The reason that I chose this form of intervention was because I have tried to talk to many people about why this occurs, but they all seem to agree that it happens to everyone and there is no way to get around it. If I could find a way to avoid this, it would improve my workout a great deal and I would be able to progress at a quicker rate.

Besides with the bench, I will occasionally run into problems with any of the power exercises that I do. The military press, front and back, and 21's cause the most problems next to the bench presses. Since separating both shoulders in a skiing accident, I tend to have pains in my shoulde

1. Schlosberg, Suzanne, "Let's Get Visual", Men's Fitness, August 1998, vol. 14, p. 1-2.

History of Concerns: I discovered this problem when I first began to train in high school. Once I began I made quick and effective progress, but fell into a sort of "slump" for a few weeks on my bench press when I could not get passed a certain weight for almost a month. The person helping me stated that everyone falls into these situations all the time where they are not able to get over a certain stage in their training. Since then, I have lifted for more recreational purposes, but I still seem to find myself in the same situations usually two or three times a year. It occurs in the area of bench-pressing, but as I stated earlier, it has happened with s a few shoulder workouts also, which is most likely due to an injury I sustained a few years ago. Being able to eliminate these negative thoughts should positively affect the final results.

rs if I work them too hard. Hopefully, by using imagery and setting some short-term goals I would be able to increase the weight much easier than without. I believe that when I visually see the weights on the bar, intimidation may set in and there may be some doubt. If I am able to switch that to positive thought, it may effect how well I am able to lift the desired weight.

Aspirations: Through doing this investigation, I wanted to test if one's psychological state of mind had anything to do with the type of workout they have. By using positive imagery and setting short-term goals for every workout, I was curious to see if it would drive me to lift more weight o

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