Thread by @TheForeverAlpha

13 Ways To Optimise Your Mindset For Fitness (Thread):

The average person's mindset is lazy.

The shocking obesity statistics across the Western world reflect this.

But what about if you want to get ripped?

How can you influence your mind favourably?

Here's 13 tips...

#1) Have A Goal Physique

You've got to have some ideal to work towards, and something that will keep you motivated.

This is absolutely crucial.

Nothing will impact your motivation and drive more than having an exciting goal.

Next:

#2) Differentiate Between Types Of Happiness/Unhappiness

There's the immediate term, like eating a tasty pizza.

Then there's short-term, like feeling shitty after the pizza.

Then there's...

The long-term; like diabetes, low self-esteem, injuries, and declining freedom.

Choose long-term happiness; derived from health, energy and looking lean and sharp, instead of immediate gratification.

Next:

#3) Fasting = Fat Loss, Not 'Starvation'

You won't starve at >5% body fat, never mind 25%.

Don't be such a wuss.

Fasting = fat loss.

Next:

#4) Breakfast Leads To LOWER Energy

"You need breakfast to grow big & strong" is not true at all, and in fact you're likely to be mentally sharper and have more energy WITHOUT it.

Black coffee all the way.

Next:

#5) Cooking Is Easy

It's simultaneously the:

1) Easiest
2) Most valuable

Skill you can learn if you want to get lean.

Eating out all the time is BEGGING for fat gain for 99% of the population (don't point out the extreme exceptions).

Next:

#6) Get In, Blast, Get Out

Could be your motto for....other things as well....

But specifically here - the gym.

Get in, get the job done swiftly and aggressively, and get out.

Farting around forever is not beneficial - muscle growth occurs outside of the gym.

Next:

#7) Big Lifts = Big Muscles

Focus on progressing in the BIG SIX, and you can't go wrong:

- Squat
- DL
- Bench
- Press
- Rows
- Pull-Ups

As long as you're improving in these, your physique is improving.

This will continue to fuel your motivation.

Next:

#8) Meat = Protein

All other sources of protein are inferior, and probably contain a lot of other stuff that you're not accounting for (unless you're tracking macros).

Meat is numero uno.

And you probably need a lot more of it than you think.

Next:

#9) Veggies = Fullness + Fiber

There's a lot of hate on Fitness Twitter for veggies, but the fiber will keep you full in a calorie deficit.

Nothing has as much fiber as veggies will (and most other sources will have a lot more calories in them.)

Next:

#10) Demonise Sugar, Not Carbs

Cookies, sweets and donuts will make you obese, and will contribute minimally to muscle gain.

Try getting obese on apples, oats and potatoes.

I'll sit and wait...

...

In fact, timing these around training is a VERY good idea for muscle gain.

#11) Sleep Like A Lion

You'll feel better, be more motivated, burn fat more easily, and gain muscle more easily.

It doesn't get emphasised enough.

Nothing contributes more greatly to your recovery and mindset than sleep.

#12) Spend More Time Around Fit People

This one's huge.

Whether it's the ego wanting to compete with other men, or you desiring to acquire hot 'fitness girls', you are bound to become more fitness-focused by spending more time with fit people.

Similarly:

#13) Spend Less Time Around Fat People

Not saying cut them out completely.

But remember that there will be less temptations to get take-aways, eat out, eat crap, be sedentary, skip workouts, etc.

Not good.

You want to fuel your new fitness lifestyle, not murder it.

Finally:

If you want to get:

- Leaner
- Fitter
- Stronger
- Sharper
- Happier

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