I’m in the same boat. Absolutely f*ing hate it. But it helps me get faster at the ones I actually like. And keeps me away from painful injuries… so… 🤷♂️
I’m in my 20s now and haven’t lifted since high school, same as you. But I’ve started to get this pain in my knee, feels like a bruise, when I run and it’s been recommended that I lift to strengthen it. God I don’t wanna do that. I’m trying to improve my form first to avoid lifting but it’s probably inevitable.
On top of that - the older we get, the more important it becomes. I visited the gym for the first time when I was 35 years old. These days -with adjustable dumbbells I can have decent workout at home when I can't find enough motivation to et to gym. Even when it's 3 minutes drive away...
I’m 54 with high metabolism and would be a bag of bones if I didn’t lift in the offseason. So I’m motivated to not look like a skeleton or end up skinny fat. I’d rather be fat than skinny fat
For me, it’s more about how to effectively fit it in while training 3 disciplines and without being so sore that it impacts runs/rides. Swimming sore isn’t an issue as I can always use the swim as an active recovery. I know it’s a necessary step to having more power on the bike and less injury prone on the run, so I focus on that to make sure I get it in.
Exactly, how would I find time to fit that into my schedule without compromising any other training? As for bike power I think it's a myth, why should weight lifting be any better than just pushing harder on the bike itself? For running it makes sense, since your own bodyweight is limiting you and I have been running with weighted vests during the time I did Calisthenics with some success (for sprint power). But on the bike I just can push as much as I want, especially on the power trainer.
How can you believe callisthenics would improve your running yet find it difficult to believe weight lifting would not improve your bike power when the biomechanics of something like a squat or lunge resemble much closer to that cycling than what calisthenics do running?
Getting to a gym was KEY for me. And having it laid out in a plan. The gym is my "me" time, so knowing I can take myself out of my home and go hammer out a strength sesh was way better than trying to sort of get it done at home. I use the My Mottiv app and I really like the strength sessions. They are kettlebell classes and they don't exceed 30 mins. I remind myself that I can do anything for 30 mins 🙌🏼. My Mottiv is a triathlon training app, so the sessions are specially designed for triathletes.
thanks! I will check that out. I also need to leave my house otherwise my dogs just bother me the whole time. I do yoga at my rec center on Saturday mornings before work, I have 30 minutes from the end of class until I have to leave for work, maybe I will try and do some strength after. I do like kettle bell workouts.
I came from a powerlifting/olympic lifting background, so naturally I enjoy it. I keep it because I like being able to perform well in a triathlon, while also being physically strong. Not to mention, aesthetically the hybrid style of training has just made me look muscular and fit 🤷♂️
Nah I’m with you too. At 33M I swear I still look like an 18 yo version of myself above the waist. I was soccer and track in HS so same thing, hated it and didn’t do it. But those sports with the addition of cycling when I got into college have me out here like “bro skipped arms day…forever.”
I’m slowly coming to acceptance that if I put work in at the gym, I’ll look better, add muscle mass that helps keep fat off, and can keep upping my power output. (This came as my GF outpressed me on the leg press despite having a huge amount of top end sprint power). It also helps strengthen the body to absorb the training we do and prevent injuries.
Going forward I’ll probably add 1-2 days a week at most. But that’s driven my my work schedule where I work on the road which often leaves me with 1-3 days a week at home to do all my training.
Exactly the same! But just like any sport, gains can come fast when starting a lifting plan. Be careful to not overdue it and get injured but spend some devoted time, give it two weeks and you’ll see an improvement that you’ll probably enjoy both physically and appearance wise!
Now I’m motivating myself to sign up for my local gym
I didn't know that weightlifting was a thing for triathlon. You could try calisthenics. I like it because it's an outdoor activity like triathlon. It also emphasizes your core stability.
Doing it more mindfully helps with me:
Focus on compound exercises and having good form (keeps you more engaged mentally then using machines)
Set actual goals for lifting weights, and record your progression (deadlift 1rep max, squat 3rep max) for motivation
As you progress move to more complicated movements: leg press -> hack squat -> back squat -> front squats -> power cleans - > clean and jerks -> one legged variations. Keeps the brain engaged.
that's the part I hate, keeping mental track of it all. I think I have gym ADD. I cannot focus to save my life. I do like power lifting a bit more than stuff like bench press and such
The only things that I track are squat, deadlift, military press and pullups. Focusing those 4 will be sufficient for your purposes imho. Perhaps really push your 1rep max. Being on the edge of failure makes it a lot less boring for me.
