I don’t mean easy as in any one could walk into a gym and get 5/4/3/2 in a few weeks, and I know that lifting is hard and requires dedication to achieve your goals. What I mean is that it really isn’t very taxing compared to other forms of fitness like cardio, hiit, contact or fighting sports, etc. It just seems like when you lift you’re spending 90% of your time sitting around resting.
I honestly have felt 100x better since I started doing 30 minutes of moderate intensity cardio after my lifting seshes. It really gets the blood flowing more than any lifting ever could and I get a way better post workout “high” if I do a lil cardio afterwards.
Yeah, sadly not trying hard on compounds is a common ailment. I remember some fitness YouTube PT guy claiming "I do leg presses because when was the last time you had leg DOMS doing squats?" You should barely be able to walk after squat day, or stand up at all after deadlift day.
William Gonzalez
my resting heart rate is 40 bpm just from lifting that's on par with what it was when i was part of the running=fitness meme
Leo Miller
Yeah I agree, endurance and explosive stuff is way harder than lifting weights for exactly the reason you mentioned
Isaac Williams
>isn't very taxing lmk how you feel when you deadlift >400lbs for reps for the first time
