Weight lifting for women

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amioc
amioc Posts: 175 Member
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Hi I just wondered if any one could please recommend a weight lifting book with routines in? At the moment I sort of just do my own thing but I really want to get more serious

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  • amioc
    amioc Posts: 175 Member
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    Hi I just wondered if any one could please recommend a weight lifting book with routines in? At the moment I sort of just do my own thing but I really want to get more serious
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    When my wife got back into weight lifting, she started with New Rules of Lifting for Women. The program is pretty good, but the read really can help a novice lifter understand what they are doing and why they are doing it. After she ran that, she did Strong Curves. She dabbled a bit initially with me doing Starting Strength, but she found the program to be boring and didn't hold her interest.

    Really, it depends more on what you want to get out of a program...lifting isn't really gender specific.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,442 Member
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    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1
  • amioc
    amioc Posts: 175 Member
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    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    When my wife got back into weight lifting, she started with New Rules of Lifting for Women. The program is pretty good, but the read really can help a novice lifter understand what they are doing and why they are doing it. After she ran that, she did Strong Curves. She dabbled a bit initially with me doing Starting Strength, but she found the program to be boring and didn't hold her interest.

    Really, it depends more on what you want to get out of a program...lifting isn't really gender specific.

    I’ve heard of new rules of lifting. What I really want out of lifting is to gain strength and tone up while loosing the last 10lbs. Thanks for your help 😊
  • zuzanao
    zuzanao Posts: 28 Member
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    Strong Lifts-nice,simple compound exercises,3times a week.
  • munda_jamesSWP
    munda_jamesSWP Posts: 17 Member
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    Agreed. Strong lifts (the app) is great for beginners!
    zuzanao wrote: »
    Strong Lifts-nice,simple compound exercises,3times a week.

  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,613 Member
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    I like stronglifts 5x5. There's a website and an app. I've looked at books with different programs, but they were too complicated for me.
  • feisty_bucket
    feisty_bucket Posts: 1,047 Member
    edited December 2019
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    Not really a book, but a resource for women's weightlifting: Stumptuous has been around forever, and is excellent:
    https://stumptuous.com/
  • amioc
    amioc Posts: 175 Member
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    munda_jamesSWP wrote: »
    Agreed. Strong lifts (the app) is great for beginners!
    zuzanao wrote: »
    Strong Lifts-nice,simple compound exercises,3times a week.

    Thankyou I’ll have a look now 😊
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
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    Strong Curves or the New Rules of Lifting (for women or otherwise) are both good programs. Basically any progressive lifting program that appeals to you will work, woman or not.

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