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If you’re a woman over the age of 40, it’s important to adopt a weight-training program in conjunction with cardiovascular exercise. Weight training not only helps increase bone density and metabolism ...

Lifting heavy weight is not only great for building strength, it can help you develop a lean, muscular body. Weight lifting can also boost your self confidence, help you cultivate a better ...

After years spent running and dieting, Casey Johnston stumbled on a Reddit post about weightlifting that transformed her relationship with exercise. "I don't lift to be hot. I lift to be strong," ...

Weightlifting, along with a nutritious diet, can help you lose weight. Contrary to popular belief, weightlifting won’t make you bulky if you’re female. To lose weight and burn fat, you need to be in a ...

Three new titles explore the power of women building muscle. By Danielle Friedman For most of modern history, women were warned that lifting heavy weights was unladylike and possibly dangerous. Even ...

When Lindsay Quyle first started lifting weights, she felt super intimidated. "I didn't fit in with that gym bro culture," she says. At the time, she saw weight rooms as the domain of men, filled with ...

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For far too long it felt like the weights zone in the gym was overly male-dominated and a no-go for woman and non-binary folk, but luckily things are changing on that front and weight training for ...

Lifting weights is one of the best ways to build muscle and transform your body. While there are many benefits of strength training that don’t involve changing your body composition, experts often ...