How does being 'strong' help you?

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  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    I love all of these! Even just after 30DS I noticed things were easier. Stronger leg muscles made wearing heels easier, which I wasn't expecting.
  • sharonsjones
    sharonsjones Posts: 574 Member
    I can push my husband around now! But I secretly think he likes it....
  • janet_pratt
    janet_pratt Posts: 747 Member
    I can carry a grandkid (4 year old and 3 year old, combined total of about 65 pounds) in each arm.

    Can carry several plastic bags of groceries in one hand and pull the three year old out of the carseat and onto my hip with the other.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    "Stronger people are harder to kill" - Mark Rippetoe

    ^^^I think I just reached my daily quota to mach platitudes in one fell swoop *pats self on back*
  • elizabethblake
    elizabethblake Posts: 384 Member
    I can backpack over rocky terrain without falling or twisting an ankle. *knock on wood*

    I can help my daughter move a kitchen table, sofa and loveseat into her house AND help take the doors off their hinges when it becomes apparent it's not gonna fit any other way.

    I don't think twice about doing things that I wouldn't even consider a year ago.

    I love being/feeling strong. It motivates me every single day.
  • jetscreaminagain
    jetscreaminagain Posts: 1,130 Member
    Before we were dating my husband helped me move several heavy desks. He tells the story that he had to put his end down to rest and I just stood there holding my end up until he was ready. He says that was unbelievably alluring.

    I shoveled and scooped the snow off the steps,the walk to the steps the sidewalk, the walk along the driveway and then moved the snow from the driveway to the backyard so the kids could build a sledding hill. I did all this and finished before he got the snow blower going.

    Cat litter, backpacks, luggage and groceries.

    I can lift more than my teenage son and he still brings me jars to open. I can lift both my kids. I can also balance them on my shins while laying on my back and bounce them and flip them upside down. The boy is too tall for it to work, but at 135# he isn't too heavy. I've been doing that since they were babies. They're 11 & 14 now.
  • warmachinejt
    warmachinejt Posts: 2,162 Member
    being strong doesn't help at all, in fact people want me to work harder everywhere!
  • helenium
    helenium Posts: 546 Member
    From pole dancing my grip strength has improved enormously.

    My dad was trying to show me the strength of his drill (the old battery was abismal and he had got a new one) and said, "Hold it there - you won't be able to stop it drilling with your hand"... I clamped round the drill and stopped it moving for a good few seconds. That shocked him.

    I am constantly moving stuff in and out of my university accommodation in great big bags. I haven't been finding them difficult to lift recently - I thought I'd just packed them with a better balance of heavy/light things per bag, but turns out (from a quick weigh on the scales) they're about the same weight...

    Carrying my (HEAVY!) free-standing pole around is not an issue.

    To be honest, the whole pole-dancing thing is a gift in itself. Instead of saying, "I can deadlift X pounds" (which many people won't get the significance of), I can say, "I can turn myself upside down on a pole and grip with just my legs". ;)

    Strength is the best Christmas present ever!
  • mideon_696
    mideon_696 Posts: 770 Member
    Everything for me is easier.

    Especially party tricks n stuff :p
    you know, like picking it your big mates and squatting them after them telling you its impossible and betting several beers on the outcome. hehe.

    But seriously, EVERYTHING is easier.
  • FatassFairy
    FatassFairy Posts: 166 Member
    After reading this post about how much MFP women are lifting (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/412516-girls-how-heavy-do-you-lift), I thought it would be fun to share (brag!!!) on how strength training pays off in our everyday lives.

    It's one thing to be able to bench press, squat or deadlift heavy weights at the gym, but how does being STRONG pay off for you in real life outside your workouts?

    I'll share a few of mine:

    1) I'm a better, more efficient backpacker. I can easily carry 45 lbs on my back all day without feeling tired or sore.

    2) I can carry two 30 lb. bags of dog food through Petco and out to my car without needing a shopping cart.

    3) I can carry a week's worth of our household's groceries up three flights of stairs in a single trip.

    What are some of the things you can do?

    well my profession is vet tech , need i say more?
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    has greatly assisted my pole dancing abilities
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Being strong has enabled me to run further and faster without any of the recurrent injuries I used to get.

    Yesterday I ran a 5K PB without even trying despite it being in Central London dodging traffic and tourists! The only thing I've changed in my routine is adding Body Pump twice a week.
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
    These are all so great! Well... except maybe the midget tossing. ;-)

    Please, someone....DO try and throw me. i DARE you. :P
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