Weight Lifting for Women

Have you tried every kind of exercise and found you can’t stick with any of them? That was me till my grandsons started me on weight lifting. I think it’s actually called strength training but all I know is there are weights and I lift them. I have been doing it for over a year and I love it. Part of it is I know my program by heart and I just go through it, never cheating even though I am often alone at the weight room {small town high school weight room not commonly used till after school} . Another thing is you are never rushed. You stop after 1 set of reps, walk around and then do another set. You set your own pace and as long as you get all your reps in, you’re fine. I do 3 sets of 10 on all the muscles except for sit ups at the end and then I do 3 sets of 15. This usually takes about 40 minutes. I love that I can see some definition on my arms! Maybe eventually I might see a muscle. However the main thing is I can stick with this and one thing leads to another so my cardio is also picking up.

Josh, my grandson, competed on the state level last year when he was a senior in High school and I was amazed at how many girls competed and how much weight they could lift. Seems this is a “new” sport in high school complete with coaches and teams. This was certainly new to me.

I think I also get a kick out of doing this because I used to be a real weakling when I was in school.

My son tells me that this will keep my joints from tightening up. Whatever it is doing, I feel great and so I highly recommend it.