Strength Training for Women : Women’s Online Magazine Los Angeles

Strength Training for Women

The benefits of strength training for women are improved overall body muscle and strength, increased bone density, increased metabolism, and looking slimmer. In addition to the benefits of your overall body you will get the added confidence of feeling more capable and able to do the activities you love.

This can be achieved by either lifting heavy weight with low repetitions or lighter weight with more repetitions. Either choice will be beneficial and challenging. In most cases it is harder for women to build solid muscle, but it’s very easy for women to hold onto extra fat. If you are not looking to gain solid muscle and looking to become slim and stronger, you should start with high repetitions and lighter weight and focus on your eating habits. When you combine strength training with eating right, your body composition will change for the better, you’ll find you are becoming slimmer and stronger.

Combining the proper diet with strength training and cardio, you will change your body by losing fat and increasing your metabolism, your body will become slimmer as you lose fat and tone up.

The proper diet will depend on your personal bmi stats however here is one of the simple rules to follow. You should eat at least 5 meals a day. When I say 5 meals a day I don’t mean 5 big meals. Start out with breakfast and make it fiber related. A fiber related breakfast to start your day will keep you feeling full and less likely to snack on foods that are not the best for you. Have a small snack between breakfast and lunch such as almonds, apple, or some avocado. Eat a sensible lunch with a fiber related snack before dinner. When you have dinner keep it lean and green.

Instead of buying pills or going on a diet, try some of the strength training specifically designed for women. Spending money on pills or dieting for the rest of your life is just not realistic. As you know the outrageous claims diet pills and fad diets make are not typical. So why keep throwing your money away on worthless trends.

The fact is you don’t need diet pills or the latest weight loss fad to reach your goals. If you want to know how to increase your metabolism, get rid of belly fat, and tone your body all it takes is learning how to eat and exercise properly and then doing it on a consistent basis.

About the Author:

Susan Brodnax is a former fat girl helping people reach their weight loss goals. http://www.journeydownthescale.info

© 2009. This article was excerpted with permission from Susan Brodnax at http://www.journeydownthescale.info. Permission to reprint is granted by the author. All reprints must state, “Reprinted with permission by Susan Brodnax from http://www.journeydownthescale.info. Originally published in www.WomensOnlineMagazineLosAngeles.com, 08-2009.

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