Originally published September 19 2005
Website helps women weight train to prevent weakening bones
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A new website, TheFitWomanOnline.com offers tips for women who may be intimidated by weight training to make the transition from aerobic workouts to strength training, since strength training can help prevent frailty in old age.
Thousands of joint injuries later, with cellulite-ridden bodies still intact, they are turning to the other alternative -- strength training.
Due to longevity and physical constitution, women are particularly vulnerable to osteoporosis, muscle loss, joint disease, decreased coordination, hunched-over posture and all the other problems associated with frailty in old age.
Imagine a world free of these ailments -- a world with no chronics illnesses or nursing homes where individuals remain active until the end of their life span, at which point they calmly close their eyes and pass on to the next level of being.
After one year, they dropped two dress sizes without dieting, and their lean muscle mass, cardiovascular fitness, coordination and bone density measurements were comparable to younger women in their 30s and early 40s.
The reason for such reluctance may be that women are unwilling to enter the same weight training rooms that are dominated by hulking body builders.
They still fear that they will "bulk up" even though it has been demonstrated over and over again that weight training does not have this effect on the female body.
The fitness industry has placed further obstacles by manufacturing equipment engineered solely for male bodies, often making it difficult for women to safely begin or advance in a strength training program.
Women's reluctance to lift weights have been met with a proliferation of circuit training facilities for them, which have been successful in motivating sedentary women to exercise -- but the actual physical benefits of the hydraulic machines used in circuit training centers are a subject of hot debate.
Although providing an easy workout in a cordial atmosphere, these circuit training facilities may be short-changing women of the muscle development, coordination and bone density that are better achieved with free weights and other forms of resistance training.
The intensity involved in body building and powerlifting competitions is often not conducive to healthy aging.
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