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How do I become mentally strong?

Last Updated: 19.06.2025 02:26

How do I become mentally strong?

In the same way that you can’t go to the gym, deadlift 225 lbs. for 5 reps one week and then expect to lift 405 lbs. for 5 reps the next week, you can’t expect to just wake up one day and be as mentally strong

It’s funny to me how often people ignore this principle in their lives.

Add 1–2 minutes each week and, overtime, not only will you be mentally tougher, but you’ll be more present, less stressed, and more productive in your everyday life.

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Start now, start small, and work your way up.

Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

Plain and simple.

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And you’ll be amazed by the hidden strength your body has.

Challenge yourself and you’ll be amazed by the results.

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It’s 7 days of almost no sleep, constant physical exercise, and psychological warfare.

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One rep, one set, and one step at a time.

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toughness is to meditate.

Challenge yourself to do something seemingly impossible for a short amount of time and you will walk away with more mental toughness than you’ve ever had before.

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I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

Before We Begin: The Principle of Progressive Overload

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5. Give Up a Vice

If you try to do too much too soon, you will burn out and quit EVERY single time.

Try it… You’ll see.

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There’s nothing quite like intentionally subjecting yourself to frigid waters and saying “No” to the wonderful warmth of a hot shower when it’s only one twist of the handle away requires insane amounts of discipline and grit.

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Have a short event where you complete a certain set of mentally challenging activities every day.

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So apply these strategies slowly. Take small steps and challenge yourself to get 1% tougher every day. After a year has gone by, you’ll be 365% tougher than you were the previous year.

3. Turn Off the AC

Sitting down for 5–30 minutes and doing NOTHING is way harder than it sounds.

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It’s funny…

4. Meditate

Then slowly work your way up until you can easily go 30–60 days without giving into the temptation.

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Mental

Start small in 10–15 minute increments and eventually, you’ll be waking up at 4:30 a.m. like a Navy SEAL.

Whether it’s total sobriety combined with waking up at 5 a.m., daily exercise, and no television for a week.Or simply one week of giving up your strongest addiction.

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strength isn’t rocket science.

Start with only 12–24 hours.

Try pushing yourself to see how long you can go and, eventually, you’ll wonder why you used climate control in the first place (maybe not… But you’ll still be mentally tougher).

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Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

I’m just better at handling the suck.

Sit in the car on a hot day without cranking up the AC.

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And it’s exactly how it sounds.

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as a Navy SEAL.

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So how do you cultivate mental

Increase the amount of time you spend in the cold by only 10–30 seconds a week and, after a few months, you’ll be able to take 10 minute cold showers with ease.

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This exercise will teach you to keep going even when things are hard and, if applied regularly, will help you become mentally tougher than any other person you know.

strength over time.

While I don’t recommend giving up sleep for a week and doing thousands of pushups (unless you have a thing for broken bones and screwed up joints), I challenge you to create your own Hell Week.

Whether it’s cigarettes, candy, pot, alcohol, or porn, pick a vice that you use everyday, and commit to giving it up for a short period of time.

If you want to get mentally tougher, start by meditating for only 3 minutes a day.

Do just ONE more rep when you don’t think you can.

toughness.

Start out small with only 10–30 seconds after your normal shower.

It’s simply learning to be comfortable doing things you don’t want to do.

Start this off by doing it for one day.

The same way you get physically stronger…

Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

It just won’t happen. You have to work up to it and slowly build your mental

But anytime you’re doing an exercise where you can safely push yourself, go for just ONE more rep than you’re comfortable doing.

Another great way to boost your mental

Here are a few ideas to get you started .

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

1. Cold Showers

But if you’re doing this SOLELY to test your mental

Seriously.

Within a few months, you’ll be astounded by your levels of mental

toughness, then add some temptation and make it harder to say “No”.

In the Navy SEAL training program, there’s an event known as hell week.

toughness by turning the AC off.

But rather, turn off Netflix 15 minutes before you normally do, go to bed earlier, and then wake up earlier.

Leave a bowl of candy on the table. Leave an open pack of cigarettes in your office. Go to an, *ahem* “gentlemanly” website and leave it open in a minimized browser.

toughness is to wake up earlier.

Cold showers suck. I’ve taken them (almost) everyday for nearly 6 years and they don’t suck any less today than they did when I started.

Not only will you be saving the environment and helping retrain your body to internally regulate your temperature, but you’ll become stronger by saying “no” to ease, and “yes” to adversity.

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2. One More Rep

Our lives are way too easy.

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Anytime you’re training in the gym, challenge yourself, once per workout, to do just “One more rep”.

7. Go Through Hell Week