# Why don’t you lift weights? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** diet-weight-loss\ **Created:** [August 15, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-you-lift-weights/918144 "2020-08-15T01:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1055
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-you-lift-weights/918144/1055 "2026-02-04T01:21:31Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Pretty I have asked this before years ago 1. At least sort of. > [@Weightlifters, what variety do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weightlifters-what-variety-do-you-do/613584): > > There is not too much debate that some variety in a lifting program is of benefit, whether it is traditional periodization or the more random “undulating” periodization model. But there are lots of other ways to vary a lifting program than by volume, weight, and rest intervals alone. Do any of those here who lift routinely introduce any of these other variations into their routines? Unilateral lifts. Lifting while balancing on an uneven surface such as a wobble board, balance disc, or bosu ba… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-you-lift-weights/918144)._