You're Already Strong Enough to Start - Ep 023
Update: 2025-09-17
Description
🎙️ Episode 23: A patient told me she wasn't strong enough to start strength training. Then I reminded her that I'd just watched her stand up from a chair without using her hands, pick up a heavy backpack from the floor, carry it across the room, and sit back down while holding the bag. She'd just performed a squat, deadlift, suitcase carry, and weighted squat without realising it.
If you've ever thought "I need to get stronger before I can start strength training," this episode will change your perspective completely.
In this episode, you'll discover:
- Why the belief "I'm not strong enough yet" is actually backwards thinking
- How your daily activities are already strength training exercises in disguise
- The difference between being "weak" and being "untrained" (and why it matters)
- A simple assessment you can do to identify your current strength baseline
- Why beginners actually have advantages over experienced lifters
- How to turn everyday movements into your first strength training programme
- How your daily activities are already strength training exercises in disguise
- The difference between being "weak" and being "untrained" (and why it matters)
- A simple assessment you can do to identify your current strength baseline
- Why beginners actually have advantages over experienced lifters
- How to turn everyday movements into your first strength training programme
Perfect for: Anyone who feels they're "not strong enough" to begin, thinks they need to reach a certain fitness level first, or believes strength training is only for people who are already fit.
Key takeaway: You don't need to get strong to start strength training - you need to start strength training to get strong. Your daily life has already given you the foundation you need.
For the full show notes page, and for all the resources mentioned in the episode, go to:
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/podcast023/
Resources mentioned:
Episode 2: Strength Training 101
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/podcast002
Episode 9: The 7 Movement Patterns
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/podcast009
Episode 22: Mary and Linda's Inspirational Story
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/podcast022
🔗 Free Strength Training Masterclass: https://nevertoooldtolift.com/masterclass
📘 Free Never Too Old to Lift eBook:
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/ebook
🏋🏾♀️ List of recommended gym equipment and books
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/resources
📖 Paperback version of Never Too Old to Lift from Amazon - https://geni.us/ntotlbook
👥 Stronger for Life - Online Course and Community
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/course
🏋️♀️ See me for an in-person physiotherapy appointment
https://christileyphysiotherapy.com/
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/podcast002
Episode 9: The 7 Movement Patterns
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/podcast009
Episode 22: Mary and Linda's Inspirational Story
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/podcast022
🔗 Free Strength Training Masterclass: https://nevertoooldtolift.com/masterclass
📘 Free Never Too Old to Lift eBook:
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/ebook
🏋🏾♀️ List of recommended gym equipment and books
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/resources
📖 Paperback version of Never Too Old to Lift from Amazon - https://geni.us/ntotlbook
👥 Stronger for Life - Online Course and Community
https://nevertoooldtolift.com/course
🏋️♀️ See me for an in-person physiotherapy appointment
https://christileyphysiotherapy.com/
Next week, Physiotherapist Siobhan O'Donovan will join me to discuss how proper breast support can transform your exercise experience and remove barriers to strength training.
Never Too Old to Lift is hosted by me, Chris Tiley, a physiotherapist with 15+ years of experience helping older adults build strength safely and confidently.
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