It is very interesting to have this kind of mindset training to become a world champion
03/02/2020 – mindset training
62-year-old ex-Marine used this mental trick to plank for 8 hours—and set a world record
For the 2020 plank challenge, Hood, who is mostly retired but has some fitness clients, trained seven hours a day for about 18 months to build stamina and physical and mental strength leading up to the event.
Here’s how Hood trained for the world planking record.
Mindset coaching
Despite the physical pain of planking for eight hours, Hood says the hardest part of conquering the feat is the mental challenge. So for six months leading up to the event, Hood worked with mindset coach Renae Cobley.
“There are times you get self-doubt. You get bored. You wonder if it’s worth anything,” Hood says. Cobley “taught me to believe [in myself] no matter what.”
“Cleaning up people’s mindset is a must,” Cobley tells CNBC Make It, “as every human invents themselves through a figment of their imagination and their thinking.”
During training, Hood (who is based in Chicago) would call Cobley (who’s based in Australia) after long practice planks. For an hour or two they would discuss Hood’s thoughts and any barriers he ran into. Hood, for example, often struggled with thoughts of quitting as the pain from planking intensified.
One technique Cobley used with Hood both in training and during the competition was having him visualize that he was a tree and that his roots run deep through through earth.
