154: Mental Rehearsal for Fat Loss? How to Make Success Automatic Ft Dave Whitley
Get Leaner & Live Longer
Nate Palmer
4.9 • 300 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
It's time to get rid of those nagging doubts and be the hero your kid deserves. In this episode, Dave Whitley shows you how to make success automatic in this process by rethinking how you approach it using internal code and he will share how mental rehearsal can be a key to fat loss. Listen here for more of his insightful coaching advice from Dave Whitley!
Dave Whitley is a motivational speaker and strongman based in Nashville, TN who uses SuperHuman feats of strength to share his message. He is the author of the book Superhuman YOU and the Vice President of Dennis Rogers' Oldetime Strongman University.
Key Highlights:
[00:01 - 05:57] Opening Segment
● Dave shares his story about when he was a kid enamored with science fiction and fantasy until he wanted to look like the hulk in the TV show.
● He also shares why he got involved in the feats of strength.
● One of the first people Dave interviewed from his podcast is Bud Jeffries, a powerlifter, strongman, and strength coach.
[05:58 - 15:47] The Power Of The Subconscious Mind
● Visualization of what you want to accomplish is the key component.
● The subconscious belief always prevails whenever there is a conflict between a subconscious belief and a conscious desire.
● Trying to reprogram yourself will reveal that you are no longer in conflict with yourself.
[15:48 - 18:58] Mental Rehearsal Is a Skill
● Dave mentions the experiment of three groups of people shooting to test mental rehearsal.
● The combination of physical and mental rehearsals
● Mental rehearsal is the skill of mentally practicing another skill, but it is still the skill of practice.
● Dave advises those who mentally rehearsing and having difficulty.
[18:59 - 26:02] Application of Mental Strategies To People Trying To Lose Weight.
● Dave discusses the 3 different components of feeling.
● Dave recommends reading this book entitled "Feeling is The Secret."
● Proprioception is the sense of where the body is in space, time, and its relation to other things.
● In interoception, you can sense your own heartbeat by sitting still and quieting your mind.
Key Quotes:
"Anytime the subconscious belief and the conscious will or desire or in conflict, the subconscious belief always wins." - Dave Whitley
"Once I change internally to become who I want to be, my external stuff has no other choice except to express it. -Dave Whitley
"If I want him embody a certain quality, then I need to live that quality." - Dave Whitley
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Book recommendation: Feeling is the Secret
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Did you know that on average, only 5% of people who lose weight keep it off yikes. |
| 0:05.6 | Why is that though? |
| 0:06.6 | Well, our next guest has a few ideas on why this is the case and actually how to counteract |
| 0:11.6 | it. |
| 0:12.6 | Meet Dave Whitley. |
| 0:13.6 | He's a strong man, an author, a dad, and a strong man like the kind of person who literally |
| 0:17.9 | performs feats of strength like tearing phone books up and bending wrenches. |
| 0:22.2 | Dave's also a master of mindset and visualization and it's an incredible insight into how we |
| 0:27.4 | can use this superpower to do anything from becoming better parents, losing weight permanently |
| 0:33.3 | or, you know, driving a nail with our bare hands. |
| 0:36.3 | You're listening to the Low Car Apostle podcast, helping you get leaner, live longer, and be |
| 0:40.1 | legendary. |
| 0:41.1 | My name is Nate Palmer. |
| 0:42.1 | I've been a coach since 2008 and helped over 1100 people transform their bodies. |
| 0:45.4 | My mission is simple to make it effortless for you to drop that easily and wake up for |
| 0:48.5 | the rest of your life, feeling lean, strong, and energetic. |
| 0:52.1 | So if you're ready to hear some incredible mindset work that you can do to take your |
| 0:57.0 | results to the next level and keep them for a lifetime, stick around. |
| 1:00.6 | Let's do this real quick, though, before we start, are you tired of those 30 to 40 pounds |
| 1:04.6 | that every time you take your shirt off, you think, I'm going to lose it this year. |
| 1:08.1 | And it never seems to happen. |
| 1:09.1 | Well, if that's you, let's get together and put something in place so that you're not |
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