{"id":56580,"date":"2016-05-20T15:28:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T20:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=56580"},"modified":"2026-10-20T13:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:06:41","slug":"podcast-202-how-bad-do-you-want-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/strength\/fitness\/podcast-202-how-bad-do-you-want-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #202: How Bad Do You Want It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re an endurance athlete, you’ve probably experienced “the Wall” at some point or another. It’s that moment in a race where you’re pushing yourself really hard and your body just tells you “Basta! Enough!” So you back off and slow down to a trot or even start walking.<\/p>\n

Or if you lift weights you’ve probably had those days when a weight felt super easy, but another day when the same weight felt super heavy.<\/p>\n

It’d be easy to think that this is your body <\/em>telling you that you’ve had enough — that your muscles are fatigued and you can’t possibly go on.<\/p>\n

But what if it’s all in your mind<\/em>?<\/p>\n

My guest today has recently published a book highlighting the exciting research that’s coming out showing that our athletic performance often comes down not to our bodies, but what’s in our head. His name is Matt Fitzgerald<\/a> and his book is entitled How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind Over Muscle<\/a>. <\/em>Today on the podcast, Matt and I discuss how it’s not physical fatigue that keeps us from pushing beyond “the wall” in sports, but our “perception of effort.” And how with a few psychological tricks, we can overcome this perception of how hard we’re working in order to break through plateaus and smash PRs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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