The Truth About Lifting Weights 

Weight training IS hard - but as you get used to heavy weights on your back it gets less stressful, particularly as your form and mobility and experience increase. I do start thinking about my workout about 24 hours before I'm in the gym, and sometimes I experience anxiety, particularly on DL and squat days (I DL and squat twice a week) and always watch instruction videos of the lifts I'm going in for - I've increased my DL from 135 to 315 (365 from the rack) and my squat from 65 to 200 (220 parallel box squat). I turned 60 last week and have been doing this for about 1.5 years, my weight is up from 180 to 205 and I'm in better shape than ever - After a nasty pec strain about 5 months ago, i FINALLY benched 135 with more in the tank. Thanks Grant, The Strength Co. has been a GREAT asset

Thanks for this message! 👍 “Embrace the Suck!” 💪

So true....thinking about the weights I have to lift later. There's always a little fear, a little dread, but mostly excitement. Lifting and adding weight to the bar is addicting.

I am going to listen to this on my way to the gym. On repeat. 3 days a week. Exactly what I need to hear.

I just want you to know that your videos have helped me, a 46 year old woman. I will also give credit to my husband that has been lifting longer than me.

great video! Thank you Broggi!

Stay Hard

This is so true, the only time I love lifting is right after it’s done!

I’m doing StrongLifts 5x5, 9 weeks in and loving it but the “suck” is looming in the next few weeks, this was definitely something I needed to hear

Love your plates and your business my dude

Thanks Grant, needed this pep talk today. 💪

Man I felt it yesterday. With just 280 on my back trying to work up to 3 plates, I was bailing in sets before failure because it was so damn heavy and my body just wanted it to stop. So for subsequent sets I had to fire myself up and say “I WILL finish this set and POWER THROUGH!”

Lifting singlehandedly changed my relationship with food. Nothing else was able to do it. The pleasure of lifting made it pleasurable to eat right because it meant better performance under the bar. I now eat for health and performance not to pleasure my brain.

Perfect timing on this video, I'm a novice and am noticing a very sharp increase in difficulty in just my past 2 workouts. A stark difference from the rapid increases I've been noticing since I started. All I could think to myself after last workout was, man this is hard! Haha, but I welcome the challenge and appreciate all the guidance you give Grant!

Wow so timely my wife and I train together and Fridays are the most challenging for us I think because it’s the end of work week but this gave me a nudge today thanks another helpful video

Worked out on and off since high school. Down 100 lbs plus now. Family, a bad car accident, and few surgeries can mess with you. I'm older and don't care about lifting heavy anymore. I weightlift 3-4 times a week and do cardio. You don't have to lift heavy to be healthy and any weightlifting will improve your life. Also, it does increase your energy levels and makes you feel better in life.

I'm 47 years old, lifting 2 years and I'm at the intermediate level. Can do 8 dead lifts at 350#. May never see 600#, but I'm gonna reach 400#. I haven't felt knee pain for a year. Probably because I stopped skipping leg day. Love your videos, btw.

YOU ARE THE MAN

When people walk in. They leave waddling

Always hard 🔨

It is hard but so rewarding!! Just make sure to do other activities/sports/recovery to be well rounded and have longevity in your weightlifting "career" :)

The only lift i felt safe doing it are the Press

The hard truth about lifting weights: it’s fun and makes you feel good

Nice wr

What about electro muscle stimulation workouts?

True words! 🤣

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0:07 "Weight training is HARD!" Whoa, whoa, don't hit us with brutal truths like that so early in the video. It's too traumatizing.

Big, if true.

The people who needed to hear this didn't listen to you.

This title is 10 years too late

But..but.. I just saw a video where it was stated that light weights for higher reps is just as effective, proven by SCIENCE! Of course it never occurs to them that in the history of humans, no one has ever squatted 500 without first squatting 300, 350, 400, 410, 420…