I love feeling STRONG!

[BulldogMomma]

The past two weeks, we have been painting, cleaning, carpeting and moving rooms in our house. I have been moving furniture and boxes up and down the stairs and out to our storage area. Thanks to Cathe's strength videos - I feel so strong! My 17 year old son was impressed when I helped him carry an oak roll top desk from my outside office into our house. 10 years ago, I almost started crying when I had to carry that thing - because it was SO heavy - this time it didn't seem much of a struggle.

Fitness is about so much more than the size of clothes we wear or how much we weigh. It is very empowering and exhilirating to have STRENGTH!

Off to carry some more furniture up the stairs.........

Margie

 

[cathe4me2]

Hey Margie,
It is a GREAT feeling isn't it? I recently went to the store for water softner salt. This big teenager came out to help me load it.I looked like a midget next to him. (Not that there is anything wrong with being a midget. ;-)) He struggled and struggled with the first bag out of 5, that I just said, "I'll do it myself." He looked in awe as I loaded all 5 bags to my car.
Big thanks goes to Cathe. Hey, we don't lift those weights for nothing, right? LOL

 

[Katerchen]

I like to pick up dog food in 20 lbs sacks with one hand and put them close to the cashier. Then she/he usually tells me that they cannot lift them up to put them in the shopping cart and that I please do it.

The cashiers do not touch 30 lbs dumbells either.

 

[naughtoj]

I LOVE these kinds of posts!! Good for You!!!

Fitness is about so much more than the size of clothes we wear or how much we weigh. It is very empowering and exhilirating to have STRENGTH!

AMEN!!!!!

Janice

 

[volleyball life]

>Fitness is about so much more than the size of clothes we wear
>or how much we weigh. It is very empowering and exhilirating
>to have STRENGTH!
>


That is the best quote I've heard in a while. It's definately something to keep in mind when you get frustrated.

 

[fitnurse]

Margie,

I know the feeling! My 19 year old son bought a new bed for his room and asked me to help him carry it up stairs. We did fine together. He knows how hard I work out and said he knew we could do it together. I too love that strong powerful feeling. Especially after a hard workout with weights, when the muscles are pumped! Some of the women I know say "Aren't you afraid to get big using weights?" I am not afraid of weights and I love what they do for my body! It's such a great feeling isn't it?

Lynn