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The gyms closing made me realise that muscles aren't my only source of strength Dan Bradley I love lifting weights and training because it’s simpler, and fairer, than life. I’ve now been keeping training notebooks for the past 15 years or so. Glancing through them demonstrates over and over a reassuring credo: turn up consistently, work hard and intelligently, and improvement, achievement and transformation are inevitable. This certainly used to be the case, but the pandemic made me see things anew. Growing up, I had mostly negative experiences with sport and PE, but disco...

This article is more than 2 months old Thanks to the pandemic I now see how men’s mental health can benefit from care, collaboration and play ‘My reliance on big solitary goals and external motivation has made me vulnerable to the tyranny of metrics.’ (Picture posed by model.) Photograph: Alamy ‘My reliance on big solitary goals and external motivation has made me vulnerable to the tyranny of metrics.’ (Picture posed by model.) Photograph: Alamy Thu 31 Dec 2020 05.00 EST Last modified on Thu 31 Dec 2020 05.17 EST I love lifting weights and training because it’s simpler, and faire...