How do I become mentally strong?

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

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.

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).

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6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

Is it very wrong to want to spend some time with husband after continuous work for 5 days in a weekend because my husband thinks if we go out every weekend what night my parents and other family members think?

It’s funny…

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

Start with only 12–24 hours.

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

3. Turn Off the AC

strength over time.

Why do people mourn when their leaders lose elections? Is it common for people to cry over events that are out of their control?

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.

Start this off by doing it for one day.

1. Cold Showers

Why do humans sweat while stressed?

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

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

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

Are the seasons in Ireland different from those in Scotland, England, and Wales? Or are they just milder versions of each other?

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.

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.

My waist finally looks like how it did before I had kids but I didn’t lose weight. Why am I still 15 lbs from my starting weight?

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.

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.

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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toughness.

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

Try it… You’ll see.

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strength isn’t rocket science.

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

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

What are your political and economic beliefs? How did you form them, especially in comparison to those who hold opposing views?

toughness by turning the AC off.

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.

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

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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.

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

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

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

2. One More Rep

toughness is to meditate.

Was there any slavery of white people that actually compares to the transatlantic slave trade? I’m not baiting or anything actually genuinely curious and want to know.

7. Go Through Hell Week

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.

5. Give Up a Vice

strength.

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

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

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

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

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

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

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.

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

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

Another great way to boost your mental

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.

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

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.

Our lives are way too easy.

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?)

strength?

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

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

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

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

Seriously.

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

as a Navy SEAL.

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

toughness is to wake up earlier.

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

So how do you cultivate mental

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.

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

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

Mental

The same way you get physically stronger…

Plain and simple.

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.

4. Meditate

I’m just better at handling the suck.

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