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Mind and Muscle, The Placebo Effect The Placebo Effect is a sneaky mental technique that’s been used since at least World War II. When the medics and field hospitals ran out of painkillers, they would give the wounded soldier the best pain killer known to man.

Soldiers would be shot in the butt with what they thought was morphine. What they weren’t told was that their morphine was just a good dose of saltwater. The amazing this is that when injected with this saltwater, the soldier’s pain would fade, at least for a short time.

The Placebo Effect The medics weren’t exactly tricking the soldiers; they were activating a placebo effect. The placebo effect is basically a series of reactions in the brain that can change its psychological or physiological functioning. Like in the example of the soldiers, they thought they were getting morphine, which they know dulls the pain immediately, but they were given saltwater. The reaction was the same; it cancelled out the pain, at least temporarily. The reason for this is because your brain controls your body, and your mind can subconsciously control your brain.

Building Muscle With The Placebo Effect The placebo effect is used generously in the supplement industry. The fact is, most supplements don’t really have any real active ingredients, or don’t have very much, that would help you build muscle. Some supplements are like the soldiers’ “morphine,” it’s just a shot of something else that gets carried straight out of the body. Some supplements actually contain some active ingredient, but not enough to really take credit for your muscle growth.

Most muscle gaining hopefuls don’t simply walk into a store and purchase any flashy tub of powder they see. They usually make “informed” decisions based upon what they’ve read in magazines or heard from others. In most cases, when someone starts taking a dietary supplement for the first time, it’s a leap of faith. They are using the supplement for one simple reason, because they believe it will work.

The main ingredient in most supplements is belief. When you believe something completely, and you back it with emotion and action, amazing things can happen. Even physiological changes to your body can happen because of your belief or your thoughts. Simply by believing wholeheartedly that your supplement will do what it says, your brain takes it as instructions and will get to work and activate the muscle building mechanisms. It does this because it was instructed to, by your thoughts and belief.

Now, usually when a trainee starts a new supplement, they believe it will help build muscle. With everything else staying the same, this belief is strong enough to spark growth. The thing is, how many people start a new supplement and keep doing what they are doing? Not many. Most people will get on the “new miracle” and will kick their training up a notch. Not only will they improve their training, they usually improve their nutrition and recovery.

Give Yourself Some Credit As stated above, most people get on a supplement and completely improve their training and all other aspects of muscle growth. So, even without the supplement, with these changes, you would build muscle anyway. So, too many people just give all of the credit to the supplement. That should stop now; people need to start taking more credit for their gains. People lift the weight, supplements don’t. There is a high probability that the supplement really didn’t do anything, what worked was your new emphasis on training, and the placebo effect. Keep in mind, some supplements are actually a good thing, but none of them will help unless you have a solid foundation in the fundamentals of building muscle. So, if supplements don’t help you build muscle with poor fundamentals, will they help you if you have good fundamentals? They might a little, but you are doing the work and making the gains, not the supplement.

Here are three easy steps to wean yourself off of unnecessary supplements:

1. Reduce your dosage slowly and finally quit the supplement. Stay positive that your results will improve and not fall off.

2. realize that it’s you doing the hard work, not the supplement. Give yourself the credit.

3. Start believing in yourself and your ability to gain muscle. Just as a belief in a supplement can cause growth, believe in yourself and see what happens.

Now you can use the placebo effect to your advantage and use your mind and muscle connection to build muscle.

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