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Before his battles with the Pistons, MJ didn’t take lifting weights seriously, but he learned that if he wanted to become a champion, he was going to have to get in the weight room and get stronger.
Michael said that he was tired of getting brutally beaten up, and he wanted to start fighting back and give some pain himself. He needed to get physically strong enough to go against Detroit, and he got to the point where he said. “Instead of them dishing it to me, I am going to dish it back to them.”
He did that by hitting the weight room.
His trainer Tim Grover had a plan for adding size and strength to MJ’s body. MJ started weight training at 200 pounds, and they added 5 pounds at a time until he hit 215. Tim said, “I would give him a certain amount of reps to do, and he would never stop at that number. If I asked for 6, I knew he would do 12.”
Tim also said, “Michael’s mindset towards training was unique. He was the most competitive individual I’ve ever met. He never wanted to lose at anything and he always felt like somebody else was going to outwork him so he wanted to outwork them. He was never satisfied; he always wanted to get better, and every year there was something that he added to his game. He never played down to the level of his competition, and he always found a way to motivate himself; he did whatever the team needed for them to win. He practiced extremely hard which made the game very easy for him.”
Being strong and in shape can make you a better athlete, and it does something for you mentally. You feel stronger, faster, and tougher and you play stronger, faster, and tougher. Getting stronger and in better shape might be just the edge you need to take that next step.
MJ realized that the weight room and strength training was the one thing he needed to do to take his game to the next level, and he attacked it.
What is one thing that you can start doing that can take your game to the next level?
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