{"id":1436,"date":"2012-03-07T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/new\/?p=913"},"modified":"2012-07-06T13:23:57","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T20:23:57","slug":"workout-wednesday-10-reasons-to-lift-weights-for-life-especially-women-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/workout-wednesday-10-reasons-to-lift-weights-for-life-especially-women-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Workout Wednesday: 10 Reasons to Lift Weights For Life&#8211;Especially Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/422985_340812432621924_307946942575140_896810_1793209150_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-976\" title=\"422985_340812432621924_307946942575140_896810_1793209150_n\" src=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/422985_340812432621924_307946942575140_896810_1793209150_n.jpg?w=276\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>But I&#8217;m afraid of getting big manly muscles&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>We hear this fear all of the time so I will quickly assure you&#8211;especially you women&#8211;that you must adhere to a very particular repetition and load scheme to achieve hypertrophy (big manly muscles). See photo below left.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/524911_10150771136216525_389379647_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1820\" title=\"524911_10150771136216525_389379647_n\" src=\"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/524911_10150771136216525_389379647_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/524911_10150771136216525_389379647_n.jpg 540w, https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/524911_10150771136216525_389379647_n-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0Reasons to Lift Weights <em>for Life<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>1. More muscle means higher fat burning metabolism<\/h2>\n<h2>2. More muscle means a stronger immune system.<\/h2>\n<h2>3. Gaining muscle lowers blood pressure and strengthens bones.<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/picture-31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-979\" title=\"Picture-3\" src=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/picture-31.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a>4. Strength training increases energy levels.<\/h2>\n<h2>5. Weightlifting improves athletic performance.<\/h2>\n<h2>6. Maintaining muscle strength benefits simple daily activities.<\/h2>\n<h2>7. Strength training improves physical appearance.<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/206531_10150130457163045_281800053044_6664812_907368_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-978\" title=\"206531_10150130457163045_281800053044_6664812_907368_n\" src=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/206531_10150130457163045_281800053044_6664812_907368_n.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>8. Weightlifting helps relaxation, promoting a good nights sleep.<\/h2>\n<h2>9. Strength training improves balance and coordination.<\/h2>\n<h2>10. Muscle mass typically declines 30% or more between ages 35 \u2013 65 without weight lifting.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>*<\/strong><em>Top Ten List courtesy of local coach and trainer Deirdra Rogers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But I&#8217;m afraid of getting big manly muscles&#8230; We hear this fear all of the time so I will quickly assure you&#8211;especially you women&#8211;that you must adhere to a very particular repetition and load scheme to achieve hypertrophy (big manly muscles). See photo below left.\u00a0 \u00a0Reasons to Lift Weights for Life 1. More muscle means [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[304,134,36,23,305,306,533,61,130,279],"class_list":["post-1436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workout-wednesday","tag-hypertrophy","tag-muscle","tag-physical-exercise","tag-sports","tag-strength-sports","tag-strength-training","tag-training","tag-weight-loss","tag-weight-training","tag-women-and-weights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1822,"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions\/1822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}