HMMR Podcast Episode 326: Strong mind (with Wil Fleming)
When it comes to strength, Wil Fleming is one of the top coaches in the world with his athletes having set American records and won world medals in weightlifting. But the key to strength isn’t just in the muscles, it is also in the mind. On this week episode Fleming joins us to discuss the mental side of training and lessons he has learned on developing a strong mind.
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Wil Fleming is the head coach of 1Kilo Weightlifting, as well as an author and speaker on weightlifting topics. As an athlete, Fleming participated in the Olympic Trials as a hammer thrower and was master’s national champion as a weightlifter. His current group of athletes includes Olympian and American record holder Mary Thiesen-Lappen.
Related resources
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- Click here for details on the Strong Mind book pre-launch. You can also get a lot of great weightlifting products and programs from 1Kilo. You can also check out his past books Velocity-Based Training for Weightlifting: Current Concepts & Applications and Complete Olympic Lifting Handbook.
- Fleming presented HMMR Classroom Lesson 35 about strategies on rethinking strength and power training. Fleming was also a guest on Episode 299 (muscle snatch) Episode 251 (fixing weightliting technical issues), Episode 236 (velocity based training) and Episode 147 (programming).
- Mental training was the site theme in April 2019. There we featured a special podcast Episode 195 looking at mental preparation with Olympic champions Adam Nelson and Szymon Ziolkowski. We also looked at Ziolkowski’s example in a more detailed article.
- We also have plenty more on the topic of mental training in our archives:
- Podcasts: GAINcast 159 on sports psychology, Episode 14 on mental toughness with Kibwé Johnson, GAINcast 66 and GAINcast 124 on making the champion’s choice. Episode 194 on mental skills with Mona Pretorius de Lacey.
- Articles: the role of training for mental toughness by Chris McCormick, psychological aspects of coaching from a sports science persepctive and coaches perspective, Vern’s definition of what mental toughness is and what it isn’t.,tips from Kibwé Johnson, and lessons from mountaineering and climbing.
Key quotes and topics
- 0:00 – Introduction
- 4:00 – Genesis of the Strong Mind book
- 8:00 – The role of the coach in sports psychology
- 9:30 – Nature vs nurture and defining mental toughness
- 12:30 – Training mental toughness
- 15:00 – The relationships between physical and mental toughness
- 20:30 – Social media and identity
- 28:45 – Case studies from the world of throwing
- 32:00 – Mental preparation for competitions
- 38:00 – Final thoughts
Complete transcript
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