Dooley Noted: 8/21/15
I am a strong woman.
But I get in my own way.
Two greats in my life – Joe Boffi and Jake LoTurco – pointed out that I have a self-sabotaging technique.
They noticed it in the same 24-hour period, in different cities, on different lifts.
On a heavy deadlift, the pull initiation felt so heavy.
Unknowingly, I shook my head as I was pulling.
It was in the middle of the movement – and I didn’t even know I was doing it.
The same thing happened on a weighted pull-up.
As the weight felt heavy mid-repetition, I shook my head -again, without knowing it.
This unconscious self-sabotage needed to be brought into my conscious awareness.
It’s the quiet noise that has the loudest effects.
The only way to quiet this noise is to bring it to your attention and initiate change.
For some of my patients, it’s the quiet noise of the way they pick up their shoes.
For others, it’s the talk of certain movements or exercises being “bad.”
If movement is a behavior, then strength is a behavior.
If strength is a behavior, then all of our quiet noise sets us up for success – or failure.
If someone points out your quiet noise, work to make it ring loudly into your conscious awareness.
Then, you can change the ways you sabotage yourself.
As always, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley