What's up, guys?
Jeff Cavaliere, Athlean-X.com.
Today is a great opportunity for me in this video to make you aware of something you may
not even be aware you're doing.
You see, we talk to ourselves all day long, right?
We have internal dialogue.
We have conversations.
We even have arguments with ourselves through the day.
The idea is, what type of dialogue are you using?
If you're using the stuff that's behind me here, you're probably missing out on an opportunity
to realize a lot more potential out of yourself than you are.
This here is called negative internal dialogue.
A funny story about this was, I was going to do this video yesterday and Dr. Phil was
on in my house.
Don’t ask me why.
It's a long story, but it was on, we had a little background noise, and he happened to
be on.
The thing was, he actually talked all about this.
When he did I was like "I have to go Dr. Phil on your ass for a minute here and you've got
to let me do it on my own channel, because the guy is right!"
Negative internal dialogue applied to fitness is the biggest road block that you ever see
when realizing your goals.
Think about it.
"I'm too skinny".
These are the things you tell yourself throughout the day.
"I'm too skinny."
If you start saying them out loud you might want to talk to somebody, but if you're telling
them in your head it's completely normal.
"I can't spend enough hours in the gym."
"I'll never lose weight."
"I can't build big arms."
"I can't stick to a diet."
"I have bad genetics."
"I have a slow metabolism."
"I'm a hard gainer."
"I don’t have the time or dedication."
"My chest won't grow."
"I hate working my abs."
"I'll never have abs."
Ironically, those two are tied together because if you hate working your abs you're never
going to have them.
It's true.
But why do we tell ourselves this stuff?
Because it makes it easier to not commit, to actually attempt it and do it.
If I can't do it then what's the bother?
Therefore "Hands off, I'm good.
I don’t have to worry about it."
If you truly want to make a change the first thing you have to do is not start doing these
things.
Just become aware that you're saying this stuff to yourself.
If you're saying these things to yourself that's it; you're done.
Admit it.
The road block is put in place.
The mental barrier is there and words are so, so powerful.
The words you tell yourself literally dictate your actions.
If you feel this you're going to be this.
If you don’t want to be this anymore then you have to become aware that you're saying
this.
More importantly, you have to think about why you're saying this.
"I can't build big arms".
Why?
Why can't you – the one saying this – build big arms?
Why?
You can.
Maybe you don’t have big arms right now, but you could build bigger arms if you apply
the right knowledge to your training and start actually putting in the effort to do it.
See, it's not something where you're physically unable to do something.
It's that you're mentally incapable of realizing that you can do it.
So start becoming mentally capable of realizing how much more capable you are of things that
you wish you could accomplish.
That's how you're going to start doing them.
This is a perfect time of year.
If you're watching this video this is timely as we're getting ready to get toward the New
Year.
A lot of people will set these goals, but before they reach their goals all these negative
thoughts will creep in and do their best to prevent you from ever realizing it.
As a matter of fact, by the second or third week in January you're out.
You're not going to be doing it because you allow these thoughts to creep into your head.
So do me one favor; start becoming aware of the fact that you're telling yourself this
stuff and then get them out of your head.
If you do that, do one more thing for me.
Don’t allow this to allow you to take that trip to leprechaun land that we've talked
about before.
There are no fucking leprechauns.
We've talked about that.
We agreed on that.
You can't all of a sudden say "I'm a 130lb guy and Jeff told me to believe in everything
I said.
So I'm going to become Mr. Olympian without the use of steroids."
It's not going to happen.
You've got to put a little bit of a cap on your expectations of what you can accomplish.
The cool thing is, when you reach for something a little bit further than where you might
think you are capable of getting, it's at least blowing the barriers off of this.
It's blowing the lid off this kind of internal dialogue and talk.
At least it gets you to start thinking bigger.
Start thinking positively and you're going to see that more positive things will come
to you.
These changes you've been chasing will actually start happening and you won't need shortcuts
to get there because you are going to become dedicated.
You are going to start liking your ab workouts.
All these things will start happening because, guess what?
You believed in yourself.
That's where you have to get to and that's where I'm going to get you to.
So start getting rid of this chatter and start thinking more positively and at least become
aware of when you do this.
We still do this.
I still do this, but the idea is becoming aware and conscious of it so we can quickly
change those thoughts around.
All right, guys.
I hope you found this video helpful.
Dr. Phil, thank you very much for having the TV on in my house and you being on it.
I don’t really watch you all that often, but maybe I should start more often because
that was a good lesson that can be learned and applied here to my viewers here in fitness.
I'll talk to you guys again soon.
Let me know what you want to see on this channel and I'll do my best to bring it to you.
In the meantime, leave your comments and thumbs up below and I will be back here in just a
couple of days.
I'll see you.