Strength Training for Women

by Jane on April 2, 2009

Strength Training for Women

Afew months ago, I told a friend I was weight lifting with the help of a personal trainer. “Don’t do that, she said. You’ll gain weight and get all bulky.” Once again, I was hit with the kind of misinformation prevents strength training for women from becoming more popular. Such falsehoods can prevent women from achieving their fitness goals. Read the full article →

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Strength Training Using Free Weights

Strength Training Using Free Weights

There are two basic kinds of weights: free weights and machine weights. While machine weights have their uses, and are not bad, especially for beginners, strength training using free weights is much more efficient. You may build muscle using machines, but strength training using free weights work more muscle groups, and you’re not restricted to [...]

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The Many Benefits of Strength Training

Benefits of Strength Training

For years strength training has been the underdog to cardio. People who were looking to lose weight often spent hours on the treadmill, while they neglected resistance training. This trend is changing, thanks to science and common sense. After all, would you rather look like a marathon runner or a well conditioned sprinter?
The benefits of [...]

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The Weight Loss Workout
Used by Runners for 50 Years

Weight Loss Workout

Last year, I would slog into the gym several times a week and do my weight loss workouts. I watched my diet and even cut out my beloved white wine. The results? Nothing. I even ran to my doctor convinced that my metabolism was out of whack. It wasn’t, and [...]

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3 Great Ski Exercises for Increasing Strength

Ski Exercises

Spending the afternoon on the slopes can be strenuous on the body and specifically on the lower body. Under conditioned muscles can contribute to fatigue, strain or injury. All of which are unnecessary. Taking some time before your next ski trip to build up muscle strength and endurance can have real benefits on the slopes [...]

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Tips for Developing a Compound Exercise Workout

Developing a Compound Exercise Workout

Elements of a Compound Workout
A compound workout characteristically incorporates numerous muscles during the execution of a specific lift. Numerous exercises can be considered compound exercises because no lift is truly a pure isolation lift. Every exercise incorporates one or more other muscles in order to perform the exercise correctly. Specific to true compound exercises are [...]

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6 Strength Training Tips

Strength Training Tips

If your goal is to gain muscle mass, feel more energetic, lose body fat and increase your health and energy, strength training exercise is definitely the way to go. Nothing burns fat faster or boosts your metabolism like weight training, and the great thing is that you only have to lift 2 times per week [...]

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Use the Pull Up Bar to Get Ripped, Fast!

Pull Up Bar

The pull up bar has been a mainstay in fitness for decades. This is due to its versatility, simplicity of use and effectiveness. Not many pieces of exercise equipment have stood such a test of time as the pullup bar.
Today if you have a doorway you can engage in a pull up training fitness routine. [...]

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Core Strength Training
Tips for Building Your Core Strength

Core Strength Training

Importance of Core Strength
The term “core” signifies the central role of the abdominal muscles in physical exercise or sports performance. The abdominal muscles are at the center of the human body and are active in most movements and actions. A core strengthened with core strength training will greatly enhance the physical performance of a person [...]

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