“'Tis the mind that makes the body rich."  —William Shakespeare

Before you pull that heavy barbell off the platform, your brain fires a signal through specific neural pathways to just the right muscles to get the job done.  Take note of the Chain of Command: first the brain . . . then the body.

I've always appreciated the appropriate order of the IronMind creed: "Stronger Minds, Stronger Bodies."  Put muscle power before brain power—or worse yet, ignore the intellect completely—and you wind up with . . . well, you know what you get—you've seen the magazines!