Weight Training Mental Cues Should be Positive 
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| When learning and practicing a new strength training exercise as well as when working out flaws you pick up during training, focus on what TO do not on what NOT to do. E.G., during deadlifts think "chest up" rather than "don't let my shoulders drop". Tip Credibility: 50 (Best Tip!) |
| When you make a mistake lifting don't dwell and ruminate on your mistake. Never visualize dong something wrong! Focus on what you can do BETTER. E.G. if you let your lumbar round during deadlifts visualize your back arched and think back set and arched! Tip Credibility: 50 |
| You can't consciously control every muscle movement during a complex lift. Verbal weight lifting cues should not be instructions but rather "triggers" that you have preconditioned yourself with. The trigger words will spur you to an automatic response. Tip Credibility: 50 |
| I used to really hinder my progress thinking negatively like this...Now I use positive imagery to keep myself in line form-wise. Positive reinforcement all the way! Tip Credibility: 6 |
| Images help me while lifting. So, I have a bunch of videos which motivate me and give me a positive vibe. Almost all of Konstantine Konstantinovs and Benedikt Magnusson's deadlift videos do the trick for me. It's about being focussed - not motivation. Tip Credibility: 6 |
| The concept of positive mental cues is not the same as "positive thinking". If plagued by worry thoughts or performance doubts trying to block them or think positive is as much a mental trap as the thoughts themselves. Instead, let your thoughts flow. Tip Credibility: 6 |
| To let your thoughts flow, don't judge them, comment on them, or analyze them unnecessarily. This will simply create more "stoppage". Try visualizing your thoughts as cars going by in an intersection. The light eventually turns green and you can cross. Tip Credibility: 6 |
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