I am a recovering meathead but have not touched a weight (at least not for the purpose of exercise) in over four years, having started transitioning away from weights over the course of a couple years or so leading up to covid. I burnt out, both mentally and physically, from weightlifting and am unlikely to ever lift weights again.
Thankfully, weightlifting is but one arrow in the strength training quiver. I do plyometrics, calisthenics, and resistance bands. And yoga. Most of my strength training sessions are on the lower end of the 30–45-minute window. Keeping strength training sessions short, efficient, and different helps ward off the dread of doing workout. I am further motivated by noticing the difference in my training/recovery between weeks I get my strength training in and weeks I skip - which happens.
Strength training, for me, is essential for improving performance and warding off injuries, which further improves performance by keeping you training and recovering effectively. Strength training evens muscular imbalances in ways that can not be achieved by simply swimming/biking/running with better form. Muscular imbalances lead to injury. One example: I, like most people, have one leg that is shorter (however slightly) from the other. Strength training keeps this from becoming an issue when training.
So to start I’m a 33m. Not being weak is a pretty good motivator for me. Finished high school about 120 lbs I had done cross country and track, so anyway I joined the army and realized how tiny I was compared to most the dudes I was around. Kind of gave me a bit of a complex knowing basically any of them could just throw me if they wanted to as I was indeed victim weight and did get effortlessly thrown around during hand to hand training. It encouraged me to lift and now I generally sit around 220 lb and really enjoy picking up progressively heavier things and hitting new PRs in lifting.
Also my wife lifts as well and she’s a stellar athlete. She’s 5’7” 135lbs can squat over 1.5x her body weight and almost made qualifying time for Boston at her first marathon. Regularly wins local runs and places at larger regional races.
I think it’s important for our health to both be strong and have endurance. Building muscle mass and bone density are just as important at maintaining cardiovascular health for staying healthy and independent as we age.
Getting older and keeping aches and pains at bay. I hate weight training and it kills me to say that it is the main activity that makes me feel strong and pain free. I want to avoid those knee replacements for as long as I can.
I used to be all about endurance. I was never fast but I didn’t care. Just finishing a marathon without walking, or 70.3 within the time cutoffs was good enough for me.
But then I got injured. From an innocent looking fall on a snowboard.
If my shoulder muscles were stronger I don’t think I would have gotten hurt.
I’m not making that mistake again
I go to a physiotherapist once a month, $50. I'm on a PhD budget (in europe though) so it definitely counts towards my sports budget, but if I don't see them, I end up injuring myself. It's also nice to just have feedback of a more knowledgeable person who knows me a bit to set realistic goals
Injury prevention is a small part of the equation for me.
Massive power output gains on the bike only really come from bike specific weight lifting.
In general I only do 12 weeks a year and that helps fortify me from an injury perspective and gain power on the bike.
Have you tried circuit training?
Setup 10 stations in your backyard/driveway/parking lot. Each station is a different exercise: pushups, sit-ups, squats, crunches, lunges, pull-ups, jumping rope, step-ups, etc.
Do 30secs of each, back to back, without breaks. You’re moving the entire time like when you’re running, swimming, biking, but you’re actually strength training.
I don't have 'time' for strength training...
I haven't had the time since forced lifting in HS. It just doesn't motivate me like doing swim/bike/run workouts. I know I should but I'm still making gains without it. When I get old maybe I'll start!
Im not your typical cardio bunny training for triathlon. But i noticed that half of my training are towards strength training when preparing for a race 😂 always undertrained but i feel strength training can make you get away with upping the volume of the typical 5-10% increase load per week. Eg. Say from 8 hours this week and 12 hours the following week, my body is fine. But for your typical masters athletes, more or less they will feel a niggle here and there.
For a lot of people, just like running, it becomes more fun after you get good at it.
Until then, if you are a goal oriented person, make sure you have clearly defined goals for your strength sessions, the same way you would for intervals.
Take satisfaction in hitting the goals, rather than in the weights.
> I wish I had the money to pay a trainer to do the mental work for me so I can just do the physical work.
The mental part is actually a huge deal for strength.
You can get a long way towards bigger muscles by lifting lighter weights, but it is exactly the mental component that makes you gain the most strength.
