Weight Lifters??

Question

To those of you who do weight/strength stuff in the gym, how did you get into it/what resources did you use to figure out what the heck you were doing?!

I'm a runner and dancer and have done some yoga and barre, but I want to tone up a lot and want to start incorporating strength training (nothing too hardcore haha) but have no clue where to start!

If anyone has any advice to share or knows of good places to look for info that'd be amazing!!

Answer

I've been weight lifting for around six months, and when I first started I had no idea what I was doing. If you have to money I recommend going with a personal trainer for a few sessions just to find your feet and get comfortable, or I just resorted to some fitness bloggers and youtubers. The one I watch is Carly Rowena who is a personal trainer at the gym I go to, highly recommend her blog an channel!! And also The Lean Machines, both great for nutritional guides and also workouts too! Happy lifting 💜

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I'm a dancer and do yoga too but I've always found that going to the gym, lifting weights and doing various exercises never really toned me up and I never saw any results.

I started taking boxing classes and I saw instant results within a week! I still go to the gym, but not for strength/weight training.

I have a butt I never thought I'd get in a million years haha. Slowly but surely, I'm toning up.

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I play soccer for a club and for high school. Our high school coach would make us go to the weight room a couple times a week and that's how I learned what I was doing. The most important thing is that you don't hurt yourself so I would learn proper posture and stuff like that before you really get into it

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Fortunately my ex is a trainer. And he is the one that helped me get into it. But, if you go to a gym or anything. They offer classes that you can take to help learn. Or I'm sure you can even just google weightlifting for beginners.