Adding free weights to my workout but feel intimidated

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  • Showcase_Brodown
    Showcase_Brodown Posts: 919 Member
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    I think everyone feels a little bit intimidated the first time the set foot into the free weights section. I know I was. New stuff is scary.

    Don't worry about the bro-dudes. If anything, they'll think it is rad that you are lifting.

    Once you go in there and lift stuff a couple times, it will just be something you do. Nobody, not even you, will question it.
  • darcyrees
    darcyrees Posts: 34 Member
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    When I started lifting free weights, I hired a good personal trainer. I took all kinds of notes and then after practicing what he told me for a month or so, I'd hire him again to give me another dozen exercises. After meeting with him like this 4 or 5 times, I felt really comfortable lifting weights. I also learned to watch the guys and see who had good form. I then became friends with the guys who had the good form. When I saw a new lift that I wanted to try, those guys would help me learn it correctly. I respected the guys and they respected me.

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