I am a woman in my 60s and do weightlifting regularly. However, I only do it because it's good for me; same reason I floss my teeth! In contrast to the cardio that I do, which I love, I don't get any intrinsic enjoyment from the process of lifting weights. I can make myself do it, but my focus is on "getting done." I'd like to be able to actually enjoy it in the moment and thought learning about how others experience lifting might help me adjust my own perspective.
I do experience enjoyment when I am able to lift more than last time (but that is at the very end of a specific exercise and doesn't always happen) and I also like feeling stronger in daily life. But I am trying to find some ways to enjoy the actual process of picking up heavy things over and over. The best I've done is to focus on a particular muscle feeling strong during a particular lift.
So I thought I would tap into the group experience here and see if there are some other things I could try to focus on to increase my enjoyment of the lifting itself. I know that for many of you, you genuinely enjoy lifting heavy things and always have. Why? What specifically do you enjoy?
But maybe there are others like me out there who didn't start out loving it, but have learned along the way to get some enjoyment out of lifting weights. I'd like to hear your perspective, too.
Thanks!
I do experience enjoyment when I am able to lift more than last time (but that is at the very end of a specific exercise and doesn't always happen) and I also like feeling stronger in daily life. But I am trying to find some ways to enjoy the actual process of picking up heavy things over and over. The best I've done is to focus on a particular muscle feeling strong during a particular lift.
So I thought I would tap into the group experience here and see if there are some other things I could try to focus on to increase my enjoyment of the lifting itself. I know that for many of you, you genuinely enjoy lifting heavy things and always have. Why? What specifically do you enjoy?
But maybe there are others like me out there who didn't start out loving it, but have learned along the way to get some enjoyment out of lifting weights. I'd like to hear your perspective, too.
Thanks!
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