Think Yourself Stronger
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
BBC
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2021
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Pumping iron in the gym is the only way to improve strength, right? Wrong. In this episode, Michael explores the power of the mind to boost strength by up to 24%... Our willing human guinea pig Tom has a go at improving his goal-shooting skills with his mind, and Michael speaks to cognitive neuroscientist Dr Helen O’Shea to reveal how your thoughts can influence your muscles and why it’s surprisingly similar to doing the actual thing.
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| 0:00.0 | If you could have a conversation with your younger self, what would you tell them? |
| 0:06.0 | Anonymity is our most valuable gift. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Kristi Young, and in Young again, I'll be asking my guests what honest advice they would give their past self. |
| 0:16.0 | Believe it when they say that loving yourself is the answer. |
| 0:20.0 | Among those joining me will be Jamie Oliver, Jeda Pinkett Smith and Mel B. |
| 0:24.1 | I knew that I had a voice and I knew that I wanted to say certain things and represent certain things. |
| 0:30.0 | Young again, with me, Kirstie Young. |
| 0:33.0 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds, |
| 0:40.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. One, two. We would all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health, but we're |
| 0:49.1 | bombarded with often conflicting advice. So if you were going to do just one thing |
| 0:55.0 | to improve your mental and physical well-being, |
| 0:58.0 | what should it be? |
| 0:59.0 | Maybe a few minutes of sunshine each day |
| 1:01.0 | to strengthen your immune system or some dark chocolate to help your heart or even |
| 1:07.2 | playing video games to boost your brain power. |
| 1:11.1 | I'm Dr Michael Mosley and this is just one thing where each episode will explore |
| 1:16.0 | one thing you can start doing today to improve your health or life in ways you |
| 1:21.2 | might not expect. |
| 1:23.0 | So I'm on my separate home, feet up, cup of tea in hand, |
| 1:28.0 | and I'm about to do something that apparently could boost my strength by up to 24%. I'm going to imagine myself doing a press-up. Yes, really. |
| 1:37.0 | I'm concentrating hard now. I can really imagine what each limb is doing and feeling. |
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