How do I become mentally strong?

Cold showers suck. I’ve taken them (almost) everyday for nearly 6 years and they don’t suck any less today than they did when I started.

DON’T do this on the bench press or squat rack if you don’t have a spotter (there’s nothing mentally tough about breaking your back or killing yourself ok?)

But rather, turn off Netflix 15 minutes before you normally do, go to bed earlier, and then wake up earlier.

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strength.

It’s simply learning to be comfortable doing things you don’t want to do.

4. Meditate

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Start out small with only 10–30 seconds after your normal shower.

toughness by turning the AC off.

Start small in 10–15 minute increments and eventually, you’ll be waking up at 4:30 a.m. like a Navy SEAL.

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Another great way to boost your mental

It’s 7 days of almost no sleep, constant physical exercise, and psychological warfare.

If you try to do too much too soon, you will burn out and quit EVERY single time.

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The same way you get physically stronger…

as a Navy SEAL.

It’s funny…

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The majority of recruits quit. Those who don’t leave the evolution knowing that they can do ANYTHING they set their minds to.

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

1. Cold Showers

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6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

I’m just better at handling the suck.

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

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In the Navy SEAL training program, there’s an event known as hell week.

Then slowly work your way up until you can easily go 30–60 days without giving into the temptation.

Anytime you’re training in the gym, challenge yourself, once per workout, to do just “One more rep”.

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Seriously.

Increase the amount of time you spend in the cold by only 10–30 seconds a week and, after a few months, you’ll be able to take 10 minute cold showers with ease.

Our lives are way too easy.

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But if you’re doing this SOLELY to test your mental

toughness is to meditate.

There’s nothing quite like intentionally subjecting yourself to frigid waters and saying “No” to the wonderful warmth of a hot shower when it’s only one twist of the handle away requires insane amounts of discipline and grit.

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Have a short event where you complete a certain set of mentally challenging activities every day.

Not only will you be saving the environment and helping retrain your body to internally regulate your temperature, but you’ll become stronger by saying “no” to ease, and “yes” to adversity.

So apply these strategies slowly. Take small steps and challenge yourself to get 1% tougher every day. After a year has gone by, you’ll be 365% tougher than you were the previous year.

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Challenge yourself and you’ll be amazed by the results.

And you’ll be amazed by the hidden strength your body has.

7. Go Through Hell Week

I’m worried I have a bat bite on my hand, I have two small marks about 1 cm apart. I haven’t been in contact with a bat but I’m worried about at night. My fingers have a slight tingling sensation and my arm feels cold but isn’t. Am I ok?

Add 1–2 minutes each week and, overtime, not only will you be mentally tougher, but you’ll be more present, less stressed, and more productive in your everyday life.

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

2. One More Rep

Are you happy with your life?

Do just ONE more rep when you don’t think you can.

Try pushing yourself to see how long you can go and, eventually, you’ll wonder why you used climate control in the first place (maybe not… But you’ll still be mentally tougher).

It’s funny to me how often people ignore this principle in their lives.

Why cant I sleep even tho I am sleepy? I am not anxious or worried but my body just doesn't want to. I've been awake for almost 2 days and feel sleepy but I cant sleep. My doctor said its anxiety related but its not. Is this normal?

Whether it’s total sobriety combined with waking up at 5 a.m., daily exercise, and no television for a week.Or simply one week of giving up your strongest addiction.

toughness, then add some temptation and make it harder to say “No”.

Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

Humans have evolved and become hairless and odor free. How do other races learn about evolution since evolution does not apply to them?

strength?

Start now, start small, and work your way up.

This exercise will teach you to keep going even when things are hard and, if applied regularly, will help you become mentally tougher than any other person you know.

Try it… You’ll see.

Whether it’s cigarettes, candy, pot, alcohol, or porn, pick a vice that you use everyday, and commit to giving it up for a short period of time.

Within a few months, you’ll be astounded by your levels of mental

It just won’t happen. You have to work up to it and slowly build your mental

If you are seriously wanting to give up a vice (like smoking or drinking), you’ll want to throw away anything that reminds you of it.

5. Give Up a Vice

Leave a bowl of candy on the table. Leave an open pack of cigarettes in your office. Go to an, *ahem* “gentlemanly” website and leave it open in a minimized browser.

Challenge yourself to do something seemingly impossible for a short amount of time and you will walk away with more mental toughness than you’ve ever had before.

Sit in the car on a hot day without cranking up the AC.

Start this off by doing it for one day.

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

But anytime you’re doing an exercise where you can safely push yourself, go for just ONE more rep than you’re comfortable doing.

If you want to get mentally tougher, start by meditating for only 3 minutes a day.

One rep, one set, and one step at a time.

Mental

While I don’t recommend giving up sleep for a week and doing thousands of pushups (unless you have a thing for broken bones and screwed up joints), I challenge you to create your own Hell Week.

One of the HARDEST thing you can do to build your mental

3. Turn Off the AC

toughness.

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

Start with only 12–24 hours.

So how do you cultivate mental

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

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strength over time.

Cold showers are bar none one of the FASTEST ways to build mental

Plain and simple.

toughness is to wake up earlier.

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

Sitting down for 5–30 minutes and doing NOTHING is way harder than it sounds.

strength isn’t rocket science.

In the same way that you can’t go to the gym, deadlift 225 lbs. for 5 reps one week and then expect to lift 405 lbs. for 5 reps the next week, you can’t expect to just wake up one day and be as mentally strong