exercise of the will

[miles]

How much of lifting weights is about physical strength and how much of it is about mental strength?

Anyway as an idea I am contemplating the following completely unique exercise. Start at a big dumbell wrack facing the dumbells at the 80's pick them up and stand straight, then put them back. Then go to the 85's, the 90's and up as high as you can go. And really try to feel the weight and have good form as your skeleton and muscles operate to move the weight.

 

[DaCypher]

I don't understand... I can pick up all the dumbells in my gym, what is that proving?

 

[miles]

can you really

In my gym they go up to 200 pounds each. I can lift one of them up but not with one arm. I was thinking that shrugs are a really good exercise and that might be an exercise that you could do that would be more about your will power than your physical strength.

 

[DaCypher]

Well, they only go up to 130 in my gym. Shrugs are a rather simple exercise, very little ROM. Your grip strength also plays a large part in your shrugging success.