Phil Daru explains how your mind sets a governor on your physical potential to protect you. David Goggins runs 100 miles, a woman lifted a car to save a child. Real strength comes from pushing past the limits your mind creates.
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You always hear those stories of the woman who was able to lift the car and get the kid out from underneath because she needed to. Or David Goggins, when he ran 100 miles training for a couple months. How much more do you think people can do than they actually do?
Your governor in your mind can play a lot of tricks on you. So you have to know where you're physically capable of pushing it and you're not letting your mind tell you that you can't do it because your mind is gonna stop you because it's dangerous. It's not gonna let you push that level because it's taking care of you. It's your governor. So like strength is the ability to manage pain. When you want to gain muscle, stronger, you have to go through that pain because that makes you grow.