Many people believe that Bodybuilding is a solo sport, you are in at alone, and
there is no team. Well I can safely say that there is, yes it is up to you to
put in the hours of training however there are generally many people behind the
scenes crucial to your success and progress. These people may include your
coach / trainer; it could be your immediate family, your partner and friends as
well as work colleagues.
The people around you can have either a positive or negative influence over you,
those that are like myself choose to only deal with and communicate with
positive people, more often than not we sometimes find we distance ourselves
from negative people and negative influences’ in our life. To build the mind of
a winner and to focus on winning and reaching your goals this is often crucial.
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| James Smith |
positive influences are important for many reasons but often we find
negative comments or communications consist of brining others down, gossip,
discussing the lives of others, and distracting us from the task at hand. Make
sure you select who you spend your time with wisely, your time is valuable and
precious and if you are like me you have things to go out and do and goals to
achieve.
My whole sporting life I have been lucky to have very supportive parents.
When I did my first Weightlifting competition at age 11 my dad was there taking
photos and recording the event and this was the case until I gave up the sport
7 years later. When I chose to compete in Bodybuilding the support was still there.
I was also lucky to have very supportive friends although the biggest test
would be my relationship, and yes my girlfriend Hayley was also very supportive
of what I wanted to achieve in fact she was a great motivator and would
motivate me daily during my prep by sending a simple SMS or a phone call,
during this time I didn’t see her at all, I was all about the competition and
she understood this however she was always there motivating me and supporting
me! As you can see I had a great recipe to work with and I found
motivation from every angel.
During my prep phase I also enlisted the help of a now great friend. Michael
Johnson from Ultimate Achiever. I met Michael at the gym one day when he asked
me to spot him. Michael is a performance coach and Michael has taught me how to
control my mind for optimal levels of focus and results.
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| Michael Johnson - www.ultimateachiever.net |
Michael has also
performed several sessions with me using hypnotherapy which although skeptical
in the beginning I have proved myself wrong and the results showed!! at the
time in 2010 my best Bench Press was 120kg for 10 reps, after my session with
Michael I went to the gym and warmed up as usual but ended up Bench Pressing
140kg for 8 reps, a huge personal best, I remember not being nervous of the
jump in weight and I remember a fearless sensation and I almost couldn’t feel
the weight in my hands.
I now continue to see Michael on a regular basis and I am always looking for
ways to make my training more intense and deliver better results.
to find out more about Michael and Ultimate Acheiver check out their web page!
http://www.ultimateachiever.net/video1.html
