WEIGHT FOR IT: A LIFE OF LIFTING

Looking for 15s or 20s? You'll have better luck trying to snap one of the lb dumbbells in half.

You get weird looks from guys when you hit up the weight room at a new gym, especially if there are no other girls there. And as a weight room novelty, you will almost certainly get hit on. Even when you haven't shaved your legs, your hair is a mess, and you're wearing your best "Don't mess with me" face. When your arms transform from noodles to guns, it's tempting to try out your new weapons. Maybe you should take up boxing too.

You can handle the lb plates just fine, thank you, but guys still try to help you. I'm a strong independent woman and I can load my own barbell, thanks. Don't you dare try to mansplain me , ok!? And the hardest workout of all? Squeezing the barbell clips with your small hands. Take THAT, all people who say lifting makes you look masculine. As I write this article, I continue to remember just how big of an impact weight lifting has had on my personal and professional life. There are more studies than ever before within the field of Positive Psychology on the power of optimism, and since learned optimism is directly tied to the brain, we continue to have new breakthroughs in science and psychology about how to best utilize the gem between our ears to live healthier and more fulfilling years.

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Now let's close it out with perhaps the highest leverage benefit that results from a consistent weight lifting routine: I remember just a few weeks ago, when I was trying to think of a way to help a young fan of the show. He was in his late teens, and reminded me a lot of myself at that stage of life… he wanted to get in shape and get more girls. He wanted to stop caring about what people thought of him and start living life on his own terms. He nodded his head indicating that he understood what I was trying to say.

Life ends up pretty shitty when we go for option 1. But when we choose to opt-into 2 — we decide the direction of our destiny. More specifically, we expand and grow like crazy… Know why?

And when we face that problem and deal with it appropriately and to the best of our ability — we grow…. The real beauty occurs when we realize that when we handle ONE problem in life, we tend to grow and expand our circle of influence a little bit larger than it was before we dealt with some specific problem. Let me give you an example of how overcoming a problem in one area of life helps you expand into every area of life. As a by-product of making progress with your physical health — you actually became more confident! Your circle of influence expanded and grew — and you ended up handling more than just one problem; you handled many.

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Seduction Community Sucks is your page kick-start to becoming the kind of Man that makes women go weak at the knees. Get your FREE copy , as well as access to other subscriber-only articles, podcasts, and video footage, now. This is dead-on, Leigh. And also eat healthy. Yeah, good point mate. Though, in my expereince, whilst other activities can give you some of these, lifting weights is the only place where you get ALL of these together.

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Work out with a team or buddy. Whilst looking for a Non-existant miracle body building method, I stumbled across his name, and not only was he the only Natural Bodybuilding Coach I could find who stressed there is no magical method to big gains, but explains all the truths about muscle building and how to build your dream body in minimal time, how to eat, live, and work healthily, and be able to push towards your goal no matter how how hard it gets. Feeling powerful, happy, energetic, pushing through fears, get outside my comfort zone, etc, are all things I already get from approaching and talking to women.

But in my experience, the gym is the most effective place. Lifting weights always bored me. Cycling in contrast, is just my thing. Without physical exercise you will not likely have the energy to sustain an interesting lifestyle. Nothing drains your energy more than being physically inactive.

When I wanted to start changing my life, lifting weights was a pathway that showed me that you can achieve what you set you mind to with effort and consistency. For me it is by far the easiest way to feel powerful and in control of my life and it is a great starting block for anyone wanting to build confidence. But the real benefits come when you commit to it.

I think what you are trying to say about working out is great. Recently, I have stumbled upon a book, called Convict Conditioning http: And not just any calisthenics-old school calisthenics. Before that, athletes have always used calisthenics to build strength AND endurance. Weightlifting-especially barbells-damage the muscles surrounding the shoulder,compress the spinal discs- just to name a few things weightlifting does to the body.

Good old pullups, pushups, and what not use the muscles of the human body as they were intended. He talks about progressions in technique, like going from wall pushups to one arm pushups. This gives the joints in the body time to strengthen,unlike weightlifting. Like Endgame in which you talked about how we had to unlearn the PUA junk to be natural with women, Wade is saying the same thing about working out.

Plus, you save money too. Oh, I just scrolled back up to see someone else posted something similar, argh. So I guess the only thing I have to add is weightlifting is potentially harmful to your overall health.

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Maybe the fitness thing deserves a forum spot, since it is always a beautiful subject of discussion. And my 2 cents: I mentioned it at the forums already but in short it is a research based high intensity fitness programme. And the thing I love about it is that it is backed up by solid science. Plus you get the inevitable ass kicking results for free, just as a bonus. But when I saw that it protected from the black plague, that sold me straight away!!!

But on a more serious note, this is one of my favorite articles on here. I second the idea of having a section of the forum specifically for working out, where people can post what they know and we can get some guides going for the basics of how to reduce fat, build muscle, increase endurance, and whatever other goals people want. So, one more question: Which style of training do you recommend?

It seems there are several, and I feel rather lost….

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Good on you mate. What do you want to get out of it? Most importantly, I want to support the personality change, that is building a habit of taking up challenges, and decreasing time of lazily sitting around doing nothing. I can do cycling for several hours a day without problems. You should always speak to a qualified professional before making decisions on these kinds of things. You can check it out here: Also, I would HIGHLY recommend you get a personal trainer, even for just a few sessions, just to show you how to do the lifts properly.

Right now, I have noticed something else: Lately I noticed that one voice will keep telling me something like this:.