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Muscle Building Visualization Techniques
Your muscle building goals will become a reality only if you can first imagine yourself in shape. In this article, I'll explain to you the visualization techniques I used to gain over 80 lean pounds. Although meditation has been commonly used by many professional bodybuilders for decades (and is probably the best method for attracting your desired physique), I'll discuss a few other methods of visualization to help you reach your muscle building objectives.
While working out, show your body as much as possible. I'm not implying you strip down to your underwear and start flexing in front of everyone when I say this. Wearing a cutoff t-shirt and shorts at the gym while training will do. If you're a little on the skinny side, I understand how you might think that this will discourage you. Well, it won't, and I'll tell you why. When you see yourself in a full length mirror and especially in a place where there are other people training, you become grounded. This means that you begin to accept the reality of your current situation... And if you accept the reality of what you currently look like, you will then be inspired to take the necessary actions to build up your muscles.
Many people live in a type of fantasy world. This doesn't mean that they have big dreams that will never come true. It just means that they believe that their dream goal will somehow manifest itself magically. It's true that meditating or visualizing what you want to look like for a few minutes each day will spark some excitement in you to achieve your desired physique... but it's not enough. You still have to eat, sleep, and train consistently for weeks, months, or maybe years before you will get to your goal. There will be plenty of trial & error during that time and that's great because you're doing what you love and you know where you're ultimately headed.
I remember starting out at the gym at 19 years of age, just before my 20th birthday. I weighed about 120 pounds and stood at close to 5 feet 11 inches tall. I went to the gym wearing shorts and a tank-top six days per week. In my first week of training, I noticed that there were a couple of guys that would laugh at me whenever I was watching myself in the mirror as I trained my biceps. I can't remember what they said because that wasn't what I was focused on. I just looked in the mirror making sure that my form was perfect. I also liked seeing myself get pumped throughout the workout... I felt like I was getting a glimpse of my potential. I imagined what I would look like 2, 3, 6, 12 months into the future. I knew that by then those same guys would be asking me for muscle building tips, or if they were haters, would say that I was on steroids. Wearing those tank-tops was one of the smartest things I could have done.
Another visualization technique you could use to speed up the muscle building process is surround yourself with images of what you would like to look like. Post pictures on your fridge, make a screen-saver out of your favorite bodybuilder, keep images of what you want to look like in your briefcase or schoolbag... You will basically bombard your subconscious mind with images of what you want to look like. For those of you that don't know this, when you send an image to your subconscious mind... it returns ways of turning it into a physical reality. You'll know your body better and therefore know how much & when to rest, what & when to eat, and what type of workout plan & training program works best for you. If you want to be huge, I'm talking massive... don't limit yourself to using pictures of natural bodybuilders as your inspiration. Go with the Mr.Olympias because this is what you're striving for.
