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Before I start, I want to be clear about what I mean when I mention 'strength training'. I don't mean bodybuilding, powerlifting, Olympic lifting or any means of competitive sports. In the rawest form, strength training is a form of physical exercise using resistance to induce muscular contraction (exercise aiming to specifically work the muscles). You don't have to be a natural born athlete to reap the benefits of lifting weights, nor aspire to be. There are a whole list of benefits that go along with strength training that sometimes slip under the radar - benefits that will keep your body a well-oiled machine and improve the quality of your life and I thoroughly believe these benefits far outweigh any reason to not include it in your life; and that is what I will be discussing in this article.

There are 2 types of fats. There is the good fat, which we refer to as unsaturated fat, and there is bad fat, which is referred to as saturated fat.

AT THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II in the Pacific, Admiral Halsey was given a small, makeshift aircraft carrier task force with orders to halt the Japanese advance and buy precious time for the Allies. Losses were great, resulting in numerous on the spot field promotions. Upon one such occasion, a young man about to be promoted, tried to decline by saying, "It takes a great man to be a wing commander, leading men into battle and possible death. I am not a great man".

This for some people is quite a confronting statement. The truth is whether we acknowledge them as conscious or not, our life is made up of countless decisions that we make on a daily basis. Some choices we don’t even think about, we just do them out of conditioning such as getting dressed before leaving the house.

Why do we do the things we do? What is it that motivates us? What is it that pushes us and drives us?

Feeling fearful of lifting weights?  There are plenty of horror stories that lifting weights makes women bulky, it's bad for the joints or once you stop training, all your muscle will turn to fat.  All these different factors have kept women fearful from experiencing the amazing benefits produced through resistance training.

What is that you ask?

Basic training outline:

What to expect: