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How Lifting Weights Can Transform Your Mindset and Body Without the Fear of Getting Bulky (MSN)

Posted: May 20, 2025 in In the News

This article originally appeared on MSN on May 20, 2025.

“The best way out is always through,” Robert Frost, poet, once penned, and it is for the majority of women who are transitioning into weightlifting. Trimming diet culture in favor of strength training weighs women down, but the payoff cuts far deeper. Casey Johnston, author of A Physical Education, recounts the manner in which weightlifting opened doors to empowerment and self-discovery for her. Originally motivated by the desire to lose weight, Johnston quickly realized that lifting wasn’t a body exercise it was a mind shift...

For the gym-phobic, so-called “gymtimidation,” one can overcome the fear. The American Council on Exercise recommends such measures as going to the gym off-peak, going to the gym with a mission in order to get to know it, and even taking a friend along. Remembering that everyone has to begin somewhere, one can overcome fear of going into a gym...

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