Weight Training for Women

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Weight Training for Women

• Stephanie Meehan
• Rowan University
• Glassboro, NJ

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Weight Room Confidence

• Wear comfortable clothing

The gym is not just for skinny people
Free weights are for women, too
Ask for help, if needed
Set an obtainable goal and work towards
completing it

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Misconceptions

• Weight training causes a masculine physique
• Muscle will turn to fat if training stops
• Weight training causes increase in weight
• Cardio exercises are more than enough

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Why Women Should Weight Train

• Prevents Osteoporosis
• Increases self-confidence
• Fights obesity
• Keeps your heart healthy

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Setting A Goal

• Make it obtainable
• Provide a realistic time frame
• Describe how you will begin

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Setting A Goal, Continued

• Describe how you will go about accomplishing it
• Have an end point
• Keep in mind how you will maintain this level of
  fitness after goal is reached
  

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Its About Eating Well, Too

• Eat 3 meals per day
• Eat 2 healthy snacks per day
• Use vitamins
• It is better to eat something than nothing at all

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Getting Started

• Who, if anyone, will be weight lifting with you?
• What types of exercises are you interested in?
• Where will you be weight lifting?
• When will you be weight lifting?
• Why are you weight lifting?

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Maintaining

• Be mindful of how much food you are ingesting
• Maintain a lifting schedule
• Should perform at least 30 min. of cardio per
  day
  
• Work upper body one day, lower the next

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Interesting Information

• Perform at least 30 minutes of cardio exercises
  per day
  
• Lifting should be at a slow and steady pace
• Start with a small amount of weight, work towards
  increasing it
  
• You have to want to be physically fit, others
  cant do it for you

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• THANK YOU!!