Weight Lifting: Positively Uplifting

Weight Lifting: Positively Uplifting
Deciding to exercise can be a major leap in one’s life, I mean working out is hard, and sticking to it is even harder. I have seen countless amounts of people prep themselves for a future body falling under the guise of a new year’s resolution. How many people actually stick to these goals, live by their dream to be bigger or smaller, sadly not many, most will run forever, attempt yoga or even dance but few choose to lift weights. Weight lifting is only for men, or body builders, meat heads and small egos! This could not be further from the truth yet why is it that so many believe this negative stigma. People tend to dwell on the negatives in life, and it seems just as true of weight lifting. Lifting weights
There are quite a few benefits to weight lifting; however I would like to highlight some of the more important aspects such as natural physical enhancement, positive mental attributes and the introduction of self discipline from my own personal experiences. In this day and age it is all about appearances, how tall someone is or skinny, short, fat the list goes on. We live in such a judgmental society and because of this people feel the pressure to get in shape, look good, and typically attract a mate or even just a boost in self confidence. It should be familiar to most some of the better known benefits of weight lifting larger muscles, increased strength, even improved endurance but did you know lifting weights also speeds up your metabolism. I began seriously weight lifting roughly a year and four months ago, in this time I have made dramatic strides in my goal of a bigger, fitter, healthier lifestyle. I remember
Remember that feeling. It is almost blissful, that sense of accomplishment, well why not have it more often. Weight lifting is all about self discipline and one of its greatest strengths is setting daily goals, an example is the first time I attempted to bench I was able to lift about one hundred thirty five maybe five times well the second chest day came around and I increased to seven repetitions. Often people jumping into the lifting scene complain that it may be time consuming. Set up strength number two, time management. People usually have time to spare but make excuses in what they value with that time, some would rather watch a television show that lasts thirty minutes to an hour, if you replace that time with the gym then one can easily make time for lifting. This brings up the most important aspect of self-discipline, the one that generally makes or breaks people’s willpower, learning to sacrifice. There are just not enough hours in the day to watch every show, go to all the stores, read all the books, hang out with all your friends and make time for the gym. Learning to sacrifice is learning to place what one value’s the highest at the expense of something they can do without; failing to meet goals because someone did not make time for the gym can be a harsh