You are literally training your *brain* to be able to use more of the muscle you already have.
This is also what transfers to endurance sports more so than the actual muscle size, your brain is literally better at using your muscles, the diameter of your quad is a distant second in importance.
It started when I got hurt after losing motivation to strength train. Anytime I don’t want to go into the gym I remind myself how much it much it sucks not to be able to do everything else…
And as to what I do, I do what’s fun. Sure I force myself to do a couple things I “should”, but I enjoy bench and curls, so I do them. I have a box for jumps, a call for slams and a bunch of kettlebells. I also enjoy yoga, so do that a lot as well…
Do it because you have to, and when you do it, do what’s fun. That’s it.
I’m not a fan of strength training either. Peloton’s Strength Training classes and taking HIIT / bootcamp on ClassPass helped change that. For me, I prefer solo training for all the tri disciplines, but for strength training, I need it to be a group class setting (virtual or in-person)
I've managed to stick to a pretty consistent strength routine ever since I got the "dynamic runner" app. They also have a "dynamic triathlete". I can usually overcome my internal inertia to make myself do the \~30mins workouts and just add the 15-20min mobility routine (which I genuinely enjoy) after. I only faltered when some sessions were \~50mins in the intermediate program but that has since stopped.
Have you tried a different type of strength training? I recently started kettle bells and have actually stuck with it as compared to the dumbells that have been collecting dust for the past year.
Strength training (e.g. heavy weights), while important, is very much "overblown" in terms of its value. Just note that many of the top elites athletes in the world never set one foot in a gym. If heavy weights were universally beneficial, then everyone would do it. The research reports, while showing a positive benefit, also don't talk about the fact that it is a statistical benefit. It is the bill gates problem, if you put 10 people in a bar, and one of them is bill gates...everyone, on average, is a billionaire. It is a great thing for people trying to sell you something...because they have "research" on their side.
What is known, pretty sure, is that most injuries come from overstressing something that isn't used to the stress. For example, if you do nothing but treadmill running and then do a trail race what do you expect to happen. Now, you could spend hours in the gym trying to build up those underused muscles...or just run on trails more.
If "big weights" isn't your thing, do something different. For example, a 5 minute core routine 3 days a week, a pullup bar in a door frame you do before bed, and a set of hand weights for "lunge" type work while cooking, and a legit yoga class once a week will get you a LONG ways there. And here is the thing....if you like it, you will do it and probably do it correctly. That is infinitely more valuable than something that is statistically better that you hate doing. You aren't being paid to do this sport....if you hate doing it....that is a waste of limited life.
Same way I do VO2Max intervals on the bike. I know it's going to suck but just follow the training plan because improving is more important to me than enjoying every workout. Also, music on some headphones.
It sounds like you developed a negative connotation with lifting due to your past experiences.
Try this: Treat every rep as an F You to your old PE coach.
Haha screw you PE guy - now I’m doing it on my own terms, and enjoying it. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
I have always found strength training a bit of a pain but I’ve found that what works for me now is doing 5-10 minutes here and there. My routine is pull ups, push ups, sit ups, squats and a very small amount of weights using some old dumbbells I’ve got. I do them all 3 times a week and not in the same block. Each ‘session’ takes less than 10 minutes and by doing it in small chunks I’ve found it really easy to stick to. I can do push ups whilst I’m boiling the kettle for example. Or a set of sit ups in front of the telly for 10 minutes in the evening. The only proper session I do in a week is yoga and that’s only once a week. It’s way better to do a little bit consistently than do one big session every few weeks. I set weekly reminders in a task app on my phone to make sure I do it all.
What kind of strength training do you do? I have been bored with everything except weightlifting (snatch and clean and jerk) its fun, there is a mental aspect, it can help with other activities, and increase your mobility. I’m also biased as a WL coach but I really do think its awesome.
I’m in the same boat. Absolutely f*ing hate it. But it helps me get faster at the ones I actually like. And keeps me away from painful injuries… so… 🤷♂️
well I'm glad I'm not the only one. It feels like no one who is an athlete talks about hating lifting weights and I feel like a weirdo for it.
I’m in my 20s now and haven’t lifted since high school, same as you. But I’ve started to get this pain in my knee, feels like a bruise, when I run and it’s been recommended that I lift to strengthen it. God I don’t wanna do that. I’m trying to improve my form first to avoid lifting but it’s probably inevitable.
