Let's kick off the "NEW LOOK" Rdella Training, with a short, but important article on how to get stronger.
Why get stronger?
The simple answer is that strength seems to help just about everything else we want.
Whether that's fat loss, building more muscle, boosting our energy and self confidence, or increasing performance in many other areas of our lives.
Stronger is better.
All week I was relaxed.
No anxiety at all, considering I was entering my 1st Powerlifting meet this weekend.
I had a great week and many months of training leading up to this meet.
But, Saturday morning, the day of the meet, was a different story.
Yeah, I definitely had the “nerves” starting to kick in Saturday.
I had even planned to do some writing in the morning before leaving for the meet, but I couldn’t get my groove.
Instead, I did something I rarely do.
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