Women and Weight Lifting

Ashley doing push presses

Yesterday I talked about the importance of men using a full range of motion even if it means that they lower the amount of weight. Women tend to have the opposite problem. They tend to have great range of motion but underestimate the amount of weight that they can lift. The majority of the women that I have trained are very timid with the weights when they first start. There is a shift that must occur in their mentality towards the weights if they want to get great results. The other half of yesterday's quote from Alwyn Cosgrove is "if all women used 10% more weight they would get better results." I have definitely found this to be true. Most women that you will see in a commercial gym will be using the 3-5 lbs dumbbells, while most of the women in our facility will be using 20-30 lbs dumbbells.

Workout of the Day

15 sec mountain climber

15 sec rest

15 sec mt climber + 15 sec burpee

15 sec rest

15 sec mt climber + 15 sec burpee + 15 sec squat jumps

rest for 1 min

repeat for 30sec, 45sec, 1 min