Monday, January 28, 2008
The nice cuts from hell.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Week 2
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Interval: Challenge + War-mode
Interval training is the shitty part for some people like myself, who rather pump than run. Running is harder for the mind it seems. So make that the 1st part of my trick. Running is the challenge I keep to after every workout session.
My second trick, I call it activating "war-mode". Right now you can do this trick. Imagine you're facing an enemy army and you're back in the Middle ages or some computer game or movie you liked. One famous one is Gladiator, how it begins that they're fighting in the snow covered plains. Another good example would be Braveheart. How they dressed up in those fucking skirts but would utterly destroy anybody that would face them.
So war-mode consists of the running from one army to the other and they collide in the middle. When I'm on the tredmills, I picture myself w/ an axe and another huge sword in my other hand. I then sprint towards the enemy.
Knowing that I will most probably die, but I just gotta kill as many of these son of b*****s as I can.
This trick never fails. The stronger you picture the images and the site, the longer your brain takes to realize you're not in front of any risk. That's why war-mode has to be about constant change, you have to picture yourself running at almost light speed, and keep in mind, you gotta kill them all, otherwise you die, and then it doesn't matter if you're tired and stopped running or not. You must always be outnumbered, but deep in your mind, you know you're an immortal. The arrows thrown at you, you catch them w/ your saber teeth and crush them w/ no thoughts. You're a killing machine.
I see myself running through the enemy armies slashing and cutting and thrusting w/ all my strength and I never stop running. For this to work, you have to DO what you think. If you start doing stuff like jumping 10 feet in the air and swimming, your brain will go back to reality in no time, because in reality you're running and using specific muscles, while your brain is focused on swimming muscles and thereby sending blood to arms as well. This is counter productive. Don't forget, fight tons of different people as you run and move past them. As you run, pick up weapons that are inside different enemies, and use them efficiently, pick up a shield and jam it on someone's face. Then pick up the sword from that dude and run and jam it into the guy in front of you... keep running keep running otherwise they'll kill you.
Induce yourself in war-mode once, try it. Let the bloodshed on the tredmill begin. Don't forget, fight tons of different people as you run and move past them so your brain is maintained under constant fear / fight or flight response and you get the adrenaline rush you need. You'll see, in no time you're going to be hooked on Intervals. Use your innate violence and self preservation mechanisms to achieve more. :)
Fight or flight baby.
CFF