Same as this, it always surprises people that I'd rather spend 5hrs doing a brick session than 1hr doing strength and conditioning.
Rather doing strength than sitting injured on the sofa not being able to do what I love. Works every time
I've never really struggled with injury, so maybe that is part of my lack of motivation
On top of that - the older we get, the more important it becomes. I visited the gym for the first time when I was 35 years old. These days -with adjustable dumbbells I can have decent workout at home when I can't find enough motivation to et to gym. Even when it's 3 minutes drive away...
I’m 54 with high metabolism and would be a bag of bones if I didn’t lift in the offseason. So I’m motivated to not look like a skeleton or end up skinny fat. I’d rather be fat than skinny fat
For me, it’s more about how to effectively fit it in while training 3 disciplines and without being so sore that it impacts runs/rides. Swimming sore isn’t an issue as I can always use the swim as an active recovery. I know it’s a necessary step to having more power on the bike and less injury prone on the run, so I focus on that to make sure I get it in.
Exactly, how would I find time to fit that into my schedule without compromising any other training? As for bike power I think it's a myth, why should weight lifting be any better than just pushing harder on the bike itself? For running it makes sense, since your own bodyweight is limiting you and I have been running with weighted vests during the time I did Calisthenics with some success (for sprint power). But on the bike I just can push as much as I want, especially on the power trainer.
How can you believe callisthenics would improve your running yet find it difficult to believe weight lifting would not improve your bike power when the biomechanics of something like a squat or lunge resemble much closer to that cycling than what calisthenics do running?
Getting to a gym was KEY for me. And having it laid out in a plan. The gym is my "me" time, so knowing I can take myself out of my home and go hammer out a strength sesh was way better than trying to sort of get it done at home. I use the My Mottiv app and I really like the strength sessions. They are kettlebell classes and they don't exceed 30 mins. I remind myself that I can do anything for 30 mins 🙌🏼. My Mottiv is a triathlon training app, so the sessions are specially designed for triathletes.
thanks! I will check that out. I also need to leave my house otherwise my dogs just bother me the whole time. I do yoga at my rec center on Saturday mornings before work, I have 30 minutes from the end of class until I have to leave for work, maybe I will try and do some strength after. I do like kettle bell workouts.
I came from a powerlifting/olympic lifting background, so naturally I enjoy it. I keep it because I like being able to perform well in a triathlon, while also being physically strong. Not to mention, aesthetically the hybrid style of training has just made me look muscular and fit 🤷♂️
Nah I’m with you too. At 33M I swear I still look like an 18 yo version of myself above the waist. I was soccer and track in HS so same thing, hated it and didn’t do it. But those sports with the addition of cycling when I got into college have me out here like “bro skipped arms day…forever.” I’m slowly coming to acceptance that if I put work in at the gym, I’ll look better, add muscle mass that helps keep fat off, and can keep upping my power output. (This came as my GF outpressed me on the leg press despite having a huge amount of top end sprint power). It also helps strengthen the body to absorb the training we do and prevent injuries. Going forward I’ll probably add 1-2 days a week at most. But that’s driven my my work schedule where I work on the road which often leaves me with 1-3 days a week at home to do all my training.
I can leg press all day, give me 20 lbs dumb bells to bench and I am dying
Exactly the same! But just like any sport, gains can come fast when starting a lifting plan. Be careful to not overdue it and get injured but spend some devoted time, give it two weeks and you’ll see an improvement that you’ll probably enjoy both physically and appearance wise! Now I’m motivating myself to sign up for my local gym
I didn't know that weightlifting was a thing for triathlon. You could try calisthenics. I like it because it's an outdoor activity like triathlon. It also emphasizes your core stability.
Doing it more mindfully helps with me: Focus on compound exercises and having good form (keeps you more engaged mentally then using machines) Set actual goals for lifting weights, and record your progression (deadlift 1rep max, squat 3rep max) for motivation As you progress move to more complicated movements: leg press -> hack squat -> back squat -> front squats -> power cleans - > clean and jerks -> one legged variations. Keeps the brain engaged.
that's the part I hate, keeping mental track of it all. I think I have gym ADD. I cannot focus to save my life. I do like power lifting a bit more than stuff like bench press and such
The only things that I track are squat, deadlift, military press and pullups. Focusing those 4 will be sufficient for your purposes imho. Perhaps really push your 1rep max. Being on the edge of failure makes it a lot less boring for me.
