Celebrity Trainer
You are the Star
One of the things I have been touching on while working with my clients is how they approach each exercise, set, and even each individual rep. In my previous video I talked about turning off the autopilot to maximize your workouts. Well, the next thing you can do to take it to the next level and make each exercise count is to pretend that you are a 10 million dollar athlete filming a commercial for your sponsor. Think as though while you are working out, there are lights and cameras all around you filming your every move. How do you think your workout will go? What will happen is you will push yourself to the max making the workout that much better.
Here is an example: the other day I had a client do a warm-up lap around the track. I could tell that he was just running because that was the goal. While running, his shoulders were slumped, his feet were dragging, and his brain had obviously shut off and he had gone into auto-pilot. I asked him to run the lap again, but this time to think that he was in a commercial as a highly paid pro-athlete. I also told him to run at the same pace. The difference was astounding. He took off at a much faster speed, his shoulders were back with this chest up, his knees were driving up, and he was thinking about what he was doing. When he came back, I asked why he ran so fast. His response was, “I couldn’t slow down.” We used only 5 pound dumbbells for the rest of the workout keeping the “commercial” concept in mind. By the end, he was sweating, exhausted, and feeling awesome. All this with 5 pound dumbbells!
The next time you workout or do cardio, imagine you are at the top of the game!
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