Workout Wednesday: 10 Reasons to Lift Weights For Life–Especially Women
But I’m afraid of getting big manly muscles… We hear this fear all of the time so I will quickly assure you–especially you women–that you must adhere to a very particular repetition and load scheme to achieve hypertrophy (big manly muscles). See photo below left. Reasons to Lift Weights for Life 1. More muscle means […]
Read MoreI Want to Ride my Bicycle!
As someone who used to spend hours pumping the pedals of spin bikes at Washington Sports Club gyms, riding a real bicycle outdoors is, well, really unnerving! Cars whizzed by me on both sides of a skimpy bike lane last Sunday as I froze in terror of being smashed by a texting driver. The first […]
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