June 30, 2007
How To Gain Weight Using Visualization
One of the most important things you must consider when you want to learn how to gain weight is visualization. By focusing your mind on a specific image, you can increase your motivation and achieve greater strength and size gains. The choice of visualization is yours, because only you know what will stimulate you the most. Try visualizing your workout the night before you go to the gym. During your set, enter a training trance. Visualize your muscles growing with each contraction. In time, the dream will become reality.
Visualization is one of the greatest ways to build muscle - and to maximize intensity. Through the use of mental imagery, you can achieve a level of concentration and focus that will push you harder than you ever thought possible. Everyone who excels in sports has a clear picture of where he or she wants to go. This picture should be as detailed as possible, so you can believe in the reality of it all.
Pick the visualization that is most effective for you. For instance, you could visualize that you are a machine. By the mechanical laws of nature you will achieve your goals! You are the ruler of your destiny, and you choose to dominate the weight with your unrestricted willpower. Or, you could use the imagery of the world around you. As you train, imagine your biceps becoming mountains of rock-hard muscle. Some track stars think of themselves as racehorses or greyhounds with powerful animal intensity. And most people, of course, want washboard abdominals, so envisioning that might help.
Concentrate on these images as you exercise each bodypart, developing different visualizations for particular muscles if this motivates you more. You could even alternate the images depending on your mood. These images don't have to "make sense" or be based on reality. If the visualization is effective, use it.
Think about these visualizations during the day. Most important of all, lock into them while you do your exercises. These positive images increase your intensity and help you to force out an extra repetition or two.
Some people find they increase their training intensity by visualizing a workout the night before they go to the gym. This should be done in a quiet, relaxing setting, such as a peaceful corner of your house or in bed before going to sleep. Going through the steps of a training session can help focus the mind on the task to come. It may even aid the subconscious in preparing for the next day's lifting.






