Everyone has heard of the placebo effect, but most people haven't thought about putting their mind over muscle, or using their mind to help build muscle. The truth is most people experience the placebo effect with their supplement usage. The placebo effect is basically when someone is in need of medicine and they are given a substance other than medicine, but told it is medicine. That substance then puts their pain at ease, but how can a sugar pill kill pain?
The explanation of this lies in the patient's belief that the substances was really medicine and would really help. It didn't matter what was really given to the person, because the person's belief that it would work was so strong that their brain took it as instructions and made it work. The patient's belief healed him. Jesus Christ even said that when you believe in something with all your heart, you can tell a mountain to move from here to there. Peter, one of his disciples even walked on water due to his faith.
Mind over Muscle, The Placebo Effect What does the placebo effect have to do with building muscle? It has more to do than you might think! Every function of the body first has to get the brain's approval, and we can control our brain by thinking. It goes like this:
Our thoughts directly, or indirectly, control our brains, and our brain directly controls your body, your body gains muscle, if the brain lets it.
Just as someone believes that a sugar pill can heal them, they are right, it can and usually does. Also, just as they believe that supplements can help them build muscle, it can and usually does, but more often it's not the supplement that's really building the muscle. It's their mind communicating to their brain, "This supplement works. I AM going to gain muscle with this stuff, the science proves it."
When you believe something without doubt, you are giving your brain instructions, and your brain will do all it can to carry them out. Remember, your brain is in charge of building muscle, if it wants you to, you will build muscle.
Use It For Your Advantage To gain muscle, you don't have to drink a tub load of chalky, expensive, gross tasting powder, but you must believe in yourself. The supplement placebo effect usually works when you think you are getting a real medicine and that it's going to work.
The underlying principal is that you KNEW it was going to work. You had total faith that it would do what it said. Imagine what you would be capable of if you KNEW that you could gain build muscle anytime you wanted. I want you to know that you can, and it's easy and actually very relaxing. Take a look at the following guidelines to help maximize your mind over muscle ability:
1. Pre Workout- KNOW that your workout WILL add another layer of strong, ripped muscle 2. During Workout - KNOW that with each rep and set you are forcing tons of muscle stimulation and that you will get huge 3. Post Workout - Feel great about the workout and KNOW that you just sparked tons of muscle growth, and look forward to the next training session knowing that you will be building even more muscle.
Think about how much muscle you actually want to build and see it in your mind. With everything you do, keep that mental picture in mind. With every bite of food, think about how it's building muscle, with every minute of extra sleep think about how much more your body is recovered. Never doubt yourself, and never think that what you are doing isn't working.
Gaining muscle mass is undoubtedly a physical thing, but everything that is a physical thing starts as a mental thing. Your brain takes instructions from you through your thoughts, it does what you tell it to do, through your mind, whether you know it or not. You have to constantly be giving it good instructions and make it known that the things you are doing WILL help you build huge amounts of muscle. Take the credit and placebo effect from supplements and master the mind over muscle. - 31525
The explanation of this lies in the patient's belief that the substances was really medicine and would really help. It didn't matter what was really given to the person, because the person's belief that it would work was so strong that their brain took it as instructions and made it work. The patient's belief healed him. Jesus Christ even said that when you believe in something with all your heart, you can tell a mountain to move from here to there. Peter, one of his disciples even walked on water due to his faith.
Mind over Muscle, The Placebo Effect What does the placebo effect have to do with building muscle? It has more to do than you might think! Every function of the body first has to get the brain's approval, and we can control our brain by thinking. It goes like this:
Our thoughts directly, or indirectly, control our brains, and our brain directly controls your body, your body gains muscle, if the brain lets it.
Just as someone believes that a sugar pill can heal them, they are right, it can and usually does. Also, just as they believe that supplements can help them build muscle, it can and usually does, but more often it's not the supplement that's really building the muscle. It's their mind communicating to their brain, "This supplement works. I AM going to gain muscle with this stuff, the science proves it."
When you believe something without doubt, you are giving your brain instructions, and your brain will do all it can to carry them out. Remember, your brain is in charge of building muscle, if it wants you to, you will build muscle.
Use It For Your Advantage To gain muscle, you don't have to drink a tub load of chalky, expensive, gross tasting powder, but you must believe in yourself. The supplement placebo effect usually works when you think you are getting a real medicine and that it's going to work.
The underlying principal is that you KNEW it was going to work. You had total faith that it would do what it said. Imagine what you would be capable of if you KNEW that you could gain build muscle anytime you wanted. I want you to know that you can, and it's easy and actually very relaxing. Take a look at the following guidelines to help maximize your mind over muscle ability:
1. Pre Workout- KNOW that your workout WILL add another layer of strong, ripped muscle 2. During Workout - KNOW that with each rep and set you are forcing tons of muscle stimulation and that you will get huge 3. Post Workout - Feel great about the workout and KNOW that you just sparked tons of muscle growth, and look forward to the next training session knowing that you will be building even more muscle.
Think about how much muscle you actually want to build and see it in your mind. With everything you do, keep that mental picture in mind. With every bite of food, think about how it's building muscle, with every minute of extra sleep think about how much more your body is recovered. Never doubt yourself, and never think that what you are doing isn't working.
Gaining muscle mass is undoubtedly a physical thing, but everything that is a physical thing starts as a mental thing. Your brain takes instructions from you through your thoughts, it does what you tell it to do, through your mind, whether you know it or not. You have to constantly be giving it good instructions and make it known that the things you are doing WILL help you build huge amounts of muscle. Take the credit and placebo effect from supplements and master the mind over muscle. - 31525
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