Been currriouuuss about strength training and lifting heavy, but not sure where to start? Wanna start lifting heavy, but scared you might hurt yourself? This episode is for you :) Join me as I outline a simple game plan to help you get started in the wonderful world of lifting heavy weights ❤️‍🔥

GAME PLAN IN TEXT FORM:

Week 1: 3 sets of 10 reps for deadlifts/squats/bench

Week 2: 4 sets of 8 reps

Week 3: 4 sets of 6 reps

Week 4: 5 sets of 5 reps

Week 5: 4 sets of 4 reps

Week 6: 3 sets of 3 reps

Congrats bae, you are officially strength training now ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Decent YouTube channels for information on form: Untamed Strength & Wenning Strength

Every human body has its strengths and its weaknesses! Lifting isn’t about being perfect and having absolutely perfect form on every rep ever. We aren’t robots. It’s about getting familiar with our weaknesses and training them to be stronger. Getting familiar with our strengths and leveraging them to our advantage.

It can be tempting to get self-conscious about form in the gym, but honey listen… everyone’s form breaks down as some point. Everyone has weak links in the system. Just find out what your unique weak links are so you can train them to get stronger 🔥

LFGGGG B*TCHHHH!!! WE GO GYM. THIS IS YOUR HYPE TRACK. PUT IT IN YOUR EARS AND GO LIFT SOMETHING HEAVY. YAAAAA LETSSS GOOOO 🔥🔥🔥

Listen. I’m a firm believer that not every gym session will start great but literally every single one can become great. Calm down, I know I sound like a motivational speaker right now just hear me out.

Some days we feel like slugs. We’re humans, it’s part of the package deal. But what matters is what we DO when we feel like slugs. In fact, feeling like a slug/feeling some level of discomfort is a necessary pre-cursor to flow state. So on the days when our workout just isn’t flowing, try the approach I talk about in this podcast to turn it around. Because literally every workout can become magical. Truly.

Anxiety spirals, gym land, and becoming a less spiral-y human through lifting. Yes, this is a thing and it’s magical. As I’ve said before and I’ll say again - the gym is the dojo where we can go to practice all manner of things. Not getting sucked into a negative spiral is yet another magical thing we can train at the gym :) Enjoy

Take it or leave it, but I LOVE lifting heavyyyy during that time of the month. Just sayin. Despite what you may have heard, you can still train HARD on your period and you might just surprise yourself with how heavy you can lift 👀

Yes, I know mobility training isn’t as sexy as a heavy deadlift set. It doesn’t give you a pump. And it makes you feel like shit because you realize your hips are tighter than a nun’s you-know-what.

But you know what? Do it anyway. Your 80 year-old self will thank you.

Sharing my favorite metaphor to explain the difference between strength training & hypertrophy training and how they impact our muscular development. Not sure what the hell I’m talking about? Listen to this episode and then you will!