Strength Training

[Hafthor]

I've been strength training for the better part of almost 20 years, started back in 1994 with high school football and been an iron addict ever since. For the past 5 years I have been training mainly in power lifting and strongman. you know the guys that bench press like 800 lbs and pull buses. I'm not exactly a 'big guy" I'm only 5'9'' 185 lbs...yet I can bench press 405 lbs, squat 500 lbs and have deadlifted 605 lbs.

Just wondering if there is anyone else that's into strength training, or fitness in general?

[Heka]

Re: Strength Training

I wish I was stronger. While I can run (read: jog very very slowly) for 30 min ok, so I feel pretty good about my leg strength most of the time, my upper body strength is nil. I can't really do planks etc for abs, because my shoulders hunch cos my arms aren't strong enough. I can hardly hang from the monkey bars. And it makes me wonder what went wrong... As a kid I could hang from the monkey bars for ages, and I used to be the 12 yo shot put champion at school, but it's just all gone.

*sadface*

I really enjoy strength training. I wish I was motivated to do more of it. Actually I wish I was motivated to do more training in general.

[anubisa]

Re: Strength Training

I used to strength train when I had a gym membership. I would lift weights. Now I don't have a gym membership, but am thinking about getting weights to work out at home.