Heavy Lifting for a 50 year old woman?
ncytiz
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I'm getting close to my goal weight and I still look kind of "soft" all over. I realize now that I'll probaby still need to lose more if I want to look better. I've lost my weight by counting calories, running and doing Jillian Michaels DVD's.
I've been reading all the comments on lifting heavy and I wonder if it would help me look more fit. I'm considering getting the New Rules of Lifting for Women and giving that a try. Can lifting benefit a woman my age?
I've been reading all the comments on lifting heavy and I wonder if it would help me look more fit. I'm considering getting the New Rules of Lifting for Women and giving that a try. Can lifting benefit a woman my age?
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Bump. Anyone???0
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I'm getting close to my goal weight and I still look kind of "soft" all over. I realize now that I'll probaby still need to lose more if I want to look better. I've lost my weight by counting calories, running and doing Jillian Michaels DVD's.
I've been reading all the comments on lifting heavy and I wonder if it would help me look more fit. I'm considering getting the New Rules of Lifting for Women and giving that a try. Can lifting benefit a woman my age?
Q: Can lifting benefit a woman my age?
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Oh, hell yes! I'm only a little bit younger than you, and it's benefiting me.0
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Yes. One of my great MOTIVATORS for lifting heavy is another poster, on this forum, who is my height, but not my age.
I am 43 and she is nearly a decade older than me....but, in 2011 she lost 70 lbs (I think that's the number) and started strength training and entered a NOVICE competition in October, 2011!!
She LOOKS awesome. She IS awesome. And, she whittled her body into a rock-solid emblem of incredible strength and health.
Lifting HEAVY is for EVERYONE.
(In fact, my gym has lifting equipment for WHEELCHAIR-bound persons!!!)0 -
I sure hope so...I'll be 49 this year, and I want to get rid of some of my soft spots!0
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I too, am fifty, I have lost 46 lbs and don't look like what i thought i'd look like at this weight. I have recently started lifting with a trainer at the gym. It's been 3 weeks and I have lost 1 1/2 inches at my waist. I go twice weekly and I'm currently reading New Rules of Lifting for Woman. I want to get " there" and stay there. Good Luck to you0
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I don't see why it wouldn't be effective for anyone, any gender, any age.0
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Strength training will definitely make you look more toned and less soft.0
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Absolutely!0
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I'm pretty sure women over 40 need to do more strength training. Helps with the bone loss among other awesome benefits. ) I think you'll love the results you get from it as well! Happy lifting!0
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I'll lift heavy until the day I die...then I hope Heaven has a gym. It must or ot wouldn't be Heaven, :laugh:0
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...and let me add that you look pretty fabulous. Would not have guessed you were 50!0
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It's not only a good thing it's really the only thing that will really give you that sleek toned look. Build some real muscle mass. Don't worry you won't "bulk" up. That is the biggest myth out there. It's hard at first and you will be sore but it's so worth it.0
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I'm 51 and lift and I do a lot of strength training and it is toning me very well I must say.0
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46 and heavy lifting. DO IT.0
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I started lifting light weights when I was 53. Upped it to heavy weights/less reps after my 54th birthday. I'm loving the changes it's making to my body. Wish I started out heavy sooner.0
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47 and lifting heavy.
I can rock a bikini.
Heavy lifting has tightened me all over, and helped me lose excess fat faster. Well worth it.
This girls another good example of a "not as young" lifter.
Shes age 40
Never to late to start!0 -
I saw a man at my gym today who must have been at least 65 benching 150 lbs putting the skinny 20 year dudes to shame. If HE can do it, you can get your tookus in there and do it to.
KILL it sister! I'll so be rooting for you!0 -
Yes, I love it!!! I'm almost 54 and weight training has been the best. I can go on vacation now and eat what I want and maintain my weight. Before, when I just did cardio, I'd always come back home weighing more!!!!0
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