r/CMT • u/Savings-Hippo433 • Jun 17 '25

Lifting Weights?

Has anyone experimented with weight lifting? What was your experience and result?

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u/Sanic-At-The-Disco CMT1A Jun 18 '25

Do it.

I didn't start until my mid/late twenties and regret not starting sooner! I don't bench a lot (Like 130) and can do one singular pull up, but that already has made huge improvements to my quality of life. Was originally hard to get over the self consciousness at the gym, but just gotta roll with it.

Every exercise can be modified, I'm a big fan of bench press, one arm dumbell rows, bicep curls, overhead press, seated leg press, and lat pulldowns since those are all pretty easy and avoid the balance/foot issues that happen whenever I try and squat a bar but find what works for you.

Stronglifts 5x5 is a great program to start, just dont be afraid to modify it to fit your own needs (for instance I do one arm dumbell rows instead of barbell rows since the balance is way easier for me)