🧠 Turn your perfect rep up to 11!

Your brain is wild. It can’t fully tell the difference between something you actually do and something you vividly imagine doing. When done right, it literally strengthens the same neural pathways as a physical rep.

The best athletes in the world use mental rehearsal all the time. But they usually do it:

• Before practice or competition (to prime performance), or

• Outside their sport (to build confidence or reinforce mechanics)

That’s all good. But there’s one of the best moments to do imagery that hardly anyone talks about:

📍 Right after a great rep.

Here's what most athletes do after a great moment:

You nail a perfect start.
You sink a flawless three.
You crush a clean PR lift.

What happens next? Probably some version of:

👊 Fist pumps
🗣️ “Let’s gooo!”
🤝 High fives from teammates

All of that is great—it reinforces success emotionally. But what if you could also reinforce it neurologically?

Enter: the “rep multiplier”

After that perfect rep, your mind is primed. You just did it. You felt it. You’re buzzing from it. That’s the exact moment to:

1. Take 15 seconds

2. Close your eyes

3. Replay the moment in your mind 10 times

Imagine the sight, sound, feel, smell—whatever sensory info makes it real to you. Keep it crisp and accurate.

🧠 Why this works: Your brain is like, “Oh, cool, another perfect rep!” The rep gets grooved deeper. The neural pathway becomes more efficient. That one amazing rep becomes 11 reps—without more wear and tear on your body.

Depending on your sport, this may or may not be possible during competition. If it is, like between events in track or even between plays in football, use it! Otherwise, you can do it during practice between drills.

Pro tips for rep multiplication:

• Do it immediately. While the sensations are still fresh.

• Keep it positive. Only replay what worked. You're not fixing anything here—you’re reinforcing success.

• Keep it vivid. The more detailed the image, the more powerful the effect.

Use It to Level Up Faster

Every athlete has moments where everything just clicks. Most let those moments pass by with a fist pump and move on. Not you.

💡 You’re going to stack mental reps on top of physical ones and get better, faster.

Watch for those perfect moments. Use them. Own them. Multiply them.

Your next breakthrough might not take more hours—just more intentional reps.

Let’s go.