Fitness Machine 003 – Why Lifting Weights is Beneficial to Your Exercise Routine - a podcast by Brian Town

Why Weight Lifting?

• The body is meant to lift heavy objects.


• Building muscle tissue and bone.


• More functionality in moving up and down.


• Feeling better in how you can do more tasks through the strength training you've done.

Myth about Weight Lifting:

• It will bulk you up immediately.

7 Fundamental Human Movements and Lifting Weight Exercises to Go With:

• Push Things


• Pull Things


• Squat in any way, shape, or form.


• Hinge (Bending in a way that is getting ready to jump.)


• Carry Weight (Loaded Carry)


• Resist Rotation and Rotate (Trunk and Core)


• Groundwork (Turkish Get-Up, Crawling, etc.)

How to Measure Success:

• Are you feeling or moving better?


• Are you functioning in a max capacity in life and at the gym?

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