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Your mind has a powerful influence on how you perceive reality.

Think of reality as raw input that enters your mind, which then processes and interprets this information based on your beliefs, experiences, and emotions.

The quote from Plato suggests that by changing your thoughts and attitudes, you can shift your perception of reality itself.

This means that if you alter how you think about your surroundings and situations, you can effectively change your experience of the world.

Your mind can transform what might seem like a fixed reality into something that is shaped by your own thoughts, making your personal mental state a key player in how you view and interact with the world around you.

📽️ Workout Tips:

1. Intensity of Effort by Mike Mentzer

    

   Mike Mentzer’s philosophy on training intensity, known as "Heavy Duty," was centered on the belief that maximum muscle growth is best stimulated by reaching muscle failure with high-intensity effort rather than high volume or frequency of workouts.

    

   The key aspects of Mentzer’s intensity of effort include:

    

   • Single Set to Failure: Performing just one set per exercise, but that one set is taken to absolute muscle failure where no additional repetitions are possible even with maximum effort.

   • Pre-exhaustion: To fully fatigue a muscle, Mentzer often employed a technique called pre-exhaustion, where an isolation exercise is performed to fatigue a primary muscle group before moving on to a compound movement that includes the already exhausted muscle.

   • Infrequent Training: Given the high intensity of the workouts, recovery was paramount. Mentzer’s method required longer recovery periods between sessions, which meant fewer training days per week.

   • Controlled Rep Speed: Emphasizing controlled movement speeds to maximize muscle tension and reduce momentum, which helps increase the intensity of the effort and improve the effectiveness of the workout.

    

   Here’s his explanation of his training method.

    

2. Control the eccentric by Dr. Mike Israetel

    

   Dr. Mike points out that while many lifters control the concentric (lifting) phase out of necessity due to the weight's resistance, many neglect the eccentric phase by letting the weight drop quickly.

    

   Slowing down and controlling the weight as it lowers can enhance the muscle-building potential of the exercise because it places more continuous tension on the muscles, which is crucial for hypertrophy.

🔗 Useful Resources

1. Ability to balance on one leg could predict neuromuscular aging, study suggests

    

   Gait and balance changes are common as we age and can lead to falls.

    

   These changes are due to declines in sensory systems, such as eyesight and hearing, as well as the neuromuscular system.

    

   A new study has found that a person’s ability to balance on one leg may be a reliable indicator of neuromuscular aging.

    

2. Get Abs In 60 Days (Using Science)

    

   In this video, Jeff Nippard shows you the most effective science-based way to get six-pack abs.

    

   He talked about the best ab exercises, how many calories you should eat on your six-pack diet, how much protein you should eat and what supplements he takes.

    

   Check it out here.

    

3. The ONLY 2 Exercises That Grew My Stubborn Chest

    

   If your chest refuses to grow no matter how many exercises you try, then Jeremy Ethier has a solution for you.

    

   Here are the 2 key chest exercises you need to do to start experiencing the same chest growth as he did.