How do I become mentally strong?

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

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

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.

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1. Cold Showers

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

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

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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.

The same way you get physically stronger…

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.

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

It’s funny…

7. Go Through Hell Week

How would you feel if your friend confided in you that she is cheating on her husband, knowing that he loves her deeply? What emotional and ethical considerations would you grapple with in response to her revelation?

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

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

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

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Try it… You’ll see.

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

Start with only 12–24 hours.

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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.

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.

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

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Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

Mental

5. Give Up a Vice

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as a Navy SEAL.

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

strength.

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

Our lives are way too easy.

strength over time.

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

I’m just better at handling the suck.

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.

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

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

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.

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So how do you cultivate mental

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

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

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4. Meditate

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

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

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

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

When we get hot, we touch a button and voila! The room cools down to a chilly 68 degrees.

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.

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

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

Another great way to boost your mental

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

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).

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.

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.

toughness is to meditate.

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.

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

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

toughness by turning the AC off.

toughness is to wake up earlier.

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

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

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

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

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

2. One More Rep

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

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.

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

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

toughness.

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

strength isn’t rocket science.

Start this off by doing it for one day.

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.

Plain and simple.

Seriously.

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?)

3. Turn Off the AC