Confidence in the gym doesn't show up before you walk in the door. It usually shows up after you’ve been there long enough to realize that nothing bad actually happens, and that the big bad meatheads are actually a bunch of goofballs. People assume the environment of a powerlifting gym is intense or unwelcoming. Heavy weights, loud bars dropping, serious lifters. From the outside it can look like you need to earn your way in. That’s not really how it works. Most people are fo