Matt Kroc shares some tips on the mental aspects of high performance lifting. Matt Kroc’s Training Log Articles by Kroc.
Matt Kroc shares some tips on the mental aspects of high performance lifting.
Before reading this, just know that while these words reflect my feelings it doesn’t mean that I’m acting on any of it.
The self that we present to those around us is only the part of us that we’re comfortable letting out.
We often learn more from our failures than we do from our successes and I definitely feel this is the case here.
It is this fear of failure that often drives me and far outweighs the pain of discipline and sacrifice.
I’m actually in the process of writing a manual explaining these techniques and many more that I have used successfully.
This program is very simple but has never failed to increase my raw bench strength.
I don’t believe in perfection…there’s always more that can be achieved.
Here are my updates from my final hours of contest prep and the results.
I don’t know that it’s entirely possible to stay sane while dieting, but here’s a few tricks that may work.
When I walked up the first day they had a hog cooking right in front of the building.
The most common questions I receive are “What type of program should I be following?” and “What type of program do you follow?” In my opinion, too many athletes concern themselves far too much about what training program they’re following. They don’t focus enough on the other myriad of factors that are more influential in determining how far they’ll go in their sport.
You hear people talk all the time about how someone is a product of his or her environment. This is almost always the case when someone has done something wrong, and the argument is used as an excuse for the person as if they had no choice in the matter other than to become what their environment leads them to be
It was the afternoon before the meet, a Friday. I weighed in at 240 lbs. Weigh-ins were scheduled for 9:00 am Saturday morning. In preparation for the four and a half hour drive down to the meet site, I started my cutting process by putting on four layers of sweat clothes.
I think the best method for cutting weight for a 24-hour weigh-in is to get your weight down and back up as fast as possible. The less time your weight is down the less it will affect your performance.