Hitting the gym early a.m. today. Anyone else here into weightlifting?

@n i dabble a little, but more for fitness to play rugby (which i’m still trying to get back into)

@echoz 💪 more of a function training for you I suppose? I forgot it was a holiday today, and am an hour too early for the gym. Haha. Well at least I'll get choice pickings of the squat racks today..

@n yeah. rugby’s emphasis is mostly about power generation and strength. still it feels great to squat heavy. hah.

@echoz Never skip legs day! Yeah I love squatting heavy but it's been putting too much stress on my lower back. Trying my hand at GVT now - lower weights+high reps hopefully to grease the skids and practice more technique. (E.g. discovered that I'm a close-stance squatter.)

@n i’ve discovered the wonders of weight lifting shoes. but other than that, core training helps a lot too at least for me.

close stance ftw!

@echoz I've always squatted barefoot but there was once I forgot my gym shoes and had to squat with "dress" shoes - the solid wood/leather sole with slight raised heel felt great and had me considering a pair of lifting shoes!