How do I become mentally strong?

Last Updated: 02.07.2025 14:21

How do I become mentally strong?

The same way you get physically stronger…

But anytime you’re doing an exercise where you can safely push yourself, go for just ONE more rep than you’re comfortable doing.

toughness, then add some temptation and make it harder to say “No”.

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Cold showers are bar none one of the FASTEST ways to build mental

Whether it’s total sobriety combined with waking up at 5 a.m., daily exercise, and no television for a week.Or simply one week of giving up your strongest addiction.

In the same way that you can’t go to the gym, deadlift 225 lbs. for 5 reps one week and then expect to lift 405 lbs. for 5 reps the next week, you can’t expect to just wake up one day and be as mentally strong

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Not only will you be saving the environment and helping retrain your body to internally regulate your temperature, but you’ll become stronger by saying “no” to ease, and “yes” to adversity.

Increase the amount of time you spend in the cold by only 10–30 seconds a week and, after a few months, you’ll be able to take 10 minute cold showers with ease.

Start now, start small, and work your way up.

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Start small in 10–15 minute increments and eventually, you’ll be waking up at 4:30 a.m. like a Navy SEAL.

Do 11 pullups instead of 10.

Cold showers suck. I’ve taken them (almost) everyday for nearly 6 years and they don’t suck any less today than they did when I started.

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Challenge yourself and you’ll be amazed by the results.

3. Turn Off the AC

Whether it’s cigarettes, candy, pot, alcohol, or porn, pick a vice that you use everyday, and commit to giving it up for a short period of time.

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So apply these strategies slowly. Take small steps and challenge yourself to get 1% tougher every day. After a year has gone by, you’ll be 365% tougher than you were the previous year.

I’d challenge you to stretch your mental

If you are seriously wanting to give up a vice (like smoking or drinking), you’ll want to throw away anything that reminds you of it.

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Don’t give up quality sleep to do this.

toughness is to wake up earlier.

as a Navy SEAL.

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I’m just better at handling the suck.

Try it… You’ll see.

If you want to get mentally tougher, start by meditating for only 3 minutes a day.

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Anytime you’re training in the gym, challenge yourself, once per workout, to do just “One more rep”.

While I don’t recommend giving up sleep for a week and doing thousands of pushups (unless you have a thing for broken bones and screwed up joints), I challenge you to create your own Hell Week.

Start out small with only 10–30 seconds after your normal shower.

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Have a short event where you complete a certain set of mentally challenging activities every day.

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toughness is to meditate.

What do you do when you are struggling to fall asleep?

It’s 7 days of almost no sleep, constant physical exercise, and psychological warfare.

But rather, turn off Netflix 15 minutes before you normally do, go to bed earlier, and then wake up earlier.

It just won’t happen. You have to work up to it and slowly build your mental

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Try pushing yourself to see how long you can go and, eventually, you’ll wonder why you used climate control in the first place (maybe not… But you’ll still be mentally tougher).

Leave a bowl of candy on the table. Leave an open pack of cigarettes in your office. Go to an, *ahem* “gentlemanly” website and leave it open in a minimized browser.

Then slowly work your way up until you can easily go 30–60 days without giving into the temptation.

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So how do you cultivate mental

Our lives are way too easy.

And it’s exactly how it sounds.

It’s simply learning to be comfortable doing things you don’t want to do.

6. Wake Up Earlier (Without Sleeping Less)

Sit in the car on a hot day without cranking up the AC.

But if you’re doing this SOLELY to test your mental

One rep, one set, and one step at a time.

Add 1–2 minutes each week and, overtime, not only will you be mentally tougher, but you’ll be more present, less stressed, and more productive in your everyday life.

7. Go Through Hell Week

Start this off by doing it for one day.

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strength isn’t rocket science.

Plain and simple.

Challenge yourself to do something seemingly impossible for a short amount of time and you will walk away with more mental toughness than you’ve ever had before.

2. One More Rep

toughness by turning the AC off.

In the Navy SEAL training program, there’s an event known as hell week.

Start with only 12–24 hours.

1. Cold Showers

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Put up with a cold winter afternoon with no heat.

5. Give Up a Vice

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Sitting down for 5–30 minutes and doing NOTHING is way harder than it sounds.

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Another great way to boost your mental

Within a few months, you’ll be astounded by your levels of mental

Do just ONE more rep when you don’t think you can.

The majority of recruits quit. Those who don’t leave the evolution knowing that they can do ANYTHING they set their minds to.

Seriously.

And you’ll be amazed by the hidden strength your body has.

It’s funny to me how often people ignore this principle in their lives.

Do 21 pushups instead of 20.

There’s nothing quite like intentionally subjecting yourself to frigid waters and saying “No” to the wonderful warmth of a hot shower when it’s only one twist of the handle away requires insane amounts of discipline and grit.

4. Meditate

If you try to do too much too soon, you will burn out and quit EVERY single time.

When we get hot, we touch a button and voila! The room cools down to a chilly 68 degrees.

This exercise will teach you to keep going even when things are hard and, if applied regularly, will help you become mentally tougher than any other person you know.

DON’T do this on the bench press or squat rack if you don’t have a spotter (there’s nothing mentally tough about breaking your back or killing yourself ok?)

Here are a few ideas to get you started .