Why Women Need Weights For Optimum Fat Loss

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It is a phenomenon that occurs in every gym in the world, a weights area that is dominated by males. You have every type of male involved in weight lifting ranging from bodybuilders, to overweight guys, skinny guys trying to gain some much needed muscle and ‘skinny fat guys’. For those of you who don’t know the last term was coined by renowned Strength and Conditioning coach Jason Ferruggia to describe the type of guy who has a belly but is skinny everywhere else (something a BIG part of the male population of gyms consists of).

We have all these men using weights to reach their target weights and goals but yet it a true rarity to see a woman enter this area to try and improve body weight and shape. Why is this the case? Simple isn’t it? Women are scared they will become bulky and their muscles will expand to levels seen by bodybuilders. This is a MYTH!

So we have established that women are scared of bulking up into bodybuilders so now let me explain exactly why this will NEVER happen unless someone trains to achieve this goal.

Bodybuilders train to achieve big muscles by using heavy weights for ...
... short periods of time. For example, if I was training a client to pack on as much muscle mass as possible I would use 3-5 sets of 5-8 reps using a weight which is challenging for the client to complete the final reps on the last set. This type of training creates tiny tears in muscle which are then repaired by protein from the body and from diet. Hence why bodybuilders usually consume a high protein diet through meat and protein shakes. Therefore, if you do not train and eat like a bodybuilder your muscles will not grow to be big like bodybuilders.

Females looking to lose fat and gain shape to their muscles are advised to train in the 12-15 rep range for 2-3 sets. The key is to make sure the weight is not too light and is challenging enough to stimulate the muscle, without sacrificing technique. This will ensure that the muscle is ‘toned’ and the high reps will ensure you are working on muscular endurance and to an extent fat burning. More toned muscles will use up more calories also, which will in turn help shift unwanted fat

To summaries women need to embrace the weights area instead of being afraid of it. Working with light weights and using higher reps will give the muscles definition and shape and WILL NOT result in a bodybuilder’s physique. Still unsure? Look at the pictures below and ask yourself if the women in the pictures got their bodies from doing endless amounts of cardio or by mixing up their training and incorporating weights into their regimes. See you in the weights area!

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