Thread by @BowTiedOx

To be honest, at advanced levels of lifting you have to know what “takes you there”

Intensity is both a measure of load and the way you attack your sets.

For the latter, you need to find that place, for some (myself) it’s extremely dark, some it’s silence, others it’s happiness

I know 0 impressive people that don’t have “that place”

Somewhere that pushes through the pain, takes your mind off the actual weight

Most large dudes absolutely have a screw lose in the gym

There’s a level of mentality you have to have for getting truly impressive physically

This is difficult to explain but important to understand

I’ll use myself as an example

To touch the weight I do for the reps I do, I can’t do that just willy nilly

Your mind has to absolutely be ready

I lift from a place of aggression. I absolutely hate the weight on the bar.

Your mind is truly the only limit in the gym.

The dude that can take the most pain and push the hardest will always make more progress.

TLDR

You need to outlet your “shadow” in the gym, not only do I find this mentally healthy, it puts you in the mind frame to endure the pain