Ironmind: Stronger Minds, Stronger Bodies (Paperback)

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Product Description

Put your mind to work: handfuls of helpful strategies, ideas, and tools for maximizing your progress both in the gym and out in the world at large. Easy to read, with topic-specific guidance that is sure to boost your performance, this book just gets more and more popular as the years go by. 192 pp.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Ironmind Enterprises; Later Printing edition (December 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0926888021
• ISBN-13: 978-0926888029
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #181,929 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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42 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Developing a Mindset for Success, November 6, 2000

By	George R Dekle "Bob Dekle" (Lake City, FL United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

I believe Yogi Berra said something to the effect that "90% of the game is 50% mental." Strossen explores the mental aspects of weightlifting and weight training and guides the reader to a mindset for success. Strossen's analysis is literate, readable, entertaining, and educational. Having trained with weights for the better part of four decades, I have fallen into many of the errors Strossen discusses. I only wish I had read "Ironmind" at the beginning of my training career rather than the end.

Strossen quotes an interview of Buster Douglas shortly after Douglas defeated Mike Tyson. Interviewer: "Buster, you kept him at bay with double left jabs, you leveraged your height advantage and kept tagging him with rights, you tied him up, you maintained that delicate balance of constant pressure [etc., etc., etc.] Was that your strategy? Is that what you planned to do?" Douglas: "I planned to whip his ass." Douglas had the cultivated a mindset for success, and "Ironmind" can help you cultivate it, too, not only in athletics, but in almost any field of endeavor to which you apply its principles.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Exercise for the mind, March 22, 2000

By	Hard Core (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This is a truly excellent book, I recomend it to anyone who has less than stellar mental toughness. The articles in this book help you achieve new levels of performance. This book will not only help you with your weight training, it will help you in any situation that requires mental strength, stability and confidence. Furthermore, it was a pleasure to read. If your looking for a unique way to improve your training, this is what you've been looking for.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have!, August 1, 2003

By	"marcarr73" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

As the title implies, this book discusses the mental aspect of weight training. The book contains sixty short stories that provide a theme on helping you set and achieve goals, how to set your mind to lift heavier weights, how outside sources can interfere with your training, etc. All of the suggestions provided can be used in every aspect of your life. A wonderfull read and is a must have in any weight trainee's library.