WEIGHT TRAINING MATTERS BECAUSE:

Weight training matters for one reason: we’re not strong enough.

It’s that simple for us weaklings, no matter how strong you think you are.

Find the strongest person you know and they’ll tell you, “I’d like to be stronger.”

Maybe you see strong as a problem, thinking, ‘I don’t want to be a meathead.’

You wouldn’t be wrong if you visited a gym at the right time, the Meathead Time. It’s Dude Time for a lot of guys with hair loss and back acne and skinny legs flexing in the mirror and catching just the right light.

They are strong men, but what’s the point? Let’s ask.

Weight Training Matters? Why?

True or False

“I need to be strong for my family. I’m not married, but when I am, I’ll be the strong one in the family.”

False, and here’s why: If you spend a lot of time in the gym before you get married, cherish the moment, because your wife will see gym time as an infringement on her time with you.

She’ll say, “Why would you want to spend time in a noisy, smelly, place full of idiots with bonehead attitudes. You’ve got better things to do than associate with a bunch of losers who couldn’t get a date to a funeral.”

Or,

“Honey, you don’t need to keep up your Chick-Gitten’ ways. You’ve got me now. But if you still need to get your pump on, let’s get a home gym and we’ll workout together. You can train me.”

So, go ahead and load up on a weight stack. It’ll fit next to the treadmill under a pile of crap, which is next to the ski trainer with broken ropes, and the pile of yoga mats rolled up in a closet.

Or, maybe you’ve evolved to a higher level of health and fitness and buy an inversion table, the hang upside down deal. Get the one that folds flat to store against a wall, because that’s where it’ll be.

Deadlift, Bench, And Squat

From most accounts, those words are the answer to the question, “Do you even lift?”

Another question for boomer-types: Are those three lifts good for our age group?

You’ve heard it before, moderation. Eating, drinking, and lifting all need moderation. Without moderation you’d be a hefty, boozed up, injury prone mess. No one wants that.

Use the big three in the heading as a guide to lifting. Think flexibility, reps, light weight. Lighter weight isn’t taking a shot at your manhood, stud. Go lighter to stay viable the next day.

What really happens if you load up the weight beyond your capacity?

Why Men Complain Like Little Bitches?

Every time I hear men complain, I get confused. Fix it instead of complaining. Do something else instead of complaining. Figure it out, then complain about others who complain.

The last example is where I live. It’s a fairly complaint free neighborhood. Why?

Happily married men have nothing to complain about, just ask their wives. And if they ever do complain, it’s never about their wife.

Ask a man if they’ve ever heard their wife complain about them while they’re on the phone with a girlfriend. If that doesn’t work for you, here’s what happens:

The man pretends he didn’t hear anything and says nothing. Or, he asks who was on the phone. Never ask the wife to stop complaining about you to her friends because it will make it awkward if they ever come by again.

Also, don’t ask if their friends complain about their husbands. That part doesn’t matter, unless you’re trying to stir something up. Reminder: you’re not.

In a world of uncertainty, or people changing, people showing who they are when you thought they were better than that, weight training matters.

It’s between you and the weight, pushing and pulling and racking the bar. You can go to failure and no one ever knows how you failed, because failing is a benefit in this case.

How important is it to know where to draw the line in life, in love, in the garage? That’s all you, your line, and your limits.

Go ahead and push to failure, knowing that you’ll fail better the next time, and come back stronger every time.

Apply that lesson and you’re on the right track for a damn good day. More important, it gives more empathy for people who fail at doing less in their lives.

We don’t know their struggles.