8 Reasons your Weight Training Results SUCK.

linzijoy

Bump! Really good article

chiselle

very interesting article!

pinkyslippers

Bumping to read later

Rae6503

It's true! I never once thought I would end up looking like a man.

I went to a female MARINE for help. She told me women don't need to go over 15lbs.

I never understood this reasoning. Are they seriously saying that mothers should no longer pick their child up after the age of 6 months because they are over 15lbs? Are they saying you should never carry groceries because the bags are over 15lbs? If not, then why the hell wouldn't you train people so that they are able to do the activies that they do in everyday normal life.. o.O

:laugh: This made me LOL. Seriously, mothers have been picking up their children without lifting weight for as along as there have been mothers and children.

If you want to lift weights, lift weights. But it's not as if everyone that doesn't is some weakling that can't function in life.

Sure makes it easier though. Last summer I was trying to brace by then 4 year old for the fact that I wouldn't be able to pick her up much longer even though I could still easily pick up her younger siblings. It was getting pretty hard to pick her up and carry her, and throwing her around for play (like I did with the other kids) just wasn't happening. Now she's bigger, but I'm stronger. Picking her up is easy and I can even play with her again.

veganbaum

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shadshad

Nice article

LaurnWhit

Awesome

CLCinNOLA

Oddly, I don't think my weight training results suck (despite the title of this thread). :laugh:

I love lifting and have been doing it regularly for years. It's a wonderful way to exercise, in my opinion, and very rewarding in so many ways. The results do not suck as far as I can tell. The results of my lifting are that I am stronger and more capable, I feel younger than my current age of 64, and (for me only) my routine of lifting and stretching has almost eliminated many of the aches and pains that I associated with aging. I don't think that any of that sucks.

I love the way I feel during and after lifting, just as a child loves recess. While lifting I listen to my body and have figured out a routine that works for me. I tune out the world and focus on perfecting my form, on what I am doing, and on my breathing and how my body responds. I lift regularly and sanely, and challenge myself when my present weight levels get too easy. Gradually I have been able to lift more and more. I love the way that my body works better in everyday life now that I am stronger.

I love the fact that lifting is such a very individual sport, in which I am only competing with myself. I love the personal victories when sometimes I can exceed my own personal best.

Sorry if this is kind of an "Ode to Lifting"! It is my favorite sport and I just had to write about why.

LunaMischief

Bump. Amazing article :flowerforyou: Thanks for the post!

wowmom23

Thanks for posting!

splucy

omg you are dead right about the recovery being vital

I did weight training quite intensely for about 6 months. I then went on holiday for two weeks where I did not work out at all. The result? I came back with muscles! O_O

2 weeks off and that is what happened to me.

During my 6 months of intense training, I had lost body fat % but thought that muscle gain was never going to happen.

Well there you have it, train train train, break and wah-lah.

crisanderson27

Bumping this, because it deserves it.

chayoxela

This was a great article!

Cliffslosinit

Bumping cause Chris says so!

tarcher007

I will definitely be changing my weight-lifting regimen. Thanks!

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

If you want to lift weights, lift weights. But it's not as if everyone that doesn't is some weakling that can't function in life.

LOL, true. If you look at people raised on farms that do farm work day-in-day-out or various construction, steel, or iron workers that have to move heavy **** all days long for 40+ hours a week, yup they are strong.

That's because their bodies are in tip top condition & that lifting something heavy is already part of their daily lives so therefore they are using their muscles plus of course they eat plenty of foods that also feeds the muscles which is why they are strong even without the help of some heavy iron as those they are lifting everyday (e.g the bricks, bags of cement etc.) weigh about 100-200 lbs. However we shouldn't compare them to the rest of the population (especially women) who are living in sedentary lives & need to bust their *kitten* off in the weight lifting department.

crisanderson27

If you want to lift weights, lift weights. But it's not as if everyone that doesn't is some weakling that can't function in life.

LOL, true. If you look at people raised on farms that do farm work day-in-day-out or various construction, steel, or iron workers that have to move heavy **** all days long for 40+ hours a week, yup they are strong.

That's because their bodies are in tip top condition & that lifting something heavy is already part of their daily lives so therefore they are using their muscles plus of course they eat plenty of foods that also feeds the muscles which is why they are strong even without the help of some heavy iron as those they are lifting everyday (e.g the bricks, bags of cement etc.) weigh about 100-200 lbs. However we shouldn't compare them to the rest of the population (especially women) who are living in sedentary lives & need to bust their *kitten* off in the weight lifting department.

Add to that that most of them have substantial belly fat/bodyfat. Trust me, I know...I am one (I was raised on a 192k acre cattle ranch, and have been in heavy underground construction for 20yrs). It wasn't until I started heavy strength training that I realized JUST HOW STRONG I WASN'T in comparison to what I am now...and just how quickly that belly goes away with a good heavy workout program.

crisanderson27

Bumping again!

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