Enlightened Exercise: Ayurveda, Zone States & Higher Consciousness (#41)
Ancient Wisdom for Modern Health
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The Power of Your Attention on the Muscle
Three groups of individuals were given a barbell with a certain weight on it and they were to lift the barbell for 20 repetitions. The first group had a 30 increase in muscle strength which you know we would predict the second group who didn't lift a weight control group as we would expect no increased in muscle strength. But what do you think the third group who actually didn't lift the weight but just did it mentally for eight weeks had as a result 0% 5%. In fact they had a 16% increase in musclestrength just over half what the first group had Didn't pick up a weight again at the end of the eight week period. It's because we are mind
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