You are going to want to get in on this. The primary goal of this website, and "Lifting Like a Girl" in general, is to equip you with information to become the best version of yourself. To improve your health and make your entire life better, and more awesome. It's a way for you to discover the amazing things your body can do. It's about embracing the truth that numbers don't define your …
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Why Having Year Long Goals Doesn’t Work
Humans are wonderful at starting projects that never get finished. We fantasize grand, lofty goals but once we start climbing the mountain of the magnificent goal we desire to conquer we stop and stare in awe at how far we have to go. We're aware of the inevitable obstacles and momentary struggles. We realize it's much easier to stop, turn around, and continue on the smooth path we were …
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Why Most 30 Day Challenges Suck (and 3 Challenges That Actually Work)
I've seen my fair share of 30 day challenges, and I've heard not-so-great stories that usually entail abandoning the challenge and diving head first into a tub of ice cream or box of doughnuts ... and cookies ... and forehead deep into a pie ... and any other foods that were "forbidden" during the 30 day chalenge. There's no shortage of 30 day challenges that can include a diet change, some type …
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13 Ways Women Can be MORE, Not Less
Take a glimpse at the cover of most magazines and you'll see several headlines promoting tips and tricks that will help you eat less and weigh less. "Lose up to 10 pounds in one week!" "Simple tips to eat fewer calories!" "Shrink your stomach with three easy exercises!" Eat less. Weigh less. Shrink. What is this obsession with encouraging women to be less? I don't know about you, …
Operation Play More, Work Out Less (Exercise is NOT Mandatory)
Exercise. Work out. I'm not sure about you, but sometimes those words have a negative undertone. Depending on how they're used, it can make your fitness regimen sound like a chore - another item to check off your to-do list. Does this sound familiar after a long day at work? "Ugh. I have to go work out." Perhaps you're like me. I'll go through spurts where I love strength training. I genuinely …
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Let Go: How to Get Rid of Anxiety Caused by Health and Fitness (And Why It Will Help Achieve Better Results)
I would feel great. Things would be going well. But then, I would start over-thinking and over-analyzing everything and the stress and anxiety would return. The stress would swell up within me and it felt as if a violent tornado swept across my brain; damaging, destroying, and uprooting everything in its path. Once it’s gone and the dust settles, everything is in shambles and the only thing left …
The “I Don’t Want to Work Out But I Know I Need to” Workout Solution
Some people never get bored with strength training or working out. Week after week, and year after year, they can keep on doing the same thing without burning out or getting bored. As much as I love getting stronger, lifting weights, and challenging myself in my home gym, I go through spurts where I just — don't want to work out. I'm bored by strength training or simply don't enjoy it. I'm …
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Health and Fitness Gone Bad – When It Degrades Women, And What We Can Do About It
I was once told that my Lift Like a Girl t-shirt was degrading. That the whole lift like a girl manifesto was degrading to women. I took the statement for the ignorant comment it was, laughed it off, and simply went about my day. But later on I couldn't help but think about the messages that are still, unfortunately, being spread in the world of women's fitness. The ideas, statements, and …