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Just from my own experience, I wonder if a lot of the benefit of such things is simply from habitually paying attention to your body, whether your lifting techn

by wiml 6y ago

Just from my own experience, I wonder if a lot of the benefit of such things is simply from habitually paying attention to your body, whether your lifting technique, or your breathing.

barry-cotter 6y ago
Lifting works faster. Trying to change your posture by noticing and correcting it is just brutally difficult. You need to mindfully check in multiple times an hour. Lifting you only need to attend to your posture while you’re doing it and your posture will improve without conscious effort as your tendons and sinews stretch and you get more muscle. Running or dancing will do the same thing but the returns on each hour of work are going to be lower than for lifting weights.
- 3131s 6y ago
  I'll add an endorsement for lifting, especially as part of cross-training for another sport to avoid injury. I am also extremely partial to sprinting. The closest you can come without drugs to a certain type of very lean and muscular physique is to combine lifting and sprinting. Sprinting is great for your abdominals, quads, calves, so it can really balance out the bulky, top-heavy look that can come from only lifting.
  - moltar 6y ago
    Can you recommend a sprinting regimen?
    - barry-cotter 6y ago
      https://www.shape.com/fitness/cardio/4-minute-fat-burning-miracle-tabata-workout https://www.shape.com/fitness/cardio/4-minute-fat-burning-mi... Tabata
- nmfisher 6y ago
  I’ve been lifting weights for 15 odd years, and while I agree with you, it’s not always a magic bullet. After a period of excessive work (slumping in a chair for 18 hours a day), combined with a sports injury, I ended up with a very messed up posture. Lifting weights actually exacerbated the issue, rather than fixing it.
- radu_floricica 6y ago
  Lifting is also one of the most efficient ways to stretch. The only thing to know is the you should always do the motion with a full range of motion (ROM). Full ROM is actually best for making muscle, but if you also do it with a your bodyweight on your back, it's practically THE perfect stretching exercise.

by wiml 6y ago

Just from my own experience, I wonder if a lot of the benefit of such things is simply from habitually paying attention to your body, whether your lifting technique, or your breathing.

barry-cotter 6y ago

Lifting works faster. Trying to change your posture by noticing and correcting it is just brutally difficult. You need to mindfully check in multiple times an hour. Lifting you only need to attend to your posture while you’re doing it and your posture will improve without conscious effort as your tendons and sinews stretch and you get more muscle. Running or dancing will do the same thing but the returns on each hour of work are going to be lower than for lifting weights.

3131s 6y ago
I'll add an endorsement for lifting, especially as part of cross-training for another sport to avoid injury. I am also extremely partial to sprinting. The closest you can come without drugs to a certain type of very lean and muscular physique is to combine lifting and sprinting. Sprinting is great for your abdominals, quads, calves, so it can really balance out the bulky, top-heavy look that can come from only lifting.
- moltar 6y ago
  Can you recommend a sprinting regimen?
  - barry-cotter 6y ago
    https://www.shape.com/fitness/cardio/4-minute-fat-burning-miracle-tabata-workout https://www.shape.com/fitness/cardio/4-minute-fat-burning-mi... Tabata
nmfisher 6y ago
I’ve been lifting weights for 15 odd years, and while I agree with you, it’s not always a magic bullet. After a period of excessive work (slumping in a chair for 18 hours a day), combined with a sports injury, I ended up with a very messed up posture. Lifting weights actually exacerbated the issue, rather than fixing it.
radu_floricica 6y ago
Lifting is also one of the most efficient ways to stretch. The only thing to know is the you should always do the motion with a full range of motion (ROM). Full ROM is actually best for making muscle, but if you also do it with a your bodyweight on your back, it's practically THE perfect stretching exercise.