| Have you ever imagined how visualization can | | | | sure you won't be disturbed - lock the door, |
| play an important part in gaining weight and | | | | take the phone off the hook and loosen all |
| maintaining a healthy lifestyle? Gaining | | | | clothing. Now find a comfortable position, |
| muscle can be difficult for many people who | | | | whether it is lying down or sitting in a |
| don't use their minds to help in the process. | | | | comfortable chair. |
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| Visualization is a powerful technique that | | | | Sitting may be preferable as you may fall |
| can help you make lasting lifestyle changes. | | | | asleep if you become too comfortable. You |
| Just by "day dreaming", you can significantly | | | | want to be conscious and not asleep in order |
| improve your chances in achieving your goals. | | | | to tap into your sub-conscious mind. |
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| Visualization is a great weight gain tool and | | | | Try to exhale all the air from your lungs |
| its as simple as visualizing your body as you | | | | completely and then breathing in through the |
| want your body to look like. This mental | | | | nose. Take ten seconds to fill the lungs |
| image of yourself is then transferred to your | | | | with air (not to capacity, but comfortable) |
| subconscious mind, which in turn starts to | | | | hold for ten seconds and then exhale slowly |
| work on your body, shaping it in accordance | | | | through the nose for another ten seconds. |
| with your mental image. | | | | |
| | | | Each one of these breathing cycles should |
| This means that if you program your | | | | last for 30 seconds, complete five cycles and |
| subconscious with a mental image of yourself | | | | after each cycle you will be feeling more and |
| as a more muscular person, through | | | | more relaxed. |
| persistence your mind will accept this and | | | | |
| aid your body to conform to this mental | | | | Having reaching this calm relaxed state, |
| image. | | | | start your visualizations. Put together |
| | | | images that power your emotions. Make them |
| Once your mind is programmed with the proper | | | | alive and colourful. Make the scenes as real |
| mental images, it will start to work in | | | | as possible and imagine yourself as muscular |
| assisting you to gain muscle. I can't stress | | | | and toned as possible. |
| enough how important it is for you to believe | | | | |
| in your visualization goals. | | | | Picture yourself ten weeks from now on the |
| | | | beach, walking briskly and confidently to |
| You have to let go of your past failures and | | | | your favourite spot, your breathing is normal |
| refuse to entertain any negative images that | | | | and relaxed. You smile to yourself; you could |
| come into your mind. | | | | keep walking like this for miles without |
| | | | feeling fatigued. |
| If you can visualize your body at its perfect | | | | |
| proportions, the subconscious mind will work | | | | You lay your towel out and begin to take your |
| to make it become a reality. It will then | | | | clothes off revealing a muscular, toned, well |
| begin to positively reinforce your body into | | | | conditioned body. You have just bought a |
| aiding the metabolism and eating habits. | | | | brand new swimming suit which just weeks |
| | | | before would have been lying in your closet |
| Programming your mind into believing that you | | | | waiting to be used. |
| can gain weight, and to visualize yourself | | | | |
| with your perfect proportions is of the | | | | Glancing around you notice the beach is busy, |
| greatest importance. | | | | you catch the eye of someone of the opposite |
| | | | sex, they smile at you and you smile back. |
| Try to think of a different image of | | | | You walk confidently to the water and swim a |
| yourself, then let your subconscious do the | | | | couple of hundred yards with no problem or |
| work for you. If you think of your body as | | | | fatigue. |
| being out of shape all the time, then the | | | | |
| subconscious mind will find ways to make it | | | | Or try this: |
| so. | | | | |
| | | | Visualize your family and friends |
| The sub-conscious looks after all of all your | | | | complimenting you about how good your body |
| vital functions, it is the cause of all your | | | | looks. Try to view the scene as it is |
| good and bad habits, and also regulates the | | | | happening this instant - in the present, not |
| muscles of the body (The muscles are | | | | in the future. |
| controlled by the sub-conscious) and body-fat | | | | |
| composition on the body. | | | | Using these visualizations you can construct |
| | | | in your mind any scene that desire. See |
| Try to visualize your body as lean and as | | | | yourself exercising, socializing, in the |
| muscular as you would like, and your mind | | | | company of friends. |
| will work on that image. The mind can be a | | | | |
| great partner in gaining muscle. | | | | Try and hear people complimenting you about |
| | | | your new muscular body, and watch their |
| Relaxation | | | | admiring glances. Make the mental image as |
| | | | real as possible. |
| Relaxation the best way to reach the | | | | |
| sub-conscious and will slow down the mind, | | | | * Remember set a goal for your ideal weight. |
| turn off the exterior world so as to tune in | | | | |
| to one's inner self. The best times for these | | | | * You must want to gain weight. |
| sessions are in the morning and late at night | | | | |
| right, just before going to sleep. | | | | * Visualize yourself at your ideal weight. |
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| Perform two sessions, one in the afternoon | | | | * Use positive images at every opportunity. |
| (Primary) and the other before going to sleep | | | | |
| (Secondary) but once a day is quite | | | | Now that you are armed with this information |
| sufficient. Sessions usually last 20 minutes, | | | | practice these sessions on a daily basis and |
| which isn't time consuming especially when | | | | over a period of ten weeks you'll be on your |
| taking in the benefits received. | | | | way to become a happier, leaner and more |
| | | | muscular person. |
| When you begin your relaxation sessions, make | | | | |