Powerlifters are among the most supportive people you’ll ever meet.
Sure, when they compete, everyone wants to win, but ya know what? Powerlifting is about personal achievement, and PL-ers LOVE to see everyone (even their competitors) achieve their best lifts.
I’m pretty sure this has something to do with the fact it’s not considered a ‘mainstream’ sport.
Winners rarely get much more than a trophy or a plaque to hang on their wall.
With the big money of more popular sports out of the picture, PL-ers train to compete the personal satisfaction that comes with self-improvement. Isn’t THAT the reason you’d consider joining a gym in the first place?
Now if you choose to join a ‘fitness boutique’ or a franchised health club, you’ll often find just the opposite is true. Members are often more interested in the social scene than any meaningful progress.
They frequently engage in subtle (or outward) ‘one-upmanship’. Ego’s flair. Opportunities to put another member down as weaker, fatter, or otherwise less successful in life are frequently used to boost one’s own self-image.
Not a very supportive environment, to say the least.
In a powerlifting gym, the only thing that really matters is how committed you are to change.
To learn.
To push yourself to new levels of physical success.
To say you’re going to accomplish something – and then go ahead and DO it.
People in a powerlifting gym are more likely to help you, to spot you in a tough exercise, to cheer you along as you work towards a personal best – while you do the same for them.
Why?
Because it’s the right thing to do.
Michigan based personal trainer “Mighty” Joe is a former competitive powerlifter and the creator of “This Workout Doesn’t Suck”. Joe also has been known to update his blog, http://www.MorningCupOfJoe.com from time to time.
Learn more about the methods to “Mighty” Joe Stankowski’s fitness coaching madness at http://www.GrandRapidsPersonalTrainer.com
