Here's some tips that might help.

Don't get caught up with judgement. I know it can be intimidating when you start going to the gym: You think that people will look at you and think you're an idiot because you're not doing an exercise correctly. Or they'll laugh becaus...

Do you keep waiting until you're ready but never seem to be?
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Do you start doing something but then wonder if it's even the right thing to do?
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Did you get some workouts in but are now wondering if it's worth the effort?
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Do you sit on the couch contemplating whethe...

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    It depends, various methods work, as long as you workout enough it doesn’t really matter. 
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    I know, that’s the worst answer ever so allow me to go deeper. A study from 2017 showed that longer rest periods (3 minutes versus 1...

Think of your muscles like ropes. A thin rope can’t hold as much weight as a thick rope. Imagine these ropes were being used to tow heavy objects. Over time the thin rope would get damaged more so than the thick rope. Muscles are intelligent, alive ropes. They can sens...

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Longer answer: It's less about exact numbers and more about intensity of effort.
You have to make whatever you're trying to achieve difficult in order for your brain to make changes to your body.
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Strong and heavy are relative terms...