Will Weight Training Bulk Up a Thin Woman?
If you’re a thin woman who thinks training with weights will bulk you up in a masculine way, you have been totally led astray. […]
Why Women Should Strengthen Their Hand Grip & How
A woman with a strong pair of hands that can grip tightly will have so much more confidence–not just in everyday tasks, but if she should ever find herself in a threatening situation. [...]
Are You Fat but Think Strength Training Will Make You Bigger?
The most important thing an obese woman can do is stop believing that training with weights will make her body even bigger. NOT TRUE! Stop thinking like this! The thought that lifting weights makes obese [...]
Hefty Thighs Not Healthy: How to Lose Thigh Fat
“Fat acceptance” does not undo the fact that fat thighs are harmful to your health — as research now shows. But you can get rid of the excess fat in your upper legs. Get Rid [...]
How Much Weight Must a Woman Lift to Look Like a Man?
How many pounds must a woman lift before it starts making her look like a man? […]
Why Obese Women Should Avoid Light Weight Workouts
Obese or very heavy-set women should not rely on light weight strength training to lose fat, but instead take a different approach: one that they’d never consider. […]
Are Female Personal Trainers Always Better for Women ?
A male personal trainer may be just what the doctor ordered for a woman who thinks that only a female trainer could help her reach her fitness or weight loss goals. […]
Top 3 Exercises to Prevent Osteoporosis in Women Over 50
Women who are over 50 and postmenopausal can scare off osteoporosis with just these three exercises. For women over 50, especially postmenopausal, osteoporosis looms, but you can keep this disease far away from you with [...]
Why Don’t Women Grunt Loudly when Lifting Heavy Weights?
Any reason women don’t grunt, at least loudly, during their gym workouts? Is this an alpha male thing or what? Sure, some hardcore women do make vocal sounds when pushing out those last few heavy [...]
Why Obese Women Should Do Free Weight Workouts
Obese women absolutely need to do strength training, especially with free weights! I continue to see a severe shortage of obese women lifting weights, i.e., strength training, especially in the free-weight area. The free weight [...]
Teen Girl Weight Loss: Smoking vs. Exercise
Are you a teenage girl thinking of taking up smoking so you can lose weight? Stop! Or you'll dearly regret it later on, not to mention be out of a lot of money. If you’re [...]
Best Exercises for TOP Body Heavy Women
“Top heavy” women who carry excess weight mostly in their upper body often avoid strength training exercises for this area for fear of making it even bigger. Myth: Training the upper body with weights, in [...]
How a Woman Can Prevent Weight Gain from Ankle, Leg Injury
Has a leg or ankle injury caused you to gain weight? Here are ways to prevent weight gain during your injury recovery without starving yourself or going hungry. […]
How Women Can Tone Muscles with the Leg Press Machine
Learn how you can really tone your loose muscles up with the leg press machine. I rank the leg press very high on the list of exercises for toning the legs, yet most women don’t [...]
Why Some Women Are Naturally Strong
Some reasons will surprise you why some women are just naturally very strong. What makes a woman naturally strong? Is it size? Not always. If the size is mostly excess fat and/or long bones (tallness), [...]
How to Beat the Depression over Your Flabby Arms
What you need is a sure-fire way to conquer “Flabby Arm Depression.” You don’t have to have flabby arms. Why should other women have tight, toned arms while YOU get stuck with flabby arms? It’s [...]
Do Small Women Need to Lift Only Light Weights?
What can a petite woman like 5-2, 105 lbs., gain by strength training with only light weights? […]
Will Strength Training Make a Women’s Thunder Thighs Bigger?
Are you avoiding leg strength training because you think your thunder thighs will get even bigger? If anything will make those thunder thighs bigger, it’s donuts and pizza. […]
Legs too Bulky? Solutions to Stubbornly “Big” Legs
Some women have disproportionately big bulky legs, no matter what they do. The bigness is stubborn fat, though it may appear to be primarily muscle. […]
Best Ways for Women to Lose that Potbelly
What’s the best ways for women to lose their potbelly? So you just cannot get rid of that potbelly? There are truly best ways for women to get rid of their potbelly, even if they have [...]
How Weak Women Can Get Pushup STRONG!
Women will get stronger at pushups if they follow my no-nonsense strengthening plan--designed by me, a woman who does pushups very easily. I was a personal trainer for five years at a gym and taught [...]
How a Skinny Fat Woman Can Get Her Abs to Show
If you’re “skinny fat” or just plain thin but dream of having abs that show, there IS a way you can achieve this–and it’s not zillions of crunches, either. […]
Bench Pressing Won’t Replace Breast Reduction Surgery
Stop using fear of shrunken breasts to avoid bench pressing, ladies! Some women worry that bench presses will reduce the size of their breasts. This is absolutely not true! Benching recruits primarily chest muscles. The [...]
How to Get Rid of Fat Thighs: Strength Training or Cardio?
Hate your fat thighs? You're going to love the solution! Hint: It's not endless grinding hours on cardio equipment or tricky dance moves in group classes. If you had to choose between strength training or [...]
Weight Training for Plus Size Women Over 50
Training with weights will provide remarkable results for women over 50 who are plus sized. Overweight women 50+ can just as easily pick up a dumbbell or barbell as thinner women in this age group. [...]
How to Cure Feeling Old from Menopause
There is ONE thing that women in menopause can do to cure the feeling of “getting old” as a result of this change in life. Hey, I just don’t know how a woman can feel [...]
Why Women Should Do Farmer’s Walks
Why don’t more women do farmer’s walks? Though women in strongwomen competitions do farmer’s walks, you’ll rarely, if ever, see a woman performing farmer’s walks at a gym or health club. Why is this? I [...]
Dumbbell Curls vs. Barbell Curls: Pros and Cons
Dumbbell curls vs. barbell curls: Which is better, and what are the pros and cons? Many of the great bodybuilding champs swear by barbell curls, yet many other bodybuilding legends swear by dumbbell curls. It's interesting [...]
Veiny Woman’s Arm vs. Skinny Eating Disorder Arm
Remember when Madonna was criticized for having an eating disorder because a photo showed her veiny arm? The photo above generated a lot of negative feedback for Madonna, because people thought that the prominent bulging [...]
Are Big Thunder Thighs Genetic? Are Some Women Doomed?
Are you convinced that your big thunder thighs are genetic and nothing can be done about them? Do you stare at your big thighs in disgust, but then think, “It’s genetic”? Maybe you don’t have [...]
Strength Training Guide for 300 Pound Women: Safe, Burn Fat
You’re never too heavy, never too fat, to begin strength training with weights. Do you weigh 300 pounds and want to start lifting weights (strength training), but don’t have the tiniest clue how to begin, [...]
Women’s Strength Training Rules for Maximum Fat Loss
If you're disgusted with the fat in your thighs, tummy or elsewhere that just won't budge, it's time to take control with a strength training routine that will blast off the fat. I’m a former certified personal [...]
Teen Girl Is Overweight, Overeats: Is this an Eating Disorder?
Overeating in a nation that makes it easy for teens to overeat -- and be overweight -- doesn't always mean an eating disorder. Now keep in mind that in a culture where fast-food restaurants, bakeries, [...]
10 Bench Press Mistakes that Women Make
There’s a lot of info out there on the mistakes men make with bench pressing, but what about women? Yes, there is a difference. More and more women are taking up the bench press, and [...]
