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Check out our Lift Society Coach, Semaj Walker, highlighted as one of the experts featured in this article.

Check out our Lift Society Coach, Brittany Hammond, as a contributor for Pop Sugar’s article.

“Lift Society: This boutique class, located in LA, is focused on small group workouts centered around, you guessed it, lifting weights…I found it actually more interesting than other workouts — I could really focus on myself, the instructor gave me great feedback, and I found myself really leaning into it (unlike others where I tried actively to disassociate from my body).”

“Women tend to be a little more nervous to go into a big-box gym, where there’s just a weight area, and they’re like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to look stupid, I don’t know what I’m doing. It’s all guys.’ But when they come to LIFT Society, they’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, like 75% of the people here are women.’ So, it’s like a very welcoming atmosphere,” Davies said. 

“What are the benefits of strength training for moms in particular?

All women can benefit from strength training, but specifically moms because it’s extremely metabolic, meaning strength training raises your resting metabolic rate. Strength training is very effective for building lean tissue, burning fat and the ability to sculpt your body in the way that you want to look. When it comes to building strength, it’s important that moms can lift their kiddos, strollers and everything else without getting injured. Having a baseline of strength keeps us healthy and moving well!”

“I’m the type of person who gets really excited about something new, but I struggle with consistency. To help make training at LIFT SOCIETY social, I recruited my friends. Most of them were also beginners, but we committed to training together.”

“Fitness is a non-negotiable for me because it supports my mental health and expands my stress tolerance,” TV personality Parvati Shallow told Spectrum News.

Shallow won the hit competition show “Survivor” and now stars on another reality series, “The Traitors,” whose second season just concluded. Shallow also happens to be a client at LIFT Society, a boutique gym with several locations across LA, including two that opened in the past year.

In this episode, Bill takes us behind the scenes on his own weight loss journey to discuss why he decided to add weight lifting into his fitness plan..  Bill will chat with Lift Society co-founders Dave and Dylan about their own fitness story as  well as discussing some great tips on:

• How to get started in weight lifting
• What are the important nutritional considerations
• Mixing cardio and weight lifting exercises
• The biggest misconceptions about lifting weights and
• How to start your own strength program.

“When returning to the gym, and specifically to a lifting workout, you will need to ease back into how much weight you lift, depending on how much time you took off. Allow yourself a few weeks to get your strength back, especially if you were flying, had long drives, or felt that you indulged in too many sweets and holiday beverages. Start with…“

“This is where your muscles are recovering and your body is repairing your muscles, ultimately building those muscles up and burning more calories after the workout,” Dylan Davies, CEO of Lift Society in Los Angeles tells LIVESTRONG.com. “As you’re building more muscle, your resting metabolic rate is increasing so you’re burning more calories at rest.”

To put it simply, yes, you should eat before a workout. “Recent studies show there is no difference in fat loss between fasted or nonfasted workouts,” says Dylan Davies, cofounder and CEO of boutique gym Lift Society and a certified nutritionist. For this reason, she recommends eating ahead of a workout.