Weightlifting Mental Hurdles – ATTACK Them, Don’t IgnoreThem! Written by Jared Enderton
Mental Hurdle Number 3 This one is a bit out there so bare with me. Something I started doing 6-7 years ago was fully acknowledging the days I didn’t feel great and when the bar felt heavier early on.
Try this: Instead of running from it, embrace it. I have a mental thing I do to convince myself to give it a REAL shot (not to just make it look like I actually committed to the lift haha). I simply make a “flipping a coin” gesture with my thumb before a lift. IF the lift before it felt maximal, the next lift I know may get in my head. So to take the pressure off and to EMBRACE the fact it might not feel achievable, I lighten my mood before the lift and say “flip a coin.” What that means in my head is there’s a 50/50 chance this feels too heavy, but dangit I am fully committing to it anyway! That way when that bar is a few inches off the ground and everything is telling me no – I have already thought through that process and it allows my brain to override that negative feedback. If you watch the 2018 CrossFit Games Clean & Jerk ladder – you can see me doing it before the last two barbells as I approach them. It’s a bit funny looking haha, but it works for me!
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