How to get comfortable in the weight room

The weight room is a scary place..or so I thought like 99% of the people that will hopefully read this post.  With stacked meat heads all over the place and the smell of testosterone so thick in the air you can cut it with a knife..who the hell wouldn't be afraid??? But that really wasn't my hang up. Ya partially I would say it was but the majority of my fear was..dum dum dum... MY WEIGHT LIFTING FACE.. but seriously it was!!

I make the worst expressions when lifting heavy..I mean its a cross between hi I just sucked on a lemon and ouch I slammed my toe in the door. It ain't pretty. When I thought of the gym I thought of all the gorgeous girls walking around giggling..chewing gum..lipstick coating their lips..twirling their damn hair around their fingers as if this was a bar. Then I realized..well I want to be different. I want to come in here and just work my ass off then punch out and go home. I thought of it as a job..and that is what works for me!

Screw those stupid mean girls and meatheads..after you first enter the free weight area you get nervous..it still happens to me each day. But.. I bet it happens to many. After a while you start seeing the same faces over and over again and more importantly you see that everyone has a bad weight lifting face.. I mean when you lift something heavy of course you will have a grimacing look. It's because the shits hard!!! HELLO!!!

So push those fears aside..turn those tunes up and just try one set of something..ANYTHING. Just don't ignore going over there for fear..because that is where the magic is. The grass is greener on that side I can tell you!