6 week recap

Assessing one’s body composition can be a harrowing experience for anyone, especially for females. Women have long been objectified and evaluated based on body composition, much more than men. Measures of a healthy body are antiquated, been revised numerous times, and have racist roots. …

Flexibility can go a long way in preventing injury while exercising. One doesn’t have to be able to do the splits, but it helps to comfortably be able to move through whatever range of motion (ROM), you are doing. To establish a flexibility baseline, a sit and reach test is…

Next baseline to establish was muscular endurance. There is a very simple push up test. Basically, do as many push ups as you can do without stopping, then find your sex, age and number on a chart (I found mine in my ACSM textbook, but I’m sure they are locatable…

General goal is to get stronger and build more muscle. As a woman approaching 40, my best bet, according to experts like Stacy T. Sims, PhD, is to lift heavy 2–3 days a week. This means if using weights the last 2 reps in a set should be very difficult…

Every journey begins with a single step. To know where you are going, you need to know where you are at. Goals at the beginning of an endeavor are typically broad and general. For me, the main goal is to get stronger. Before designing a fitness program, assess the following…