Jessie focuses before she back squats. Your focal point will help you stay balanced under load and will put your head and spine in a safe and neutral position. Yoga practitioners practice using a Drishti or a place on which to focus, when performing yoga asana (physical poses.) A drishti is equally important in weightlifting. Weightlifting, just like yoga, requires balance and focus. A drishti can help you develop focus, stay in balance and make lifting weight easier. Your drishti should also put your body in the best position, and for nearly everything we do in weightlifting, having a neutral neck and spine is super important. Not only is spinal neutrality safe it is also a stronger position from which to lift. Check out today's Technique Tuesday video to learn where you should focus your gaze, and how to position your head when squatting.
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We build strong women at our gym! Meg is mentally and physically tough and quietly crushes it everyday! Perhaps no other fitness myth is more pervasive and insulting to women than the myth that lifting weights makes women bulky. I could write 1,000 blog posts on this issue because there are so many different points to address. However, today I will focus on just one: "What the hell is bulky anyway?" Leigh Peel researched this very question and found that the majority of her 2000 research subjects identified Hillary Swank's Million Dollar Baby physique as too bulky. Here's the big fat bulky deal. Lifting weights will make you strong. Lifting weights will make you burn more calories which increases your metabolism. Lifting weights will increase your bone density decreasing your risk of osteoporosis and hip fractures. Lifting weights will make you powerful. Lifting weights will make it easier to carry your kids, your groceries, your skis, your bike, your kayak, your everything.
At our gym we lift weights and no one is bulky. In fact, we probably lift heavier weights that Hillary Swank on none of us look like her. We all look like the best version of the strong, confident, and powerful women that we are. After CrossFit Open 11.3, Chelsea, and 1775, I think you deserve a nap today.
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