Dr. Bret Contreras
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You're relying now on your mind to use progressive overload, meaning...
You're not going to progress with weights.
You're going to try to produce increasing amounts of muscle force through a mind-muscle connection, through an internal attentional focus.
And you lie to yourself.
It's the same as if I don't have my logbook in front of me.
And I go, yeah, I hit 315 for six last time.
And then I get it for seven.
I'm like, yeah.
And then I get my book.
And I'm like, oh, my God, I hit it for eight.
I could have probably gotten more.
That's what I like about taking notes and writing it down.
You lie to yourself and you limit yourself.
And you're like, God, if I knew...
Somehow, if I knew that I had hit eight before, I probably could have hit nine.
But the set still felt hard.
But we're capable of a lot more, but you've got to be reminded.
That's why for my clients, I give them autonomy.
So say we're doing hip thrusts first, and they say, Coach, what should I do?