rydra_wong: Tight shot of the shins and arms of a young woman (weightlifter Zoe Smith) as she prepares for a deadlift. (strength -- zoe deadlift)
rydra_wong ([personal profile] rydra_wong) wrote in [community profile] lifting_heavy_things 2011-04-03 08:52 am (UTC)

Re: Hi and welcome!

Gubernatrix and Stumptuous are both wonderful resources for getting started with free weights.

I wrote a couple of posts in the comm about how to feel more confident getting into the free weights room, which you might find of interest:

http://lifting-heavy-things.dreamwidth.org/15127.html
http://lifting-heavy-things.dreamwidth.org/16832.html

If you're interested in barbell lifts (which are AWESOME), then IMHO it's worth seeing if you can get an hour or two with a trainer or go to a workshop to make sure your form is correct; that way you'll get focused attention on the details of how not to injure yourself, in a way that you won't in a fast-moving class.

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