6 Powerful Truths About Strength Training to Inspire You

1. Strength training is not optional - if you want to live life to its fullest

Exercise has the greatest power to determine how you will live out the rest of your life. Even a fairly minimal amount can lengthen your life by several years. It delays the onset of chronic disease across the board and can slow or reverse cognitive decline.

2. Strength training is not about big muscles; it's about being less frail

If we don't use it, we lose it. Our muscles and joints respond to stress in a positive way. While you may aim for aesthetics earlier on, you'll realize quickly that how you look as a result of strength training pales in comparison to the other benefits.

3. It's never too late, you're never too old, too weak or in too much pain to strength train

My oldest client is 85 years old. She never trained in her life and suffered a fall that injured her shoulder and caused her to walk with a hunch. Fast-forward a year, and she's no longer in pain while walking more upright than she ever has in her 80s.

If anything, feeling old, weak or in pain is a stronger reason to pick up some weights than the other side of the coin.

4. There's no perfect program - the best programs are the ones you're still doing years later

A perfect, optimized program is meaningless if you don't keep up with it consistently. Take inspiration from other programs if you like, but find something meaningful to you, whether that's something goal-related or just a collection of movements you enjoy.

5. Technique is not as important as programming and exposure - it's not about how, it's about if and how consistent

Your body can adapt to any technique. If you stress your body a certain way, you will adapt in a way to better handle that stress the next time you face it. Don't stress about "doing things right" or being fearful of hurting yourself. Gradual exposure and consistency will keep you safe.

6. Weakness is expensive, strength is your retirement savings account

As Dr. Peter Attia says, author of "Outlive" and someone heavily invested in longevity, "I think of strength training as a form of retirement saving. Just as we want to retire with enough money saved up to sustain us for the rest of our lives, we want to reach older age with enough "reserve" of muscle and bone density to protect us from injury and allow us to continue to pursue the activities that we enjoy."

"It is much better to save, invest, and plan, letting your wealth build gradually over decades, than to scramble to try to scrape together an individual retirement account in your late fifties and hope and pray that the stock market gods help you out. The more of a reserve you build up, early on, the better off you will be over the long term."

To your good health,

Coach Stephen

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