Why do women need strength training!
Here we are in 2009, the year (for 2010 soon!), And I that the myths of bodybuilding and women are still breathtaking, and worse, the myths themselves, I heard a few decades! It seems that I can dispel these myths, until they are sad in the face, and yet remain! In most myths, it seems that women are simply not aware of the many benefits of strength training(Also called weight training or bodybuilding) - can confer. Some of them are specific to their gender that women are specific.
The commentary focuses on the merits of "The physician and sports medicine" (1) can issue the most important myths are:
* Myth 1: Strength training causes women to be larger and heavier.
* Myth 2: Women, men of different training methods.
* Myth3: Women should avoid high-intensity exercise or high load.
Besides covering the myths, the magazine does a good job in the list of benefits for women who are:
* Improved modeling of the bones to increase bone strength and reduce the risk of osteoporosis
* The strongest connective tissue to increase stability and prevent common injuries
* Increased functional strength for sports and daily activities
* Increased muscle mass and decreasenonfunctional body fat
* Increased metabolic rate due to an increase in muscle and decrease fat
* Improved self-esteem and confidence
Women should train with weights. One advantage I think of this report have failed, is strength training reduces the risk of sarcopenia. Sarcopenia is an age-related loss of muscle mass and affect the health of men and women.
But because women have less muscle mass to begin with, are in aincreased risk of sarcopenia during aging. I recommend women do you read my article on sarcopenia and how to avoid and / or can be treated. Most women are aware of their means of communication such as osteoporosis punched in the head - but know little of sarcopenia, which is probably more important to women that osteoporosis!
This review (1) the importance of strength training for women with the old, or sustainable, unmasked, is a myth, it is necessarythe word that women face a lack essential to maintain their health, weight and shape.
Go to the ladies gym!
Strength training for women: the rejection of the myths, the opportunities for Block
William P. Well, MS, MSSW, CSCS, Randall L. Jensen, PhD
The doctor and Sports Medicine - Volume 26 - NO. 5 - May
