Why This Matters

Strength training is so important - maybe even more than you realize. We’re constantly bombarded with posts and tabloids showing us shortcuts to get the body we want, or following people doing novel things on Instagram.

What strength training and developing a gym habit is really about is being able to do stuff that you need to do; to be capable. That should outshine all other motives, but typically, more flashy goals typically get the love, and while that’s fine, it means you can miss the point.

This past weekend at the park, we helped a grandma get her grandchild out of the swing - she couldn’t lift them out herself.

It’s not my intention to pick on her, but the rest of the day I couldn’t help but think about how that would not have happened if she strengthen trained. I thought about all the other people that would be in similar situations that would be preventable with some goblet squats, push ups and ring rows once or twice a week.

We only get one body, and while flashy, cool goals are awesome, sometimes it’s the simple ones right in front of us that could provide the best reason to train - being capable and reliable for those around you.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain