Don’t Lift Heavy

Don’t Lift Heavy

I saw one person try to lift light at the gym today, but he just could not understand that light means two pounds per hand.

Two pound dumbbells, one per each hand pretty much guarantee, that a person won’t need to stop exercising during their hour long workout.

They will have time to come up with music that they have to lift to, they will stretch their arms to prepare for 4 pounds.

They will learn to fully open their arms during bicep exercise, and see what cycling exercises is like.

Lifting above the head, lifting to the side, performing bicep curls, it is a startup routine.

From here, from the non-stop lifting to the beats of songs, one beat up, next beat down.

They can switch to 4 pounds, or 7 pounds per hand, so as long as dumbbells they dance with do not stop them during their hour.


The person started with 15 pound dumbbells, one per each hand, discussed and insulted by the idea of lifting less.

But, that meant, they could only exercise for a few minutes, just about 3 minutes maybe less.

The younger people at my gym exercise for 30 seconds, and lifting their heavy at those duration won’t grow a muscle at all.

They show each other how strong they are, by ruining their exercise and not putting on any muscle.


Two pound dumbbells are a starting weight, and they set the non-stop rule.

Lift non stop, or go back to your previous weight, non stop for one hour, or you are not ready, for whatever you were lifting.

If your gum does not have 2 pound dumbbells, you can start at five, so as long as you remember to start in the beginning.

Lifting heavy does not build muscle, you will still become frail as you age, exercising for an hour is a good start, but two hours, non stop, is best.

Lift light, but soon enough, not so light that you can lift move, and never lift so heavy that you are forced to stop.

If you are forced to stop, then that means you are not ready to lift that weight.

A proper workout looks like dancing non-stop with dumbbells, and the heavier the dumbbells the bigger your muscle will grow.


To begin your non-stop dance workout, I recommend power walking for one hour with wrist weights or dumbbells.

Light, but not so light that you can walk with more, and again, not so heavy that you can’t power walk for an hour.

If you can already jog and wish to grow muscle, arms, shoulders, abdominal, add wrist weight or dumbbells, but no so heavy that they will ruin your jog.

Lift what you can without disrupting your jog, and wait for your body to adapt.

I repeat, lifting heavy for seconds or minutes does nothing, old age will still eat your muscles away.