Do people often comment on how skinny you are, including strangers, some even asking if you’re anorexic? This include that age-old joke: “If you swallowed a marble, you’d look nine months pregnant.” [...]
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. […]
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. [...]
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 [...]
“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 many pounds must a woman lift before it starts making her look like a man? […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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. […]
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 [...]
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), [...]
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 [...]
What can a petite woman like 5-2, 105 lbs., gain by strength training with only light weights? […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. […]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 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: 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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
