Ladies Weight Training Will Not Turn You Into A Beast

Fitness trainer, Jose Luis Pomar of Snap Fitness shares his top fitness tips with us this month.

Lifting weights has been discredited by many of the female population because of the postulated effects of it in shaping their physique. A common fear is that lifting weights will induce muscular development and result in looking too masculine.

I can see why this would be a common assumption as lifting weights is often advertised by gyms, and resistance training products like using models who have made health and fitness their life.
What the majority of us seem to miss, is these models in advertisements (TV, posters, magazines) have been training for years and would train 4-6 days a week, in which some even train as far as twice a day, on top of this, models have nutritional and dietary habits that most of us would not even consider an option.

An average person would be lucky to make it to the gym 3 times a week once a day, in which most would use protocols and exercise regimes that they have heard about from a friends or seen on Youtube which most of the time are ineffective.

I think it’s important to reassure our female readers that to attain a physique that in general is too masculine, it would take proper training, dedication and immense nutritional discipline, that unless they are serious about being a face of a magazine or have some serious drive to obtaining such a body, it is safe to assume that lifting weights 2 – 3 times a week will not turn you into a manly beast.

Weight lifting 2 – 3 times a week for as little as 30 minutes targeting larger muscles will cause a muscle development for females that is just enough for building a lean and non-beasty body.

Muscles require energy to maintain, therefore to have more muscle means the body requires more energy to sustain it and keep it alive. This is why its important for most of us, especially those who are sitting at a desk all day to develop a little bit of muscle as it will assist us with our fat burning capabilities by burning more energy as we carry on with our daily activities.

Exercises that target the bum (gluteus group) are really effective as this particular muscle group is quite large in nature and further development in this part of the body can really induce a good ramp up in the metabolism or the bodies requirement for energy.

Apart from having a nice bum, a strong bum can also be helpful with preventing hip pain, lower back pain and knee pain.

Taking up even just 30 minutes of weight training to begin with can be of help in a long run, choose 2 exercises or 2 machines and learn about this machine/exercise for the next 2 weeks.

It will be awkward and unnatural to start off with, but you have to make mistakes before you learn a skill, so make sure when you’re starting out, stay with low weight and higher repetitions, ask your local trainers for technique correction as incorrect technique will cause you injuries.

By Jose Luis Pomar

Snap Fitness located in West Leederville, near to Perth city, is a neat little gym filled with friendly members, unlike your typical commercial gym which is completely full between 4-6pm where going in the weights area feels like entering a battlefield. Snap Fitness West Leederville has a home-like vibe where you can come and carry on with your health and fitness goals without feeling like your invading other peoples space and taking their equipment.

Visit https://www.snapfitness.com.au/west-leederville/ for more information.