I agree completely.
I look at weight lifting as mind training. If you can't concentrate sufficiently, then
your results will suffer as a consequence unless you are one of those one in ten
million that grow just by looking at a weight
At 65, I get asked occasionally, like today when I went to the gym, what I do to
to look like I do (nothing special in my opinion). They say they do the same
exercises as I do so why don't I look like you? Why is that?
My reply, when I don't reply with a smart ass answer like "just lucky I guess"
is usually to leave you sell phone in your locker, that is the first thing you do.
Then don't stop talking with every Tom, Dick and Harry in the gym, especially
when your are in the middle of an exercise (I see trainers who do this constantly
with their clients; them both talking casually when doing an exercise like they
are at a cocktail party.) In short, stay completely focused on each and every
exercise like it's you last workout, ever, like your life depended on it.
I only notice other people when they are in my way or using something I want
to use. I am not rude, just completely focused. No music streaming into my
ears. In my opinion it's the uninterrupted mind / body connection that one
needs to achieve meaning results. It not fun or easy which is probably why
many people don't achieve the desired results.
Could go on and on but the bottom line is the mind is an incredibly powerful
tool if used correctly.