Changing Strength Training Beliefs

Here's a list, in no particular order, of some beliefs that could hold you back in your workouts in a variety of ways. * I'm don't have the motivation to workout * Only beginners make fast progress * I don't have great genetics * I'm too old to do a handstand * It's not possible for me to become super strong * Bodyweight training is the only functional way to train * X method is the best way to train * Isometrics are useless...
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Here's a list, in no particular order, of some beliefs that could hold you back in your workouts in a variety of ways.

* I'm don't have the motivation to workout
* Only beginners make fast progress
* I don't have great genetics
* I'm too old to do a handstand
* It's not possible for me to become super strong
* Bodyweight training is the only functional way to train
* X method is the best way to train
* Isometrics are useless
* Strength is the most important quality to go for
* You can only workout 3 times a week
* The bench press is the best qualifier of strength
* If I don't give 100% I don't get gains
* If I don't eat enough protein I'll waste away
* Singles are the best way to gain strength
* Doing more than five reps is useless for strength
* Training to failure is the most effective way to train
* Training to failure is training to fail
* After awhile in training you always hit a plateau
* Heavy weight lifting hurts joints
* X diet is the best way to eat
* I'm a hard gainer
* I can't put on muscle
* I can't get rid of this fat
* I'm too lazy to workout regularly
* I pack on a few extra pounds during the holidays
* Doing X is impossible
* I need to stretch every day
* I need to foam roll to perform well
* I need to do mobility work to perform well
* You can't train the same body part consecutive days
* Muscles take 48 hours to recover
* I don't have the time to train
* You have to get your strength work and cardio in
* It is impossible to become fit in 30 minutes a week

This list is merely to get your brain thinking about what may be limiting you.

Want to learn how to transform them? Get this book today.

What is a belief? It is something that is held in the mind about how the world or ourselves are.

The funny thing is that they don't necessarily reflect reality, yet in having them they organize how reality is for us.

One of my limiting beliefs was around the back squat. Take a look at my body and you may see why. I'm not built to squat.

Although this is true, in the sense that other people have builds much better suited to this exercise, by starting with this fact I built up a belief structure around it.

And these beliefs have influenced my training in a huge way over many years.

I think my best ever was a single at 315. That is nothing to write home about and I imagine many of you reading this have done far better.

There is something to be said for focusing on your strengths and what you enjoy doing. But there is also something to be said for focusing on your weaknesses and doing them even if you hate it.

However, that is hard work unless you change your mindset about it.

So I thought about focusing on the squats for a period of time. But I looked at it with dread. After all, I sucked at them, I wasn't built for them, and I hated the exercise. And I realized there were some limiting beliefs here.

Sure, I could just DO the squats and eventually I might become half way decent at them. But it would be hard to do. And likely I'd get discouraged and stop doing them after awhile (its happened several times before).

OR I could change my beliefs around the exercise...

And that's exactly what I did. I did something called the Belief Change Cycle, which I show you how in this book and the bonus video.

Afterwards I was looking forward to squatting. When I went into the drill I had no idea that this would be a possibility. But when I was done I was EXCITED about squatting. Since that time I've squatted, in a few different forms, in almost every workout I've done. I'm enjoying it immensely and I'm gaining fast.