techniques to get mad when lifting?

[spatts]

I like to watch the discovery channel...gets me pumped

We ain't nothin' but mammals.

 

[Liftbig]

disturbed always gets my amped up. but imo you have to mentally prepare for every workout.

 

[Kurtz2]

im of the opinion that deep concentration is better than "becoming" angry. the spontaneous anger thing never seemed to work for me. i think of it as false motivation. I cant really become mad at something if theres nothing to be mad about. The deep concentration approach has worked wonders for me.
try some visualization. lift that weight in your head a few times. Imgine putting up some big numbers. that usually gets me psyched.
but hey, if getting mad works for you, then it works.

 

[b fold the truth]

I'm not sure what fires me up...

Sometimes it is the fear of failure...other times it is that I hate to not win. Figure that one out...

I also tell myself that someone else is training harder than I am right now with less excuses...

B True

 

[JOKER47]

We ain't nothin' but mammals.

You and me, baby.......



On the subject though, for me, getting "angry" causes me to lose focus. It's a distraction. I don't even like to lift when I am upset.

My best training sessions are when I feel awake, full and feel good. I feel stronger when I feel good. I get my PR's when my whole mind is properly focused on the lift. When I am aware of each part of my body that needs to push 110% to make the lift.

My .02,
Joker

 

[spatts]

My thoughts on the topic. (see post #18)

Slinky, yes, I've always been like that. I remember standing on the 200 meter line at a meet, and would be yawning and laying on the field until they called my heat. I'd get in the starting blocks, and until my hips raised on the "set," I could've just as easily taken a nap. Calm before the storm explains it well.

I'm a quiet lifter too. I can't do the angry, rage, pacing back and forth, making a scene crap. I understand some people need to do that, or genuinely feel that, but it just looks like a damn production to me. I prefer peace and quiet to angry music. All the hype just distracts me from the clarity I need on the platform.

I associate anger with lack of control...when I hit the platform, I'm in charge.

 

[revexrevex]

People are different, they respond to different stimulus to get fully aware. Some use controlled anger from internal sources( aka their mind), some are calm and then explode at will, and some just need to be psyched by an external object.

So if you are one of the people who need to be stimulated, just get some person to get you angry just before the lift, and then focus on releasing your anger on the lift. Now that I think about it, it gives a whole different meaning to the vacuum theory.

 

[Zander1983]

On the subject though, for me, getting "angry" causes me to lose focus. It's a distraction. I don't even like to lift when I am upset.

My best training sessions are when I feel awake, full and feel good. I feel stronger when I feel good. I get my PR's when my whole mind is properly focused on the lift. When I am aware of each part of my body that needs to push 110% to make the lift.

I'm the same. If I am angry or upset at the time I'm lifting, my mind isn't really on the job. I'm sloppy and not really with it.

What I do like to do is filter my anger and pain into my lifting, but not actually be angry and fired up while I'm lifting. Big contradiction? I don't know... Those type of emotions spur me onto being better, bigger, faster, stronger - to improve myself.

Like Joker, my best workouts are when I feel "good". When I'm awake, alert and well fed on top of feeling contented, I am much stronger than I would be in the presence of negative emotions.

 

[Lee]

for me its all about focusing, not getting pissed. when i get pissed, i always lose form even though i can do more reps, but its useless without the form. so i just focus on the task at hand, and conquer it.

 

[Hannibal]

If it helps get the weight up, why the fuck not?

Bottom line we are all tryin to get to the same place...some of us just take different roads. Myself I generally lift "pissed". It's what works for me. I don't do it to draw attention to myself...usually when I am "there" I don't notice anything around me but steel. It's not an approach that works for everybody...we all have to find our own way.

For the record, even though I tend to lift angry...the whole slapping someone before they lift...or headbutting the bar until you bleed thing seems really stupid.

Of course I can't ice skate, but that doesn't make it wrong for others to enjoy it.