Clarity Is Power

If you haven’t seen results in your training since Bill Clinton was in office here’s some pearls of wisdom for you.

Use your subconscious mind

It’s said that Thomas Edison used to lock himself in a quiet room, give commands to his subconscious mind, and, as he described it, “sit for ideas.”


Have a plan

Obviously nothing new, but I’m amazed at how very few people do this. Next time you’re working out just look around at the personal trainers in your gym. Most have no planned workout or write anything down on their clients training; they just free style with each one, often taking them through the exact same workout as their previous client. I can’t figure out why these people think they need a trainer.

Define your purpose

The programming tool for unleashing the full powers of your subconscious mind is definition of purpose. The clearer your picture of what you want, the more activity you inspire inside your subconscious system. There are three main ways to put this to work, and they all involve writing.

1.Continually develop your goals in writing. If you are not making the progress you’d like to make, it is probably because your goals are unrealistic or not clearly defined. Saying, “ I want to get stronger, put on some muscle, and get my body fat down to six percent is not a clearly defined goal. Saying, “ I want to increase my deadlift by 25 pounds, gain 5 pounds of muscle, and drop my body fat from twelve percent to six percent within two months is clearly defined.

2. Write out your plan on how you’re going to achieve your goals. A written, detailed plan should combine goal setting, action planning, and problem solving. This makes your ideas believable.

3.Create and use daily checklists. You would never want to jump out of an airplane before reviewing a step-by-step process on how to put on and use your parachute. Make your training and the use of your limited time as equally important.

Every single workout on every client should be wrote down with some form of progression planned out. We collect data on EVERYTHING that is done in our facility. Without doing this you’re violating arguably the most important rule in training, progressive overload. Remember this: what gets measured gets improved.

These three action steps have great practical value, but they also serve to communicate to your subconscious mind, in an organized manner, the seriousness of your objectives. There is power in continually sharpening the definition of your goals on paper. Clarity is power.