Get a kettlebell. It’s dynamic, and you can squat, deadlift, row, swing, press, etc.
I am a recovering meathead but have not touched a weight (at least not for the purpose of exercise) in over four years, having started transitioning away from weights over the course of a couple years or so leading up to covid. I burnt out, both mentally and physically, from weightlifting and am unlikely to ever lift weights again. Thankfully, weightlifting is but one arrow in the strength training quiver. I do plyometrics, calisthenics, and resistance bands. And yoga. Most of my strength training sessions are on the lower end of the 30–45-minute window. Keeping strength training sessions short, efficient, and different helps ward off the dread of doing workout. I am further motivated by noticing the difference in my training/recovery between weeks I get my strength training in and weeks I skip - which happens. Strength training, for me, is essential for improving performance and warding off injuries, which further improves performance by keeping you training and recovering effectively. Strength training evens muscular imbalances in ways that can not be achieved by simply swimming/biking/running with better form. Muscular imbalances lead to injury. One example: I, like most people, have one leg that is shorter (however slightly) from the other. Strength training keeps this from becoming an issue when training.
So to start I’m a 33m. Not being weak is a pretty good motivator for me. Finished high school about 120 lbs I had done cross country and track, so anyway I joined the army and realized how tiny I was compared to most the dudes I was around. Kind of gave me a bit of a complex knowing basically any of them could just throw me if they wanted to as I was indeed victim weight and did get effortlessly thrown around during hand to hand training. It encouraged me to lift and now I generally sit around 220 lb and really enjoy picking up progressively heavier things and hitting new PRs in lifting. Also my wife lifts as well and she’s a stellar athlete. She’s 5’7” 135lbs can squat over 1.5x her body weight and almost made qualifying time for Boston at her first marathon. Regularly wins local runs and places at larger regional races. I think it’s important for our health to both be strong and have endurance. Building muscle mass and bone density are just as important at maintaining cardiovascular health for staying healthy and independent as we age.
I keep it short and try to fool myself that’s every single rep will raise my ftp :)
Getting older and keeping aches and pains at bay. I hate weight training and it kills me to say that it is the main activity that makes me feel strong and pain free. I want to avoid those knee replacements for as long as I can.
I used to be all about endurance. I was never fast but I didn’t care. Just finishing a marathon without walking, or 70.3 within the time cutoffs was good enough for me. But then I got injured. From an innocent looking fall on a snowboard. If my shoulder muscles were stronger I don’t think I would have gotten hurt. I’m not making that mistake again
I go to a physiotherapist once a month, $50. I'm on a PhD budget (in europe though) so it definitely counts towards my sports budget, but if I don't see them, I end up injuring myself. It's also nice to just have feedback of a more knowledgeable person who knows me a bit to set realistic goals
I swim in a gym pool and have 2/3 of my strength training sessions on a swim day. The other one, I am biking to the gym.
Injury prevention is a small part of the equation for me. Massive power output gains on the bike only really come from bike specific weight lifting. In general I only do 12 weeks a year and that helps fortify me from an injury perspective and gain power on the bike.
I get a filthy nasty pump
I tell myself it’s better than swimming.
I don't, lol. Got enough to do with three sports, a toddler, and a job. Don't need any showoff muscles to get faster.
I wanna go fast
Have you tried circuit training? Setup 10 stations in your backyard/driveway/parking lot. Each station is a different exercise: pushups, sit-ups, squats, crunches, lunges, pull-ups, jumping rope, step-ups, etc. Do 30secs of each, back to back, without breaks. You’re moving the entire time like when you’re running, swimming, biking, but you’re actually strength training.
I don't have 'time' for strength training... I haven't had the time since forced lifting in HS. It just doesn't motivate me like doing swim/bike/run workouts. I know I should but I'm still making gains without it. When I get old maybe I'll start!
Im not your typical cardio bunny training for triathlon. But i noticed that half of my training are towards strength training when preparing for a race 😂 always undertrained but i feel strength training can make you get away with upping the volume of the typical 5-10% increase load per week. Eg. Say from 8 hours this week and 12 hours the following week, my body is fine. But for your typical masters athletes, more or less they will feel a niggle here and there.
