Women should NOT LIFT HEAVY!
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come on ladies. show me your sTATs!
I really, really want to start to get fitter and stronger in terms of weight-lifting. At the moment I am unfit, tall and relatively skinny and forty-one years old - I weigh (I think last time I weighed myself at the gym few months ago) 125lbs or 57kgs and I am 5foot 9inches.
I am very unfit in terms of stamina - I do have a gym membership amazingly (what an extraordinary waste of cash that is). I need to schedule in going to the gym but I never think I have the time!
So perhaps having a competitive target might help me - if I aim to get to what you are doing maybe?
At the moment I don't think I have the stomach muscles to do a single sit up - or the arm muscles to do much more than 5 press ups???
So what I need to do is repetitions of three to five times of lifting and then just increase the weight slowly, I guess. I think I will start small - with the small girl weights!0 -
bumpin' for later.0
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come on ladies. show me your sTATs!
I really, really want to start to get fitter and stronger in terms of weight-lifting. At the moment I am unfit, tall and relatively skinny and forty-one years old - I weigh (I think last time I weighed myself at the gym few months ago) 125lbs or 57kgs and I am 5foot 9inches.
I am very unfit in terms of stamina - I do have a gym membership amazingly (what an extraordinary waste of cash that is). I need to schedule in going to the gym but I never think I have the time!
So perhaps having a competitive target might help me - if I aim to get to what you are doing maybe?
At the moment I don't think I have the stomach muscles to do a single sit up - or the arm muscles to do much more than 5 press ups???
So what I need to do is repetitions of three to five times of lifting and then just increase the weight slowly, I guess. I think I will start small - with the small girl weights!
Lots of beginning programs will suggest higher repititions. 4 sets of 12 reps or 3 sets of 15 reps. I used this program when I first started: http://www.simplyshredded.com/the-ultimate-female-training-guide.html
It's awesome and you'll be able to do it since you have a gym membership. I recommend getting a least one session with a personal trainer to familarize yourself with different machines and lifts.0 -
I totally understand slow isnt quite the same but it is still effective, especially to those who are saying they cant afford the gym and they dont have enough weights0
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Im 120. 5'2 1/2 im a freshman in highschool
My max:
Squat: 210
Deadlift: 230
Bench: 950
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