# @maddyforberg on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BnSTUoSBZGZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13377617-maddyforberg-instagram
- **Posted:** 2018-09-04T01:46:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maddy Forberg (@maddyforberg) — https://gondola.cc/maddyforberg

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BOY HOW-DEE!🤠 New 5RM. 127.5kg/280.5lbs x 5. Up 10lbs from last week. #yeet .
Trying really hard to conquer my mental game. Such an incredibly important part of being an athlete (and human being) is learning how to use your head to your advantage. I’m not an angry person, I can’t fake that to help me lift weights. But I am a nervous person. The most monumental thing I’ve done for myself as a ‘nervous’ lifter is not hiding from it, not feeling the nerves and trying to change them into pseudo-hype or anger. Just simply confronting the fact “yeah I’m nervous... but I wouldn’t be attempting something I haven’t put in the work to accomplish”... and again trusting my genius sorcerer  of a coach chadwesleysmith who would never program me to do something he wasn’t confident in. That’s my 2 cents tonight folks.
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What do you tell yourself before a lift?
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Knee sleeves are mbslingshot , cute shirt is redcon1 use code maddawg10 to save!
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Thank you optimusgonzo for the whiffers, brian_pauli kylepigney with the hype/being horizontal. #powerlifting #squats #rawnationals2018 #gotothegym

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squats, gotothegym, yeet, powerlifting, rawnationals2018

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