Focus for the Advanced Bodybuilder

Focus is one of the most important factors in the success of a bodybuilder, as important as nutrition or genetics. You need to be 100% focused on your workout or you are wasting your time.
There are two components of focus, what you do during your set and what you do between your sets. When you are doing your set, your mind will be on two things and two things only:
1.thinking about what muscles are working
2.trying to 'feel' the muscle (more on this later)
During the set, no doing anything else. No talking, no looking around, no thinking about what exercise you are going to do next. Your mind is 100% focused on the set you are doing right now. Lets talk a little about the first item, what muscles are working. When a joint is rotating, a muscle is working. If two joints are rotating then two or more muscles are working. If you are doing biceps and your shoulder is rotating as well as your elbow then you are exercising your shoulder as well as your bicep. By constantly thinking about what joints are rotating and what muscles are working you make sure you are focused 100% on the muscle you are working out.
Now lets talk about what you do between sets:
•think about our last set. Did we meet our rep goal? Did we use good form? Did it feel good?
•think about our next set. How many reps will we do? How will it feel? What is our reward if we achieve the goal or the punishment should we fail?
•visualize. Visualize how we will accomplish our goal, close your eyes and see what it will look like and how it will feel. There are many good sports programs out there to help will visualization, check them out
•practice muscle control, this will help us to 'feel' the exercise while we are doing it. A car with loose spark plug wires doesnt develop much power because the anemic spark cant fully ignite the gas, similarly, if your brain doesnt have a good connection to your muscles you cant contract them fully. The idea behind these muscle control drills is to improve the connection between your brain and the muscle so you can contract precisely the muscles you want and contract them 100%. One of the early great bodybuilders back in the late 1800's was Sandow and he had amazing muscle control. He came up with control exercises that are still used to this day in various reincarnation. Sandow had amazing ab control, if you want to see a modern day example of a bodybuilder with great ab control, check out youtube user sixpackbn who graciously gave permission for me to include his clip in my video.
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[sateana]

Hey im 15 years old, and should i start doing Deadlifts? and also how much creatine a day should i take? Last thing, i crash in the middle of my workout and it makes me not wanting to lift anymore. Am i doing something wrong? PLZ ANSWER THESE 3 QUESTIONS PLZ, and thanks

[scooby1961]

IMHO you shouldnt be doing deadlifts at 15, if you want to do them I would wait till you are 17 and make sure you have a very experienced coach work with you to make sure your form is 100% on. You can really screw your body up with improper form with powerlifting exercises. Creatine? At 15 you should not be taking ANY supplements!

[ameenuk2000]

By the way, is Evilcyber your sidekick or a comedian with a hero lol. Just kidding

[scooby1961]

Evilcyber is someone whose opinion I really respect, he knows what he is talking about.

[Benny2503]

hey scooby love your videoes and i was just wondering if you have ever been in the army coz you look like one of those commando army dudes

[scooby1961]

Its just the buzzcut, nope I've never been in the service.

[Sir0wnzAl0t]

wow this guy even knows more than Jay Cutler.

[rubik28]

I love Scooby so much.

[Thelee456]

thanks for the reply, much appreciated :D

[scooby1961]

Thats a distraction I didnt even think of, using a bluetooth phone while lifting! What is x-sport, a gym?

[BigBobster86]

I used to stretch between sets until I saw this. I've adopted your approach and I'm no worse for the wear. Good vid, Scooby.

[sexomaticveganfreak]

MarkTwain1015: Absolutely. I wish I knew about focus when I started!

[sexomaticveganfreak]

Thelee456:

It is always a good idea to train the whole body, and strong abs provide a stable core which helps you to do other exercises safely and effectively. You are right that the abs won't show right away- you don't have unrealistic expectations, so as long as you are doing plenty of cardio and following a good nutrition plan (check out Scooby's 6 pack abs videos for ideas) the abs workouts you start now will mean you have better abs to reveal when the fat comes off.

[Thelee456]

hi, quick question, should i start doing sit ups and/or crunches with alot of body fat? i know that my abs wont show up untill my stomach is low on body fat but will it give me a good hearth workout or anything else? any reply would be appreciated, thanks.