This is a good way of putting it. Very poetic. Progressive overload. If you can complete it without losing your form, it's time to up the weight. Or, for some, if you can complete it any way at all.

But also, videos with weights doesn't exactly qualify as strength training imo. Why not lift heavy weight? The kind of weight that makes you sick. That makes you want to smack yo mama and roundhouse kick your father for not giving you better genes.

I can't remember if I've ever asked you, but is there some reason you don't do the more traditional weight training? Other than this problem with the shooting pain that is.

I haven't reached failure. I find it all challenging.

So do you go to the gym or is everything done with exercise videos?

What the heck is schlep?

4 things,
first how are you lifiting thies items??
second do you have arthritis or has that been mentioned?
what is your usual activitys? include what you do for a living.
fourth how old are you?

sHLEP - CARRY

Gym - no, I'm all home video

I'm a 43 yr old legal secretary. I do a lot of walking, carry library books and groceries home, but that's aboyut it for activity level (I exercsie 6 mornigns a week).

I should have said before - I'm lo-tone - my whole life, I wasn't as strong and fast as everyone else....

and as i understand it you have no shooting pain doing any of thoes other activitys. a grocerie can easly be 10-20ibs.
you age is fine was almost expecting 80-95 years old, so thats fine.
no ailments apparently.
this situation is still odd in that you have pains, while lifting a 25ibs item.
the only thing i can think of is what has been mentioned. to push throught eat more and progress.

only thing i can think of is your energy level is it about the same as your co-workers or faimily??

Yesterday, I carried 8 boxes of 12 cans coke at once into my house. I didn't feel any pain whatsoever.

If you're hurting, perhaps you're lifting incorrectly. When lifting objects off the ground, you should be using your legs more than any other part of your body. 25 pounds can easily cause injury if lifted incorrectly, even more "strong" people.

Anyway, if you're complaining about pain in picking up common things, why not "train as you fight?" What I'm getting at, if you want to get better at lifting sodas off the ground... why not lift sodas off the ground?

Also, as some people state, perhaps it's some medical trouble. Check it out. Use common sense: if it hurts, don't do it.

Hmmmmm...okay, thanks.

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