I admit I used to lift weights. I was obsessive and fanatical, I would record every lift that I did and by doing so I became the only accountant I know that has bothered to count from the number one to the number one million.
Lifting weights has many benefits;
1> It is an impact strain exercise that can protect against loss of bone density.
2> It allows you to target your training resources for strength improvement in key areas.
3> Helps develop protective muscle bulk that can be advantageous in certain sports and fields such as policing.
4> It is a social activity as many isolation exercises either require a spotter or such highly specialized equipment that unless you are a gazillionaire you will only find the equipment in a shared gymnasium.
Lifting weights won't help you if;
1> You want to get a fabulous body. Primatologists have done extensive research on what men perceive as what women desire as the ideal male body type, and what women actually desire as the ideal body type. Men have it all wrong. Most women do not desire muscle bulk at all, they are desirous of muscle tone and leanness. Think Patrick Swayze, Shreddy or Brandon Lee, not Stallone or Arnold. Women found Arnold's and Stalllone's bank accounts sexy but not their bodies.
2> If you are trying to lose weight. When you lift weights you are sending contradictory signals to the brain. Gain muscle bulk, and eat more.
3> Trying to avoid injury. When you weight-lift your body develops in an uneven and unbalanced fashion. Your muscles strengthen faster than your tendons, joints & ligaments do setting the stage for nasty joint and tendon damage.
I have not lifted a weight in over six months and my body improvement trajectory has accelerated. I gave up the madness of weights and substituted the stoicism of own body weight compound resistance training. The is an old Croatian saying;
"Što če ti umjetno sranje?" Croatian
"Shto che tea umjetno sranjay? " Phonetic
"What do you need the artificial crap for" Queen's English
to be continued
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