Use pain to maximize your gains! A simple change in perspective that will
change you forever

One of the greatest assets you have to really succeed is the feeling of pain. By pain I am
referring to the good stuff that you get when your muscles are challenged to their
maximum not the pain of an injury!
When in the gym I have noticed most people interpret pain in a negative way.
As soon as exercising gets a little uncomfortable Joe average will look at this as a
reason to discontinue his set, take a rest then start up again. If only Joe knew his pain is
the key to entering The Inner Circle and creating his ideal body in the least amount of
time!
By not staying in the pain zone you are selling yourself short like Jim Carey in The
Majestic!
Pain is a sensation most of us do not look forward to experiencing but how we look at
pain is the key to really excelling! It is the difference between being great and just being
average!
Those of us who can work through the pain of a hard set are those of us that make the
greatest leaps in progress and experience far fewer morale breaking plateaus. As a
matter of fact your ability to tolerate pain may be the single most important factor in
reaching your goals!
Is it that some people have higher tolerance to pain and therefore are less hampered by
it?

Possibly, but I definitely feel the pain of a hard set! It’s similar to being tortured by a
team of sadists trying to get into the Guinness book of World Records for greatest
torturers!
I have come up with a few tips that can actually make you crave the feeling of pain! You
will now cherish the pain enough to want to have as much of it as possible during every
last repetition performed! Start looking forward to entering the pain zone because as far
as I am concerned a set does not even start until you feel the burn!

Painful Tips To Rehearse Before A Real Workout:

• Pain means progress. I have achieved my goals.
• The more I can sustain the pain during my set the more I am achieving in my
  workout.
• Pain fulfills my purpose. It signals that I have reached my goal.
• Pain makes me confident I am pushing myself to the required levels needed to
  succeed!
• Pain assures me I am getting the most out of my workout in the least amount of time!
• The pain helps me target where I am putting my training energy, where on my body is benefiting right now and is this where I intended?

Your perspective must be one of success when you reach these pain points. The
sensation of pure purposeful torture on your muscles signals that you are succeeding in
achieving what you have come to do!
Feel great about yourself and confident you have created the necessary stress to trigger
maximum muscle growth progress!
This does not mean to produce the same types of stress on yourself day after day. Vary
the types of stress thus forcing more adaptation with fewer plateaus. An example would
be high repetitions versus giant sets with heavier weights as in The Four Week Plan.
Now That you are conscious of this secret, when you don’t push yourself hard enough
to reach these levels you may feel like you have wasted a workout!
Get to really know the underground secret of The Psychology of Pain! Avoid leaving the
gym with that empty haunting feeling!
And the next time you take the easy route it will propel you to make the right choices
next time you have the chance putting forth your best efforts and not wimping out your
next workout opportunity!