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Five Significant Ways Lifting Weights Transformed My Body, Mind and Health
I talk about it all the time with good intent
Like most women, I didn’t really have the backing to begin weight training.
To me, cardio was the best kind of exercise.
No one spoke about lifting weight to women in the 80s and 90s.
The vision of Arnold with his big muscles was enough to put a lot of women off.
Would I too, look like this guy if I lifted weights?
Looking back, I never really saw a lot of women lifting weights — and therefore, I followed the crowd.
It wasn’t until I put on weight after the birth of my daughter, I felt & looked horrible.
My body was somewhat saggy, I had no definition whatsoever, and I was a clothes size too big for my liking.
Every other mother I contacted regularly told me how challenging weight loss was after pregnancy.
So many of them wished to have their old bodies back.
One even mentioned her hips becoming a lot wider! Her old jeans didn’t fit…