Strong Women
It's no secret that we think all women should be strong! Some, however, say they don't want to bulk up...which is just fine, because you don't need to bulk up to be strong. But you do need to lift heavy weights!
Everyday Paleo is one of our favorites sites/blogs. Sunday featured a post called "Women & Muscle" that addresses this very topic, and everybody should read it. Here's an excerpt.
Women and Muscle
This one is for the ladies. Gentlemen, see you next time.
I’m generalizing here, but an average workout for for the typical female Globo Gym client consists of 30 – 60 minutes on a cardio machine or cardio class of some sort, followed by 10 – 15 minutes of “core” work. If the path from the cardio equipment/class passes too close to the barbells, they must walk very quickly so as not to wake up tomorrow morning with 20 inch biceps and a full beard. Okay, I’m being facetious, but this is a frustrating problem for many a trainer.
Read the whole article, it's worth it. And take some time to explore the rest of Everyday Paleo, lot's of good recipes and articles.
Christina is one of the smallest, and strongest, women in the box!
6 Comments:
Great article! I went to the gym and ran for years and hardly lost a pound, I never started losing weight until I started lifting. The best part is, the more muscle you have, the more you get to eat!
– Tara on July 7th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Based on the picture above, I can only say:
Be afraid, David…be very afraid.
– Daron on July 7th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
As the shirts say- strong is the new skinny. Sent this to a friend who is afraid xfit will “bulk me up”
– Doug on July 7th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
Thanks for the great article!
– swellpotato on July 8th, 2011 at 10:09 am
Thanks for the article - good read!
– judy on July 8th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Ahhh! THANKS:) Just in time to keep me motivated.
– Cheetah on July 12th, 2011 at 9:14 pm