Category Archives: Mental Training

Swing PR video with a little extra!

By Bud Jeffries | Published: January 4, 2011

In the last post I talked about how it’s a great way to end your year from a physical and training perspective with some nice personal records. Everybody loves new PRs and you should get one for the holidays. If you didn’t get one in your stocking work on getting one before the end of [...]

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Amazing gains with two new PRs and a Great Sale!

By Bud Jeffries | Published: November 17, 2010

So – most of you who are reading this know that I’ve been on the road going into the 10th week now. Touring the US speaking to schools doing a strongman show and anti-bullying program. Along the way I’ve been able to hook up with many cool people and do a ton of cool things [...]

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More coming and is it really that simple

By Bud Jeffries | Published: October 6, 2010

I have about half a million things to talk to you about but I really just haven’t had the time to put the blogs together out here on the road. However there will be a huge update to this tour and information coming to you very soon. In fact I have met so many amazing [...]

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Keeping up with workouts while you’re on the road

By Bud Jeffries | Published: September 21, 2010

It’s a common excuse people use for not working out: “I was on the road, I was traveling, I was on vacation.” This year I’ll be on the road till June 15, 2011 and since strength is my job I can’t give excuses. Not only do I have kettlebells, dumbbells and ropes in tow [...]

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1,000 Details and a Super Muscle Workout!!

By Bud Jeffries | Published: September 9, 2010

Today’s blog is going to be a shotgun approach. One big shot – lots of different areas. I’m in the middle of about a million details that have to be taken care of before leaving for the tour which starts Monday where I will be speaking to schools across the nation. It’s amazing how many [...]

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How Maturity Can Make You Stronger

By admin | Published: August 2, 2010

Everybody has negative experiences throughout the world. Negative experiences in training, life, and with people you work with, etc. A lot of things mature a person and this relates to being a lifter and your progress and physical culture, etc. It has to do with how you handle those negative experiences. The immature way is [...]

Posted in Mental Training | Tagged Anger, Angers, Emotional Response, Flip Sides, Hormones, Idiocy, Lifter, Mature Perspective, Maturity, Mental Response, Motivator, Negative Experience, Negative Experiences, Negative Situation, Physical Culture, Reminder, Repetition, Self Defense, Selfishness, Stressful Situations, Time Effort | 3 Comments

Stress

By admin | Published: July 26, 2010

Did you know the body perceives mental and physical stress in exactly the same way? It reacts with exactly the same hormone response. Do you know that the body perceives training and any other physical stress also in exactly the same way? In having this knowledge you need to understand your body’s response. I’ll give [...]

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Strength and Aging

By admin | Published: July 21, 2010

Now I guess athletically you wouldn’t call me a spring chicken anymore even though I’m only 36 and I’ve got many of the best years way ahead of me still. In fact in many ways because of the training I’m doing today I’m actually younger and stronger now than I was at age 18. I’m [...]

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Survival Training, How to do it all

By admin | Published: January 12, 2010

So how can we train all the physical abilities mentioned in the last couple of posts in an effective manner and still have a real life? Can it be done? Absolutely! Just make sure you get reality training with good tools that cover a lot of ground at once. Here’s a sample schedule: 1) Once [...]

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Over Analysis

By admin | Published: November 25, 2009

Yesterday I spoke to you about thinking about your progress and your weaknesses and whether or not your training is addressing those weaknesses and how it’s effecting your progress. I also spoke to you about balance and its need in training. When I tell people to think about their training I’m always careful to follow [...]