Build strength with a weightlifting routine

Life Kit

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🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Strong muscles are good for us. They help prevent injuries, strengthen bones and improve balance. But it can be hard to build muscle mass if you're intimidated by the weight room or unsure of how much weight to lift. Writer and audio producer Alex Sujong Laughlin shares her weightlifting journey — and her own tips and challenges along the way. This episode was originally published October 12, 2021.

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0:51.2	I'm mesmerized by their grace, their speed, and their must-tense. their Alex Sujong Laughlin is a writer and audio producer and for a long time she thought
1:04.7	weightlifting was not for her. She was worried it might make her look bulky or
1:08.4	unfeminine. On this episode of Life Kit she takes us on a beginner's journey into weightlifting and
1:14.3	unlearning some of these unhelpful stereotypes. Pornabell's idea of a good time is deadlifting a bar bell stacked with more than her body weight.
1:33.8	She started lifting weights in 2016,
1:36.2	a year after her husband died unexpectedly.
1:39.4	She wrote a book about the experience called Stronger,
1:42.0	Changing Everything I New about women's strength.
1:44.6	I felt completely disconnected from myself.
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