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No one ever got worse from being stronger – The Fear of being strong

When I sit with people and talk to them about their fitness goals and ambitions, I am still amazed at home many people are truly fearful of gaining strength. Some people have a misconception about what being physically strong is and what it isn’t. Women in general (yes, ladies…I am generalizing here) are more fearful than men in this regard. I hear things like… “I really don’t want to lift anything heavy” or “I have no desire to get strong, I only want to tone up and lose my belly.” The truth is, being strong never hurt anybody. As a matter of fact, increasing your strength will only help you reach your fitness goals sooner and help you more than you ever thought in your daily life. To lose fat effectively, you have to add muscle. I am not talking about huge, bulky muscle (unless that is what you want), rather I am talking about lean muscle tissue. The more muscle you have, the more you burn throughout the day, even when you are sitting at your desk, or catching up on the latest Days of our Lives episode. Muscle helps you burn. Being stronger will help you in every single activity you can think of. Hauling that heavy laundry basket only gets easier when you are physically strong. Holding your baby, carrying the groceries, or just working in the yard…all gets easier when you are strong. When you have good overall physical strength, you will avoid common injuries that occur as well. Strength helps protect your joints. Shoulders are less likely to hurt, knees will feel better and that low back pain will start to disappear. Here are some tips on increasing your strength:

• Increase you overall sets while decreasing your reps. Instead of doing 3 sets of 12-15, try doing 5 sets of 6 reps. Don’t worry, you are not going to get huge or turn into the hulk, this will simply help you get stronger.
• When you decrease your reps, you have to up the weight. So if you were doing 20 pounds with dumbbells for sets of 12 reps, try upping the weight to 30 or more and see what you can do.
• Incorporate squats and dead lifts of some sort into your routine. These are not just lower body exercises, rather they will strengthen the whole body and help keep you injury free too. If you don’t know how to do these, find someone that can help you along.
• Every two weeks, try to lift a little more than you did before. By progressively increasing the resistance, you will get stronger faster than you thought you could. Make sure you don’t compromise your form however.

Remember, being strong isn’t a curse, it is a much needed fitness goal and should be on everyone’s list. When you reach your golden years, your full body strength is what is going to keep you living the life you want, and the way you want to live it.

This article was written by Keith Scott.

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