>hit the weights
Why would one "hit" the weights?
Wouldn't lifting them be more effective?

No, you must shoot break your hand first so the rest of your arm grows bigger

>>18086438 (OP)
When you lift and lower weights on a bar it makes a *clank* sound from the plates hitting one another. "Hitting the plates" is an idiomatic euphemism intended to create an association in the listener's minds of lifting with such force and frequency that all you can here is the sound of the plates hitting one another.

>>18086438 (OP)
>Why would one "hit" the weights
it's a colloquialism. like I hit your mom.

Don't forget one of the other parts of the saying ''get a clue.'' Sounds like you need to do that one first