Arnold Schwarzenegger PUMPS UP The Bears | 2 Bears, 1 Cave
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What mental strategies did Arnold use for powerlifting?
So you have to go because you have to let the mind know not to go and have fear of the 315. So what I usually did was when I was training for powerlifting was I was, let's say, my max was at a competition 515. And so I tried to do as many times as I can, 500. So I did 500 in the gym, then I waited a little bit, and then I did again one rep at 500. Same day? Then I waited, yeah, you know, just kind of like... Like waiting around, yeah. Five minutes later, so schmoozing a little bit, and then, okay, then the guys were coming in and said, okay, let's do another one, let's do another one. And then we were just going, doing it again. And so he gets us mentally used to the 500. So in a way, you feel like this is all happening subconsciously.
It's not like consciously. Consciously, too. But I mean, the important thing is that you lie down eventually on the bench and you say, I have that nailed. Yeah. Yeah. Because as soon as you say, let me try. It's not quite cutting it to try. I mean, trying is good, but I mean, you got to do it. Because then you feel the fear if you're not ready for it. The fear factor, that's why I say psychologically, the important thing is to just do it, you know, just for your head, to do it as many times as possible. So you go, we went once or twice a week, we went to the ultimate weight, and then we just stayed on that, whatever that weight is that day, and then just stay on and do the heavy weight, the heavy weight, the heavy weight, just one rep.
And when we normally train, you go up to three reps. So you go, let's say, in your case, you did three for 285. So you do then three reps and keep doing three reps and keep doing three reps. Then eventually the next week you go to just for one rep. So that's what you do. It's just kind of the mind game because our mind is really the thing that holds us back.
Sure. Your mind is fascinating.
Yeah. Well, it's fascinating, but I try to work on it all the time because I figured it out on my own. I said, look, this is like really weird because I was doing weightlifting competitions all the time as a kid because I joined a weightlifting club in Graz. So there was no bodybuilding club. So we had to weightlift. And then after we went through the weightlifting routine and the weightlifting training, then we could go and do chin-ups or do some incline presses or do some lateral raises or biceps curls and stuff like that. But first we had to do the weightlifting. So we were competing pretty much every second weekend, going from one town to another, kind of competing against the town weightlifting club.
And so you kind of... Eventually figured out, you know, that why is it that you get to the weight and you say, oh, I'm going to do that. This is going to be great. And you pound it out. You clean it up. And you have it in your chest. And then, boom, you pound it out. And it's a winner. And then you put on five more pounds on it. And all of a sudden it doesn't work. That's what happened. Then you realize, wait a minute. Okay. I went down to the bar. And I... That second as I grabbed the bar, I was wondering, can I do it or not? And that's what fucked me. So I realized that the mind was the thing, not the body. The mind just says, maybe not. And I said, what the hell is that? Okay, how do I now get the mind ready for that? So this is how you then work on it and yourself.
And everyone operates differently, but I mean, that's what I did. I realized that the mind is so important to really lift the ultimate weight and also important to motivate you to get to the gym and also important to stay in there for more than two hours like we were competing in bodybuilding and then weightlifting and then powerlifting. So we had to train more than two hours. So I mean, how do you make yourself do that? And that's when you then come up with all the various different principles that you need in order to carry you through.
But then your mind also, because you would, psychologically, you would do something in competition too, right? Because it seemed like you always had an upper hand. on your competition when you guys were leading up to it and backstage, you were doing something different.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What mental strategies did Arnold use for powerlifting?
0:28–20:50
2
How did Arnold develop his bodybuilding techniques?
20:50–43:55
3
What was the rivalry between Arnold and Stallone?
43:55
4
How did Arnold's immigrant experience shape his success?
38:11–1:19:40
5
What key exercises did Arnold popularize?
1:19:40
6
How does Arnold view the importance of struggle in life?
1:14:34
7
What insights does Arnold have on positive thinking?
1:04:37–1:16:35
8
How does Arnold maintain his fitness at an older age?
1:16:35–1:22:11
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