{"id":302,"date":"2025-12-29T10:57:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/?p=302"},"modified":"2025-12-29T10:57:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:57:35","slug":"from-afraid-to-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/from-afraid-to-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"From Afraid to Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"From Afraid to Strong\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_kZlwq1hhP6Q\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkZlwq1hhP6Q%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kZlwq1hhP6Q\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M42S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-12-29T15:01:28Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_kZlwq1hhP6Q\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkZlwq1hhP6Q%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">From Afraid to Strong<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kZlwq1hhP6Q\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkZlwq1hhP6Q%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"From Afraid to Strong\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Doris had been hurt in an unsupervised gym years before and was afraid to try strength training again. 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