Mind Pump: The Psychology of Bodybuilding [Paperback]

Tom Kubistant (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1988

Mind Pump challenges athletes to assess their mental attitude toward bodybuilding, improve concentration, use positive thinking, and focus their workouts.

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From Publishers Weekly

"Bodybuilding has one of the most direct mind-body links of any sport or activity," argues Kubistant, a sports psychologist specializing in motivation. A bodybuilder, he also writes on mental training for various bodybuilding magazines, and here he expands on his contributions to The Best of Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness and The Weider System. Like those titles, this illustrated handbook is for the committed bodybuilder, not those curious about the men and women who pursue this specialty. But unlike the Weider collections, this work focuses on effectively applying the mind to pumping iron; a complete system of mental training, Kubistant convinces, is central to the success of all but the most genetically gifted. Although the author takes the jargon of iron pumpers too seriously, his facility with its usage as well as his commonsensical notions should engage savvy bodybuilders of both sexes.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Pr (January 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880112964
• ISBN-13: 978-0880112963
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,544,492 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mind Over Matter, January 17, 2001

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Darren (Jersey Shore, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mind Pump: The Psychology of Bodybuilding (Paperback)

An overall excellent text on the psychology of bodybuilding for those lifting weights at any level from novice to competitor. The book will help you synchronize mind and body and achieve significant, consistent and more effective training results. The chapters are clear and concise and include self-assessments and applications to practice and which facilitate learning the concepts and using them during your workout routine.

Excellent chapters on concentration, relaxation, motivation and visualizations and for the hard core lifters, a chapter on psychological aspects and factors of competing.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The power of the mind in body building, December 14, 2000

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"swing6294" (Lincoln, NE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mind Pump: The Psychology of Bodybuilding (Paperback)

I read this book about 8 years ago The book is inspirational and allows people to push their physical limits.