Get Stronger in the Gym Instantly with This One Hack

When exercising, it is very common for people to grunt or groan when they exert themselves.  Exercises are meant to make us push ourselves physically and mentally to improve our bodies and minds.  Grunting, grimacing or even yelling has been shown to help with increasing our ability to lift more weight and feel less pain in the moment.

However, surprisingly, these have been shown to impede recovery and make us feel more pain as the workout progresses.  Our body associates pain and discomfort with activities that make us grimace and while in the moment we feel stronger and ready for the lift if we grunt and yell, as we progress our brain associates negative results with these things.

Watching the most successful people do physically or even psychologically demanding things, one thing becomes clear very quickly.  Their breathing often becomes very deep and calm and their faces shows little or no emotion. 

They have conditioned their minds and bodies to deal with the discomfort they encounter from the task they are doing and the calmness of their bodies, particularly their faces, reinforces that message.  Remaining calm in these situations causes them to associate positivity with their exertions and makes then not only enjoy what they are doing but keep going when they feel less inclined to do so. By practicing remaining calm they are also able to increase their concentration on the task at the same time to get into flow.

This is one of the easiest performance “hacks” to implement and one of the most effective.  Simply keep your face calm as much as possible when exercising and watch how much more energised and stronger you feel during your workout. 

As mentioned, if you keep your face calm when exerting yourself both physically and mentally, the results can be very impressive and positive.

It is a simple thing to implement, but one that yields almost immediate results.