So you want to train in martial arts or want to join a gym and get buff but don’t have the time or the money?  Great this is an article just for you.  According to neuroscientific research using your mind to visualize yourself exercising can increase strength close to the same amounts you can get from doing the exercise in reality.

This is why my blog emphasizes mind or mental training to be your best at whatever it is you want to do.  You can rip up your gym membership, martial arts club membership that’s draining your bank account and train at home having a lot more fun along with meditation to power up results. 

I’m also freeing up time for you to enjoy your family and to do things you want to do more often.  All you really need to train is your will power which is increased with a meditation routine and YouTube to view all kinds of fighting and training videos which you like.

In 2 weeks I lost 10 pounds.  Obviously doing a little more than visualizing and meditation is helpful.  I recommend body weight exercises with an emphasis on really paying attention to your movements to increase results. Try it and see. 

If you’re thrifty like me this can turn into your secret gym; your lifetime training method.  I don’t mean to deny the fact you can gain from training with a master or at a gym but some of us like to save all that time of finding the right gym and master to train with.  Sometimes circumstances just don’t allow us to dedicate that kind of time and energy to a membership of those kinds so research like this makes it possible to train on your own knowing you can get good results.

I once saw a Korean movie where a man was kidnapped and subjected to some kind of injections that put him to sleep while locked in a tiny room for years.  All he had was a television and bed plus a little furniture.  After some time he began copying the moves he saw in martial arts movies on the TV set and managed to escape, as well as get revenge on those who locked him in that room for so long.  He asked himself whether he really did get that good at fighting just from mimicking movies? 

It’s up to you, the science is there the work is yours.  You can google more about how mind can increase strength gains through visualization and see the studies for yourself.  No limits I say.

Good luck.