Impressive strength and muscles means lifting impressively heavy weights…or does it? Traditionally, weight training involves lifting the maximum weight you can and then lifting 80-90% of that weight in eight to 10 repetitions until your limbs tremble from exhaustion. The theory is that this stimulates a surge in testosterone and human growth hormone, leading… Continue Reading
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Weight Lifting Benefits Breast Cancer Patients
Women with lymphedema after breast cancer surgery reduced the incidence and symptoms of swelling and increased muscle strength by weight lifting, this study says. Weight lifting has been off limits in women who have lymphedema, a type of swelling that can occur after breast cancer treatment when lymph nodes are removed. To limit swelling,… Continue Reading
Four Weekly Workouts Best for Women
How often have you felt guilty because you missed your workout? And how many times have you skipped it because you’d already missed a few days during the week? Well, less may be more, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who contend that exercising just four days a week might… Continue Reading
13 Reasons Why Women Should Lift Weights
For women who workout, most use cardio equipment or engage in some other type of aerobic activity. But, very few women lift weights. The reason? Women tend to associate strength training with men and they do not lift weights due to a fear of getting too big. If this notion is what’s keeping you from… Continue Reading