Strength Training: 1 Reason Women Should Utilize It.

Woman lifting weights

Countless amounts of women attend the gym with one goal in mind - to be in better shape, then decide to only use cardio equipment. Often giving the weights zero thought; Which is why they never achieve noticeable results.

I use to be a personal trainer and I would offer consultations to people interested in my services. Most of my clients have been women. One of the main questions I would ask them is if they usually train with weights, and most of the time I would hear a resounding NO. . . When I ask why they don't train with weights the usual answer they give me is "I don't want to look bulky or be too muscular". I want to explain why women should embrace weight training or strength training as it is more commonly referred to, and why training with weights is actually beneficial for all women.

Women looking to get fit or stay in shape should not be intimidated by weights. They think that training with weights will make them look to masculine or fear they will look less feminine. When in fact this could not be further from the truth.

Let me debunk this myth for you. Here’s a scientific fact - women don't produce the nearly enough anabolic hormones, necessary for excessive muscle growth. In fact, even most men don't.

For a woman or female athlete to develop massive muscle gains, she would have to utilize an extreme amount of supplements to help drastically increase her anabolic hormone levels. Without them, a woman doing strength training alone, would mostly tone up her body by gaining some lean muscle mass and burn off extra body fat in the process.

Here’s some food for thought. Even men who train naturally, will most likely NEVER develop huge muscle gains, although they produce the anabolic hormone testosterone in their bodies.

As a person that has been into physical fitness all his life, I have strength trained with and without supplements. I know how to work out, whats supplements are needed for which goal and the timing of taking said supplements in order to produce massive muscle gains, and let me tell you. It’s a lot of work for men, let alone a woman with naturally less testosterone in her body.

Women produce only one-tenth of the testosterone men do. So, the chances of a woman having results similar to what a male would have, are extremely small.

So why is weight training so beneficial to women?

The biggest reason why women should train with weights is strength training increases lean muscle mass. And lean muscle mass elevates the metabolic rate. This is the tissue that uses fat for fuel. The more muscle mass you have, the more toned you will become allowing you to burn more fat not only during the workout but also throughout the day.

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You simply can’t obtain the physique you want with cardio alone, you need to develop a strength training program and incorporate weights so you can obtain the results you ultimately desire.

Every pound of lean muscle mass gained essentially means you burn up to 30 more calories a day, just by having more muscle. I know this number might not sound extremely large or seem significant now, but over the course of a year, it can translates into more than 4 pounds of fat burned by doing nothing.

So as you can see, lifting weights isn’t just for jacked up bodybuilders or men and woman looking to get their swole on. It’s also for the modern women looking to get in better shape, get stronger, and tone out her muscles. Of course, as I previously stated, it's not physiologically possible for women to build excessive muscle mass. So don't be afraid to lift some weights and gain what will come naturally anyway.

This is only one of the benefits that come with strength training. As we all know there are numerous other benefits.

What It All Boils Down To

First, if you are a female, you shouldn’t be intimidated by strength training as this is not going to make you as muscular as you think, It's just not possible. The female bodybuilders of the world have to work overtime to gain the muscular physique they have.

Second: You should actually be striving to build more lean muscle. By increasing your lean muscle mass you increase the number of calories burned during physical activity as well as throughout the day - Muscle helps burns fat

At the end of the day, if your goal is to feel better, look better, and be in better shape overall, it’s going to be important to not only maintain your muscle mass but strive to build more; Which in turn will help you burn the unwanted fat faster.

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