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Diary of a Weightlifter - The Spirituality of Weightlifting

By Thorin Gault eightlifters – especially for the rest of your career. repeated again and again.
Wmaster’s lifters – are a While there are certainly The main benefit I get from
strange and unique bunch. It is physical benefits, like building weightlifting is spiritual.

difficult to know what drives us muscle, staying strong,
and makes us tick. improving flexibility, improving Amidst the chaos of my days
and weeks, I step on the platform
Our training is focused on athletic performance, and and focus on ONE THING.
improving only two movements slowing aging, there are many Complete presence is required,
– the snatch and the clean and other ways to get these benefits

jerk. We do the same lifts in in less time, with more variety, a deep connection with myself.
training over and over again. and with less of a grind. It involves overcoming pain,
distraction, and doubts to push
Once we have been involved So why do we do it? This is me up against my own limits.
in the sport for a number of a question I have asked myself
years, we can go many months MANY times. Being strong is great and I love

without a personal record. In the My answer sounds kind of to win medals, but both pale in
Masters game, it is inevitable corny, but I bet if you asked comparison to the benefits from
that your numbers will start to enough masters lifters, you spiritual training that I take

drop and then continually do so would hear some version of it back into my everyday life.

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