How to Lift Heavier Weights

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Tanya Batts and I'm a personal trainer with Gold's Gym. I want to talk to you today about how to lift heavier weights. So you really don't want to walk into a gym or maybe at your home and just grab the heaviest weight you can and start lifting. That can really injure your muscles. When you want to start to lift heavier weights the thing you've got to do is start with lighter weights. So I'm going to grab two light weights. And these are really light, whatever. You really want to lift and do as many as you can. I mean just keep going as hard as you can. So if you're doing like fifteen reps and you're having it pretty easy then the next thing you've got to do is go heavier. So go to the heaviest weight. So if I just did thirteen reps of that light weight, now I've got the heavier ones. So you really want to do as many as you can. And the last rep should be difficult but not impossible. So it's just a great way to kind of slowly start lifting those heavier weights. And even when you get used to these get the other ones. But you really want to start with a light weight and you want to keep going until you're working so hard, difficult but not impossible. And just when you think you can't do anymore you do two more reps. Believe it, you can achieve it. Has a lot to do with hypnosis. If you think about that weight your mind has to lift that weight before you do. So just stay strong, stay focused. Kind of get a picture in your mind of how you want your muscles to look and you're going to get it. And that's how you lift heavier weights."