Dr. Layne Norton

close to failure the first time they lift weights like no way that's going to be that's going to be weeks down the road but just lifting something is going to have such a massive difference compared to doing nothing that it really almost doesn't matter what you do when you start as long as you start as long as it's not like a such a low load that there's no discomfort whatsoever but

And so that's kind of how I'm going to start with people is just like let's get them in.

Let's have them not hate it and then also see themselves get stronger pretty quickly.

That is a really good motivator to get them to keep coming in, right?

And so that's why, again, I don't want to change up exercises every week because I want them to be able to say, oh, wow, I added 10 pounds from last time.

I added two more reps and it was easier.

And so I think practically you can –

You can take all the research we have on long muscle lengths and proximity and you just throw that all out the window.

The first time you get somebody in, it is about getting them to come back for the next one.

That is where we got to start.

And also like setting appropriate expectations with people of, hey, you're going to notice you get stronger within a few weeks.

You're going to notice this.

But it's going to take time before you actually see a difference in your body.

But within a few months, you're going to notice a difference in your functionality for sure.

And so I think just like starting there with people is really important because like you said, for whatever reason, people think either it's going to be a waste of time for them to lift weights or they're just going to blow up into this massive bodybuilder.

And I'm like, you know, when you get in a car, you don't worry about turning into an NASCAR driver, do you?

Like, and as somebody drug free who spent 25 years, their entire adult life trying to get as big and strong as possible in a t-shirt, I look like an athletic guy.

You know, I mean, I'm a big guy, but I don't look like some freak of nature, you know.

And that's with me training consistently hard for 25 years.

And I always tell people, hey, you know, if you're worried about, like, getting too big, if you start to get too big, you can just back off.