thing next set.

[Alexxx]

I don't talk to myself, but just lift all that I can. Works for me.

[Liquid]

Originally posted by R3N3GAD3
"Ok Dave. This next set is..well..hypertrophy. You have a spot, so it's not like you can't bust your ass off it. After all, your only lifting <insert pounds here> to work your <insert muscle group here> to make them ****ing huge. For god sakes, sstop talking to me and lift! Look, the workout will be done soon. And if you keep talking and keep thinking about the weight, your rest wont be 20 seconds, itll be 2 hours. ITS NOT THAT HEAVY, GO ****ING LIFT IT. Biotch I bet you cant lift it.......hahahahaha YOU CANT LIFT IT YOUR STILL TALKING"






And then....I lift it. For 6-8 reps. And then after I say to myself "HAHAHAHAHA TOLD YOU I COULD"...and I take a drink of water. And I do the same thing next set.

rofl

I dont find that i have to motivate my self for lifting as much as for cardio. In my head when im doing cardio, im always thinking of stopping. Pisses me off, i try to forget about even thinking. Try to blank out everthing. If that doesnt work i focus on a point where im running to and keep looking. Damn cardio!

[NatPLchaMP315]

i get really pissed off before my workouts like ill start fighting with my parents or whoever and get real mad then go hit it and have a good workout

[holyshinto63]

NatPLchaMP315, you fight with your parents before every workout...i wouldn't keep doing that or theres probably gonna be some future problems (fighting with your parents for no reason 4 or 5 times a week)

[NatPLchaMP315]

NO LOL that was an example

i could fight with them everyday if i wanted but i behave most of the time and stay out of trouble its much easier that way...i get more

[Poppa Pump]

VERY good thread bro...

before i lift i say something along the lines of:

"come on baby, come on comeoncomeoncomeon, come on baby, this is what i need, huge (what ever it is i'm working out), that's what the judges look for, that's what i need, that's how i'm gunna win, come on baby, lets go, lets go!"

Peace

[LiFtInIsFuN]

"come on mother fuker!!!!!!GRRRRRR! GRRRRR!"(while liftin the weight up for last)

[depsyphor]

I only do this VERY rarely, very very very rarely, because if I did it constantly, it wouldn't work. I have a mentally handicapped brother who's my twin, and right before I go real heavy, I think of someone making fun of him and that PISSES ME OFF so then I can exert myself harder.

Typically though, I just think of the entire world being hinged upon me lifting the weight... like all there is is me and the iron, nothing else, and I focus on moving it.

[hilltop55]

if u wanna buy shirts with sayings go here

http://animalpak.com/store/html/category.cfm?id=20

[Arthur Saxon]

Say out loud or think in your head "This is a light weight, I can and I will lift it for # reps" think it and believe it and it will come true.

[Patu]

Always when i feel doubtful before a ste i think to myself "This is what separates u from the norm, so stop wasting time and LIFT!"

[Patu]

i mean "set" instead of "ste"... my bad..

[Travis Stenersn]

Per Ferrum, Ad Astra

Only pull that out sometimes, usually I just do the set.

[fatrat_uk]

Originally posted by depsyphor
I only do this VERY rarely, very very very rarely, because if I did it constantly, it wouldn't work. I have a mentally handicapped brother who's my twin, and right before I go real heavy, I think of someone making fun of him and that PISSES ME OFF so then I can exert myself harder.

That reminds me of sumthing.

Sometimes my mate comes to the gym with me, only occasionally... an sumtimes when i'm doin bench or squats (sumthing awkward with weight above me), he'll say ''Go on! Just imagine sum1 raping you sister...''

I swear if he says that again i'm gonna ram a 40lb DB down his throat... how the PHUCK am i menna concentrate FFS?! >

[ZachG_85]

I love this picture. It just screams of balls-out intensity to me. And it always gets me going.

[BPP]

I lvoe the animal pak ads

usually I play distrbed/manson/etc the whole way to the gym, system bumping and LOUD

get there, stretching I visualize my goals, and concentrate solely on teh weights at hand

before the lift I breathe heavy and rapid, get pissed off at the weight as much as possible

then as I go to do it I imagine my next strongman or powerlifting contest, imagine the other competitors doing the weight and forcing myself todo it

basically I use the saying "Let Noone Outwork You Today"

[violinlifter]

Originally posted by hilltop55
if u wanna buy shirts with sayings go here

http://animalpak.com/store/html/category.cfm?id=20

Lol, I looked at the site, and I like how there's 3 different varieties of one shirt:

Variety 1) for the little kiddie who doesn't feel like offending too many people:

"Shut up and train."

Variety 2) for the little kiddie who's a little braver:

"Shut the f... up and train."

And Variety 3), for the confident man:

"Shut the fu(k up and train!"


Lol!

[AmonRA]

Out of stock on the one my size

[shoemoodoshaloo]

Before I lift I yell it loud GAY AND PROUD.

No seriously, I just think about everything I don't like about life and when I bring the bar up it's like a punch in life's face.