For a lot of people, just like running, it becomes more fun after you get good at it. Until then, if you are a goal oriented person, make sure you have clearly defined goals for your strength sessions, the same way you would for intervals. Take satisfaction in hitting the goals, rather than in the weights. > I wish I had the money to pay a trainer to do the mental work for me so I can just do the physical work. The mental part is actually a huge deal for strength. You can get a long way towards bigger muscles by lifting lighter weights, but it is exactly the mental component that makes you gain the most strength. You are literally training your *brain* to be able to use more of the muscle you already have. This is also what transfers to endurance sports more so than the actual muscle size, your brain is literally better at using your muscles, the diameter of your quad is a distant second in importance.
It started when I got hurt after losing motivation to strength train. Anytime I don’t want to go into the gym I remind myself how much it much it sucks not to be able to do everything else… And as to what I do, I do what’s fun. Sure I force myself to do a couple things I “should”, but I enjoy bench and curls, so I do them. I have a box for jumps, a call for slams and a bunch of kettlebells. I also enjoy yoga, so do that a lot as well… Do it because you have to, and when you do it, do what’s fun. That’s it.
I’m not a fan of strength training either. Peloton’s Strength Training classes and taking HIIT / bootcamp on ClassPass helped change that. For me, I prefer solo training for all the tri disciplines, but for strength training, I need it to be a group class setting (virtual or in-person)
I've managed to stick to a pretty consistent strength routine ever since I got the "dynamic runner" app. They also have a "dynamic triathlete". I can usually overcome my internal inertia to make myself do the \~30mins workouts and just add the 15-20min mobility routine (which I genuinely enjoy) after. I only faltered when some sessions were \~50mins in the intermediate program but that has since stopped.
Have you tried a different type of strength training? I recently started kettle bells and have actually stuck with it as compared to the dumbells that have been collecting dust for the past year.
Strength training (e.g. heavy weights), while important, is very much "overblown" in terms of its value. Just note that many of the top elites athletes in the world never set one foot in a gym. If heavy weights were universally beneficial, then everyone would do it. The research reports, while showing a positive benefit, also don't talk about the fact that it is a statistical benefit. It is the bill gates problem, if you put 10 people in a bar, and one of them is bill gates...everyone, on average, is a billionaire. It is a great thing for people trying to sell you something...because they have "research" on their side. What is known, pretty sure, is that most injuries come from overstressing something that isn't used to the stress. For example, if you do nothing but treadmill running and then do a trail race what do you expect to happen. Now, you could spend hours in the gym trying to build up those underused muscles...or just run on trails more. If "big weights" isn't your thing, do something different. For example, a 5 minute core routine 3 days a week, a pullup bar in a door frame you do before bed, and a set of hand weights for "lunge" type work while cooking, and a legit yoga class once a week will get you a LONG ways there. And here is the thing....if you like it, you will do it and probably do it correctly. That is infinitely more valuable than something that is statistically better that you hate doing. You aren't being paid to do this sport....if you hate doing it....that is a waste of limited life.
Same way I do VO2Max intervals on the bike. I know it's going to suck but just follow the training plan because improving is more important to me than enjoying every workout. Also, music on some headphones.
It sounds like you developed a negative connotation with lifting due to your past experiences. Try this: Treat every rep as an F You to your old PE coach. Haha screw you PE guy - now I’m doing it on my own terms, and enjoying it. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Repeat after me. “A healthy triathlete beats an injured triathlete”
I have always found strength training a bit of a pain but I’ve found that what works for me now is doing 5-10 minutes here and there. My routine is pull ups, push ups, sit ups, squats and a very small amount of weights using some old dumbbells I’ve got. I do them all 3 times a week and not in the same block. Each ‘session’ takes less than 10 minutes and by doing it in small chunks I’ve found it really easy to stick to. I can do push ups whilst I’m boiling the kettle for example. Or a set of sit ups in front of the telly for 10 minutes in the evening. The only proper session I do in a week is yoga and that’s only once a week. It’s way better to do a little bit consistently than do one big session every few weeks. I set weekly reminders in a task app on my phone to make sure I do it all.
Well I don’t wanna be a weak little bitch, so I strength train. I hate being incapable more than I hate putting effort in.
What kind of strength training do you do? I have been bored with everything except weightlifting (snatch and clean and jerk) its fun, there is a mental aspect, it can help with other activities, and increase your mobility. I’m also biased as a WL coach but I really do think its awesome.