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FA MI LY
FAMILY HEALTH
TOP 4 REASONS
Why WOMEN need to include
RESISTANCE TRAINING in their workouts.
From master trainer Andrew Griffin, director of GRIFFIT
Outdoor Fitness + Pilates and creator of 28 Day BODY BLITZ.
Lose body fat quickly
inally, women
utilising resistance Muscles are fat-burning machines; the more definition. This increased muscle mass will
Ftraining is building muscle you have, the more calories you burn raise your metabolic needs leading to an
momentum. More and more every day at rest. Resistance training helps increased number of calories burned daily,
build muscle, as well as increasing bone even at rest. Not only will this assist you
of my female members
density, enhancing function, and creating in losing weight, but more importantly in
are regularly picking up
a toned appearance. Why wouldn’t you keeping it off.
resistance bands, dumbbells choose an exercise with so much upside?
and core bags, increasing Resistance training will help increase your
their strength and power, metabolism by 15-25 calories for every
and LOVING the results. kilogram of muscle you gain.
But even with its increasing It is important to note, when you are
increasing muscle mass while losing fat,
popularity, there’s still
it may not reflect right away on the scale.
a camp of firm believers
However, you will notice that you are losing
spreading the message that, centimetres while gaining strength and
“lifting weights will make
me bulky and masculine.”
I’m here to crush that Gain strength without the bulk
argument with science, once
and for all. Being a woman Hands up if you’ve ever asked a trainer this look bulky.”
question??? Strength training not only sheds
who lifts heavy weights
“I don’t want to get big and bulky. I just centimetres where you don’t want them;
won’t make you bulky, or
want to tone the muscle I already have.” it also allows you to build in places where
give you a manly physique. Many women are afraid to lift weights you do. Genetics aren’t the only factor in
In fact, it’ll do just the because they are afraid of getting bulky, your body’s appearance, you can control
opposite: It’ll tighten and and by that, they generally mean gaining your appearance through regular
tone all over your body, burn a significant amount of muscle mass. My resistance training! It can help you
fat, and speed jump your argument here is always that “women don’t slim down, tone up, and create
have the same hormone profile as men, and curves in places that you’ve never
metabolism.
therefore cannot gain enough lean mass to had curves before!
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