My Tumbling Journal.

rippedfuel:

back2fitness:

I know I have posted similar before but this is awesome

You know what happens when women lift weights? Lets forget aesthetics for a bit shall we..

When women lift weights their metabolic rate increases, their bones become stronger, their muscles and tendons become tighter and stronger.

Strength changes women though, it changes everyone. Gaining strength involves gaining skills. Skills bring forth confidence. Confidence then brings on more skills. Strength gives a sense of being able to do more, a willingness to try and the ability to walk down the street with a bit more pride.

Strength training makes you realize that you are capable of doing and being more then you thought you could be. It sounds corny but it true. When you start to lift your own bodyweight you start to realize that your body, your mind, is more then you thought it could be. When youg et that first strict deadhang pull up you feel like a damn rockstar. When you start to set goals that seem stupid but you know - you KNOW - you can reach them, you realize that you’ve changed.

Fuck what you might look like if you pick up a barbell. I think there are more reasons to lift then just an ass worthy of putting into jeans. I mean fuck, you can get abs and not really strength train everyone know thats. Lifting is a whole person changing thing.

(via floating-like-a-feather)