November 20th, 2008
There are many times of the day that are good to do your daily stretching routines, but I think one of the best times is a few minutes after waking up and here why…
Upon waking you’re already in one of the best places to stretch - in bed. Think about it, when do people normally stretch - if at all? If you’re like most people, you wait until they go to the gym.
By that time you’re already tired, tense, and the perhaps the last thing your body really wants to do is try to stretch through that tension.
So how about trying this for a week and see the difference. Set your alarm a little bit earlier so you can have another 5-10 minutes to set your day right.
Instead of rolling right out of bed onto a hard floor, stay in bed and do some easy stretching. I actually like to start with some joint mobility exercises starting with rotating my ankles first in large to small circles. First clockwise and then counter-clockwise.
I do my wrist and finger mobility exercises that are detailed in my super hand conditioning course Finger Gymnastics. And, then, do some light stretching moving as gracefully from one position to the next without kicking your partner out of bed.
Doing your stretching first will actually set the tone of your day to a much better pitch. Think about it, before you’ve even gotten out of bed, you’ve already accomplished something pretty amazing for your body and given time to let your brain gain mental clarity without coffee.
Believe me, your body will thank you for it in many ways from better mobility to better mental focus, clarity, and physical strength. Instead of jolting out of bed already late to the sound of your alarm clock, how about just set it a few minutes earlier to set your day with power?
Try it and you might be surprised that you don’t need so much coffee when you actually take the time to open up your energy channels with early morning stretching and joint mobility exercises.
This is the reason why I like to stretch in the morning first. Then if you do any more later, then those are bonus points in your favor.
To Your Strength and Mastery,
Garin Bader
P.S. Early next week look for a Thanksgiving discount on both CoreForce Energy and Finger Gymnastics.
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October 22nd, 2008
Finally coming home after months on the road concertizing, it’s great to catch up on a lot of the television programs that we miss.
One that I’ve been enjoying is called the hit series, “The Mentalist”, on CBS. Having been a magician myself from the age of 8, the title obviously caught my eye and inspired some thoughts of why it might be a good idea for all of us to take on the attitude as if we had the powers of The Mentalist.
The Mentalist - Simon Baker
I do some mentalism effects in my shows and have had the pleasure to have met some of the worlds best and exchange trade secrets with them at places like the famous Magic Castle in Hollywood.
Having said that, The Mentalist television series is not about magic per say.
At the beginning of the show they give the definition:
Mentalist - Someone who uses mental acuity, hypnosis and/or suggestion. A master manipulator of thoughts and behavior.
Now here’s the reason why I think we should all try to be mentalists - not magicians or hypnotists - but a master manipulator of thoughts and behavior.
Now I don’t mean mastering someone else’s thou ghts and behavior here. I mean, becoming master of your own thoughts and behavior.
If you made that a goal, I’m certain life would appear completely different to you. Things would be a lot easier. Harsh criticism and negativity would barely faze you.
If you could manipulate your thoughts and behavior, you would be able achieve your goals in a fraction of the time because you wouldn’t take “no” for an answer.
You could develop super strength frighteningly fast when it was YOU who psyched the weights out by lifting them - instead of the weights psyching You out.
Think of all the things you could be if you were a Master Mentalist. Think of the things you could do if you would start today in becoming a master manipulator of your thoughts and behavior.
Think of all the incredible things you could achieve in a short time by shutting down all the negativity that keeps you down physically, emotionally, and mentally.
I think a goal of becoming a master mentalist (magic illusions excluded) is something you might want to take a look at more seriously. I’m certain that making it a goal to become a master mentalist will bring you transformations in your life that seem like real magic.
To Your Strength and Mastery,
Garin Bader
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October 15th, 2008
I think most of you know the power of taking sun’s rays and adjusting its vast powers into a small point of a magnifying glass. Because of the concentration of power into one small point you get focused burning power that can easily start a fire.
Without the lens concentrated into a small beam of light and for a long enough time, the sun can shine as bright and hot as she wants - but never be quite intense enough to start flames here on earth without the right kind of focus.
We are very much like the sun in a sense. We can psyche ourselves up to be very hot and intense with burning desire and intention. But without all that energy focused with the right intensity over a long enough period in one pinpoint spot, a fire will never start - and our full muscular strength will never be realized.
Most fail to realize their full potential because they lack the ability to focus their power and concentrate that strength for a longer period than just a few seconds.
Without the knowledge of specifically where to focus your efforts and knowledge of where best to apply them specifically to create fluid athletic movements, then the keenest mental focus in the world isn’t going to create greater strength with burning power and speed.
It’s like a barrage of missiles that are off course and miss their mark. It still doesn’t matter how powerful any one of them are, their force won’t demonstrate their full effectiveness on the target unless they hit right on the money.
So it is with human intention and action, if you’re off the mark even with the greatest of mental focus and passion, you still end up not putting your greatest power where it should be.
In addition, no matter how good you get at focusing all your resources to hitting one target, one of the biggest stumbling blocks is that this practice doesn’t necessarily translate into where and how exactly to apply it to human movement which isn’t remotely like a stationary target. We’re always in constant motion and especially in sports it seems advantageous if our focus could to be in several areas almost at the same time to be most effective.
You will be amazed how fast you improve peak performance and enhance sports performance when you begin spending at least as much time training your brain with mental focus training as you do your body.
To Your Strength and Mastery,
Garin Bader
P.S. This is why I give you many physical and mental tools in CoreForce Energy to help empower your body and mind to work together to focus the right intensity where it counts the most in living fluid action.
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October 11th, 2008
CoreForce Energy was inspired by my belief that we all are living far below our true potential not only in muscular strength but in realizing and engaging the abundant talents we all have buried inside us.
I remember a long time ago the inspiring Anthony Robbins said that you get intelligent answers by asking intelligent questions. To me, one of the most important questions we can ask every day is, “Am I living up to my true potential?”
If you ask that question in the gym, at school, at home, at work, and ask it every day, I’m sure you’ll find that not only is the answer “No”, but that immediately after answering the question, your brain will search for the answer of “Why Not?!” and “What would I have to do to make that happen?”
See that’s the beauty of intelligent questions, it inspires new ways of thinking and moving.
The problem is, most every day, we concentrate on what we don’t want, how we can make it through to the weekend, how we can follow someone else instead of leading our own destiny by our own answers to our own intelligent questions.
No one else is going to ask you questions that will make you find and activate your inner strength. Sure, they may inspire you, but they won’t ask the questions that will make your brain automatically search for the answers that are buried deep within You.
I’d like to encourage you to ask this question because I believe you have most of the answers to live up to your potential already buried inside you waiting for an intelligent question like this to release its powerful and inspiring answers.
Give it a try and walk into the gym and ask this question, “How could this workout today catapult me to live up to my true potential in muscular strength?”
Ask that question and ask it every time you workout this week, and tell me if you’re starting to think differently; if you’re starting to activate new ways of moving; if you choose different exercises because of it; if you choose different weights and change the number of reps every set. See if your form changes just by asking this question.
Many of you who’ve been wanting to lose weight fast will start changing the very way you workout if you keep asking that question every time you walk into the gym. I bet in no time that you’ll finally begin achieving your goals quickly because you know deep down, it’s your choices that determine your future and most of you know the what you have to do to start living up to your true potential.
I implore you if you’re inspired by just this powerful question - because you already know many of the answers deep down that will propel you to live up to your true potential.
Today is not another day to just get by. Today is a fantastic day where intelligent questions will give you new answers to inspire you to live up to your true potential.
To Your Strength and Mastery,
Garin Bader
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