how do you get ready before a set?

[hanuri]

Look at this and think of all said....http://www.riemurasia.net/jylppy/dis....php?pos=-8501
must mean something.... no stopping till the end is reached!

[Yo Daddy]

I have a hard time being critical of anything Ronnie does considering he was just repping out 200 lb dumbbells like they were a warmup set. Incredible what the human mind and body can do once it focuses on a goal.

[hanuri]

You said that. Isn´t it about the same if we did it with 80-100 pounders?
Mind is the best part of the success. everything comes after that. A little wonder he hasn´t injured himself badly w those uslessly ( to me usslesly ) huge weights he uses in every move?

[phatrr]

That all depends. I think I have a problem with psyching up too frequently, like for every working set of every exercise, which pretty quickly fatigues the CNS and puts me in "OverTrained". I then end up completely wiped out, and the gains stop.

So, for the past month, I've been trying to change this pattern. I've shot for only psyching on the heavy sets of the big movements (squat, dead). I try to follow the same pattern: tighten my belt, get positioned with hands on the bar, 5-6 quick shallow breaths, visualize the movement, and do it.

[hanuri]

Yea whatever rocks the boat. Still you´re doing the essential thing before a set. Get your mind ready first and in a way or another concentrate on the move. rest is just simply doing the set.... Besides the intensity gets high on only the working sets. The lighter ones are for finding the groove ( and heating) . That´s the way I see it.

[hanuri]

Gotta add I only do 8-15 working sets in a workout. If one does 20-40 working sets it might be a different tale.

[liftsiron]

I wait until a girl with a nice ass bends over to get a pair of dumbells, then take a whiff of her ass.

I have found that I dont really like listening to headphones while I work out. and if I am doing weight that is more than I have done before of just pretty damn heavy for me I pretty much just tell myself what I am going to do and then do it, or I talk myself into more or out of quitting. ............. then I put the weight down regret what the hell I just did to myself, curse myself ... then get ready to do it al again

[Mr. dB]

Sometimes I have to put some conscious effort into tuning out all distractions before I can start another set. Especially if the XM Satellite Radio at the gym is playing something particularly egregious, like the BPM channel or the rap crap on 20 On 20.

And then there are the times when I think of something silly and have to successfully suppress all the laughter before I can start my set. The source of amusement may be my own reflection in the mirror, which is always good for a laugh, or someone else in the gym who is even more of a loser.

[phatrr]

It's easier for me in some respects b/c I work out in the garage. Sure, it's cramped, and this time of year the bars are colder than a witch's left tit...but I don't have crappy music blaring away or other people in my way. No stoopid rulez either.