Ladies who lift weights

curvykim78
curvykim78 Posts: 799 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Ladies, please help me. I'm new to the weight lifting thing and just bought a home gym. Can you tell me any good books or exercises I can do to build/tone muscles- especially my arms. Thanks and good luck with your goals! :)

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  • Meg_78
    Meg_78 Posts: 998 Member
    New rules of lifting for women. Quite simple and basic and a good hand book for beginners I think.
  • ATLMel
    ATLMel Posts: 392 Member
    I also like NROL. I'm in Stage 3 and was pretty much a beginner when I started. It's fun. Check the book out of your library to see if you like it, but I recommend buying it. I refer back to it often.
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    I'm on stage 3 too! I love New Rules...
  • curvykim78
    curvykim78 Posts: 799 Member
    Duh......I totally forgot about the library! Maybe I'll go there tomorrow and check out what they have too.
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    it's cheap on Amazon, I paid like $6
  • danniwhit
    danniwhit Posts: 63 Member
    new rules of lifting for women!!
    I bought mine off Amazon also, paid under 10$
    I love it!
  • mamamudbug
    mamamudbug Posts: 572 Member
    Starting Strength or Stronglifts. SL has a free pdf. There is a good summary here:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/4601-stronglifts-5x5-for-women
  • mbts08
    mbts08 Posts: 284 Member
    Another vote for New Rules.
  • SilkyHotspur
    SilkyHotspur Posts: 233 Member
    Good to see you're lifting weights.... too many women are scared of "bulking up"...if only they knew the work it takes...ugh,

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