Chi Mind Control: 30 Years and Going STRONG!
Chi Mind Control: 30 Years and Strong
by Mike Dayton, 1976 Mr. America and 1980s Outrageous Strongman
There aren’t a lot of things that have survived 30 years and keep on giving. Consider vinyl records, cassette tapes and cars. The fact that my course Chi Mind Control continues to be enjoyed in its dated and Xeroxed format is amazing! I’m almost afraid to update/upgrade it, but I suppose that will be coming.
When I wrote it in the 1970s I was a little wild. As a second child to an older brother with a genius IQ, it doesn’t take rocket science to figure out why I focused on the body rather than the brain. I could also display phenomenal strength—my hands and my traps were, and I guess still are–legendary. Freakish even.
I broke police handcuffs, bent quarters, held back race cars, snapped baseball bats and survived the hangman’s noose. I can’t say that the Chi exercises were 100% responsible for my remarkable strength and survival, but I had practiced isometric tension exercises from as young as 11, reading about them in Hoffman’s magazines.
(Yes, I’ve heard all the scuttlebutt that those articles were just cover for some of the first use of anabolics, but in my mind, the exercises were causing records to be broken. I believed.)
And therein lies the secret to my strength: I’ve always believed the mind creates all exceptional performance, particularly physical feats of incredible strength. My martial arts training helped me understand the role of the mind in creating phenomenal physical strength and skill.
The practicality of Chi Mind Control today lies in the fact that the human body—while miraculous—is essentially low tech. Controlling emotions and using mental imagery remain the most powerful tools we have to harness and ultimately unleash strength and power. My course continues to provide you the tools to hit 500 on the bench, ace that school exam, win the race and put your life back on track—as my many students have learned, the lessons keep giving and giving. You will find yourself, for the rest of your life, channeling your Chi.
I hope you will use this blog to share Chi stories, as we each continue on our journey to maximize our potential.
As my sister and my online friends, increase my online knowledge I will be increasing my web presence and blog sophistication.
My thanks and appreciation to all of you who have used my accomplishments to increase your own. You guys are all the best!
Mike
September 24th, 2008 at 5:50 am
Chi Mind Control: 30 Years and Going STRONG!…
The practicality of Chi Mind Control today lies in the fact that the human body—while miraculous—is essentially low tech. Controlling emotions and using mental imagery remain the most powerful tools we have to harness and ultimately ……
September 26th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
So great to hear from you Mike! I got your course back in the day and it really hepled me through some things. I just bought another course and I’ll be giving it to my son. I started glancing through it and ended up staying up last night to read it again cover to cover. It really has great lessons for performance in life and sports. I’ve placed another order for my son–I’m keeping this one for myself again!
Will you ever perform your feats again???
October 3rd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Some people are actually arguing right now about this at the forum!
October 13th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Mike Daytons Chi Mind Control book was like the bible to me in my younger years. Keep up the great work!
October 17th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I am not clear if I totally understand the full thought pattern behind this.
October 17th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
MindMovies: Take a typical, unenlightened gym rat in the 1970s. He’s a scrawny guy–sure didn’t start lifting weights to slim down! After a year or two he finds out he can outlift a lot of the big guys–most of them, even some of the gym champions. And he’s not even eating juice–he’s not even out of high school. At 16 years he wins Teenage Mr. America and everyone starts asking how’s he doin’ it.
Most of his training is done at home, with cans of cement. He picks up the better piece of a full length mirror and props it on the wall. He starts to invent exercises without weights, since he doesn’t really have any.
He soon starts to find that his will is stronger than his muscles. He dreams, and he dreams big. He used his mind to force his biceps to look like Popeye’s. He trains every day with his mental weights, his real weights, when he can get a to the gym and in his dreams. He dreams of being the strongest man in the world.
Chi Mind Control is this man’s story. I know, he’s my brother, and to this day there is no physiological reason for how he survived hangings, bent quarters without smashing the bones in his thumbs or broke police handcuffs instead of his wrists.
No explanation, but he still has really freaky, strong hands . . . . . that’s the best I can explain it.
Laura Dayton
November 14th, 2008 at 7:35 am
Hey , even i saw lots of post and thread about this in forums and blogs, people saying different things in different ways. very confused
November 21st, 2008 at 2:49 am
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