I received some response to my message from the other day.
It was titled ‘The Most Worked Muscle in the Gym’ in case you missed it.
It’s a bit of a mixed bag of mail, which makes it all the more interesting…
Some people agreed with me wholeheartedly.
Some admitted to having verbal diarrhea, and we’re making a conscious decision to change for the better…
Others really appreciated ‘sharing a personal story.’ Whatever it takes to help you out. And I’ll share more of them in the future.
Other wanted to know if my father ‘really had ‘a mustache like Stalin, and a temper like Tony Montana?’…
He sure does…’For real?’…For real…
Then there were the critics…
‘I think you are disrespectful for referring to your father as ‘The Mustache’.
Luckily, we live in a place where each is entitled to voicing his opinion. And like a certain orifice, we all have ‘em
‘Are you anti social?’
If I was anti social, would I be sending out these messages to people?
‘You take your training too seriously.’
Don’t fool yourself, you’re either 100% dedicated or not. I choose 100%… If you consciously decide to take it down a few notches, that’s fine. To each his own. But you must be conscious of it.
Don’t trick yourself into thinking you’re giving it ‘your all’ when you’re only giving 50%.
‘You can’t be serious about no talking.’
I didn’t say absolutely no talking.
That being said, talking while training is like a form of day dreaming. I’m not against talking when it’s appropriate. But for the most part, it’s done way too much.
And I’m not the only one who feels this way…
Reg Park would cover the mirrors while training and work like a mad man. He was totally focused on the work at hand.
Arnie was known for his antics while in the gym. But he was also known for ‘flipping the switch’ when it came time to attack the weights.
Remember his line about imagining his biceps the size of mountains, and being able to lift tremendous weights with them? There ain’t much talking when you’re doing that…
Brooks Kubik also talks about a ‘no talking rule’ while training…
He recommends keeping the gab focused on the task at hand, namely getting in a good workout, encouraging your training partner, and focusing on setting new PRs…that’s it!
So no, I’m not the only one who believes in little talk and focusing on what you’re doing.
Try this out, and focus all of your energy and attention when you’re going through a set. And that goes for bar bending single rep sets, or super high rep endurance sets.
If you haven’t already been doing this, I promise it’ll lead to new gains in size and strength….
GO FOR IT!
Train Smart, Train Hard
Ray Toulany
PS: Work your jaw muscles the way you should be, chewing high quality foods in the proper amounts and rations to maximize gains in the gym.
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