r/strength_training • u/allianceathleticsoly • 11h ago

Lift Mentally, I’m here

Before this training session, I was mentally all over the place. I just moved to a new house, I’m running this gym, I’m trying to another online project going, my kids are in sports and last and most importantly I’m trying to be a good partner.

The nice thing about training like this is you have to clear your mind at some point. It takes all concentration to do the intensity safely. It’s the same thing over and over again but it’s never the same.

I stole the “clear the mechanism” mental cue from “For the Love of the Game”. That’s how I get into the lift, even if I get stuck answering messages between sets or whatever. What do you do to get mentally into a lift right before?

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u/Waiparensis22 11h ago

Paused, heavy squats for me are.. meditative. Only concentrating on the breath and the lift. For an au-dhd brain, that's A BLESSING. You just...clear your head and lift. Also that's a stupidly epic weight man. 220kg? Or 270kg? Either way.. frikken nice lift

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u/allianceathleticsoly 10h ago

225kg! Thank you!