Dr. Stacy Sims on How—and Why—to Lift Heavy

Another Mother Runner

Sarah Bowen Shea

Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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This episode is a must-listen for women of all ages: Stacy Sims, Ph.D., noted exercise physiologist and co-author of ROAR, talks about the importance of, and mechanics of, heavy resistance training. With hosts Sarah and Britany Williams, Stacy shares: -what she means by “heavy lifting”; -how to get started lifting heavy + how to progress; -how your brain + nervous system benefits from resistance training; -how to use your cell phone to help you train at home; and, -ways to incorporate a treadmill into your resistance routine. Before Stacy joins around 10:39, Britany and Sarah share laughs about found change. When you shop our sponsors, you help AMR. We appreciate your—and their—support! Take steps to better running: Use code AMR15 for 15% discount at Currex.com Improve deep sleep: Use code AMR for 15% off 1st purchase at LagoonSleep.com/AMR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thanks to Curax for its continued support of AMR, whether it's running, hiking, biking, court sports, golf, or even working.
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0:10.0	For 15% off, visit CurX.com and use code AMR 15.
0:17.0	Thanks to Lagoon Sleep for sponsoring our show.
0:19.0	Whether you're training for a race or coming back from an injury, rest and recovery are critical.
0:24.6	For deep restorative sleep, switch to a performance pillow from Lagoon.
0:28.3	Use code AMR for 15% of your first purchase at lagoon Sleep.com slash AMR. Welcome to another mother runner. This is Sarah Bowen Shay. I'm joined today by Brittany Williams. Hello. Hello. Hello. Good morning. Good morning. What is it? I don't know. We were just laughing about found change and that you offer to make me a spreadsheet.
1:07.0	Yes.
1:08.0	I feel like it would be so easy for you to have like the month over month change how things
1:15.7	have progressed over the year like that would be so interesting and then you can make notes like
1:19.1	oh there was a snowstorm this year but there wasn't last year. I know.
1:24.0	Then our joke was.
1:25.0	Oh, then you asked me, do I have a monthly goal?
1:29.0	Yeah, well, because you, I don't know.
1:31.5	Sarah, you're very into this. Like, you have to recognize that more than the
1:35.2	average person and it just seems like like the way that you said you were at a dollar
1:40.4	42 already this month or for January I guess the month is ending.
1:44.0	January yeah and last year you had 40 something since you know I take it back
1:48.8	20 yes I said I had 24 cents plus two Chinese yuans.
1:54.0	Oh my goodness, Sarah.
1:56.0	See, this is, this is, you need to be writing this in more than scribble scratch notes in the notes app.
2:03.7	Like as a runner, I feel like runners are so type A often about goals and like, you know,
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