Is strength training just for men?

“Weight lifting? Nah, not for females.” Strength training does not discriminate! Have you ever wondered how our moms managed household chores in the absence of modern technology like kitchen equipment that have now made our lives easier? Grinders and mixers have made our jobs easier. Our moms and grandmothers were dependent on heavy grinding stones for preparing batter or grinding wheat and paddy. In other countries too, earlier women helped their men in heavy jobs such as planting rice in paddy field, cutting hay, harvesting. Women were involved in lifting heavy tools just as men were. But when it comes to modern women in the gym, they keep shy of the weight room; is it the fear of gaining bulk and losing the feminine shape? Or is it just lack of knowledge regarding weight training?

Lift, woman, lift!

Perhaps lack of knowledge regarding the positive changes that lifting heavier can bring about, is the prime reason for shying away from lifting heavy weights. If you think weight lifting can make you bulky, I’m afraid it’s time that you come out of your comfort zone and explore the awesome benefits that weight lifting has to offer you. Lifting can burn fat more than a cardio exercise, helps you fight osteoporosis, makes you lose belly fat, provides a muscle definition, provides a healthy heart, elevates positive mood. Besides lifting heavier weights can empower you and make you strong enough such that you’re well equipped with the strength to defend yourself in adverse situations. It makes you physically and mentally strong with all the strength required to perform your household chores, managing kids and perform intellectual office jobs thus helping you maintain a work-life balance.

Yes, weight lifting does confer benefits to women, but this doesn’t encourage you to start lifting weights straightaway without proper guidelines. There are fitness centers and gyms that do offer this opportunity to women, but have defines guidelines that have to be followed under the advice and guidance of a certified and experienced personal trainer. Guidance on how to lift weights safely without injuring yourself is important. A fitness trainer in the gym assess your fitness ability and knows the right approach to train you in terms of weight lifting, such that you are motivated towards it and achieve your fitness goal steadily and through the right approach.

Fitness master can provide a personalized training, monitor your performance and energy levels and adjust workout plans accordingly. There are fitness centers that have special batches dedicated to women weight lifting exercises, and have fitness and nutrition coach to guide through the perfect approach and diet for such exercises. All you need is a proper channel to get hold of such centers and coaches close to your place.