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Originally Posted by keokutah
You don't need to heavy weight lift and get into bodybuilding, but if you want to be healthy and strong, you need to lift more than wimpy 10 pounds weights and gain some strength. You won't look anorexic if that's what your striving for, but you will look healthy.
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I would have to slightly disagree with this statement, and I am not disagreeing with the rest of your assessment, I think it was overall great advice, and how lucky for Libs to get advice from a trainer on here.
The women I trained with are also advanced seasonal runners and fitness instructors. They never lift more than 10-15 pounds on each arm during our training and cardio classes. I don't do more than 8 pounds because I prefer a smaller leaner look. Plus, like I mentioned earlier, increasing metal also increases a strong desire for calorie intake. I also do ashtanga yoga, I can lift my body up over my head with two hands, I am no wimp ;) Planks and push ups ( which you mentioned) is great because your using your own body weight ( which is already over 100). I do strongly feel women can "bulk" up, I know this because this happened to me however, this is in part for not taking diet into account, which is most important and what people most fail at when starting a fitness program. 80 percent diet, 20 percent exercise
Just my two cents
