The controversies surrounding women carrying weights is almost as old as time itself. But, there's no two ways about it. If you want to change the way you look for real, weights are the way to go.
I've seen lots of women sweat away at the cardio machines at the gym. Cardio will only do so much. Yes, it has it's benefits, talking about the cardiovascular benefits, your heart pumps better etc. However, with cardio comes lots of flab and excess skin that comes from losing weight. But, how do you remedy this then- weight training also known as strength training.
Now, there is a misconception that, women who lift weights will look like men but, this cannot be farther from the truth. Trust me, as a woman you don't have enough testosterone to pull that off. This is the male hormone in men responsible for all that muscle and maleness you see in them.
How will you firm up all that flab you have acquired from weight loss? The answer is simply lifting weights.
A woman's basic problem areas are her triceps (the back of the arms), biceps (front of the arms), quads (thighs), hamstrings (back of the thighs) and glutes (butt). These areas become terribly flabby and tend to sag after fat loss.
There are basic strength training workouts to correct these. I will treat these in my next post.
There's simply no way around it, lift weights and change the way you look and feel. Lift weights to sculpt and firm up those saggy areas in your body. As always, you can send me your mails or comments and, I'm here for you.
See you at the gym!
Jane
