How do I become mentally strong?
13.06.2025 09:22
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 how do you cultivate mental
Within a few months, you’ll be astounded by your levels of mental
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1. Cold Showers
Start now, start small, and work your way up.
Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.
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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.
It’s funny to me how often people ignore this principle in their lives.
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?)
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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
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.
Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload
Does being poor build better character than being born rich?
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 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).
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.
toughness is to meditate.
One of the HARDEST thing you can do to build your 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.
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strength.
But anytime you’re doing an exercise where you can safely push yourself, go for just ONE more rep than you’re comfortable doing.
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.
In bed, not in music, which is better, a drummer or a bass player?
In the Navy SEAL training program, there’s an event known as hell week.
Challenge yourself and you’ll be amazed by the results.
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.
What does 'Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys’ mean (Ezekiel 23:20)?
Mental
toughness, then add some temptation and make it harder to say “No”.
4. Meditate
What is the most craziest dream you ever had?
Start with only 12–24 hours.
3. Turn Off the AC
One rep, one set, and one step at a time.
Why didn't my ex fight for our relationship? He gave up so easily.
Cold showers are bar none one of the FASTEST ways to build mental
as a Navy SEAL.
Do 21 pushups instead of 20.
Do just ONE more rep when you don’t think you can.
Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.
Start this off by doing it for one day.
Is the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting a preview of what the US is going to do to Taiwan?
But rather, turn off Netflix 15 minutes before you normally do, go to bed earlier, and then wake up earlier.
Try it… You’ll see.
The majority of recruits quit. Those who don’t leave the evolution knowing that they can do ANYTHING they set their minds to.
Start small in 10–15 minute increments and eventually, you’ll be waking up at 4:30 a.m. like a Navy SEAL.
6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)
If you want to get mentally tougher, start by meditating for only 3 minutes a day.
Why after 50 years of being straight do I constantly desire to suck cock?
And it’s exactly how it sounds.
Another great way to boost your mental
Sit in the car on a hot day without cranking up the AC.
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.
Then slowly work your way up until you can easily go 30–60 days without giving into the temptation.
Sitting down for 5–30 minutes and doing NOTHING is way harder than it sounds.
The same way you get physically stronger…
Do 11 pullups instead of 10.
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.
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.
It’s 7 days of almost no sleep, constant physical exercise, and psychological warfare.
toughness by turning the AC off.
And you’ll be amazed by the hidden strength your body has.
When we get hot, we touch a button and voila! The room cools down to a chilly 68 degrees.
But if you’re doing this SOLELY to test your mental
Have a short event where you complete a certain set of mentally challenging activities every day.
Our lives are way too easy.
2. One More Rep
strength over time.
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.
toughness is to wake up earlier.
Plain and simple.
I’d challenge you to stretch your mental
toughness.
7. Go Through Hell Week
Seriously.
Here are a few ideas to get you started .
strength isn’t rocket science.
Start out small with only 10–30 seconds after your normal shower.
It’s simply learning to be comfortable doing things you don’t want to do.
It just won’t happen. You have to work up to it and slowly build your mental
5. Give Up a Vice
Anytime you’re training in the gym, challenge yourself, once per workout, to do just “One more rep”.
It’s funny…
strength?
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.
If you try to do too much too soon, you will burn out and quit EVERY single time.
I’m just better at handling the suck.