Why Women Should Train with Weight

Most women do not even think about training with weights because they think that they will get bulky with muscle but this is definitely not going to happen. Not only will a woman be able to shape her body more effectively by training with weights but it will also help to burn a lot more fat a lot quicker. Firstly it needs to be understood that there is a massive difference between the daily production of testosterone in women compared to the amount of testosterone that a man producers. The average amount of testosterone produced by a man is between 200-1200 ng/dl while women produce between 15-70 ng/dl. As you can see for yourself there is a huge difference and it is testosterone that will enable you to put on muscle and nothing else. The bottom line is that women will produce nearly 20 times less testosterone than men and that makes a significant difference to the way a women’s body will respond to an increase in strength. If you are a woman reading this then you need to know that when looking at a female bodybuilder showing a lot of muscle and muscle definition it is because they are more than likely taking some kind of exogenous testosterone injections or one of the many different kinds of anabolic steroids that there are out there. That does not mean that you will never be able to gain any muscle if you lift weights on a regular basis. It simply means that you will be able to effectively change your shape and improve the ‘curves’ that you would like to get on your body. A good example is when a woman thinks she has a big ass all she needs to do is increase the size of her hamstrings and her ass will look a lot smaller because of the symmetry or balance achieved from adding muscle to her hamstrings. It is unfortunate that most women think that doing hours of cardio or doing lots of reps with a light weight will help them lose fat. Training with weights using high intensity interval training (HIIT) will not only cause the women to burn more calories up to 72 hours after the workout but will also be able to slowly change the shape of the muscles. The women has to really be able to push herself in order to get these benefits just like a man would. Studies done on this subject have conclusively proved that a women can gain muscle if they lift heavy weights just like men do but the difference is the amount of muscle that they put on with the increased strength. Toning and changing the shape of a targeted muscle group in women has been proven to work. If a woman wants to change the shape of her body she needs to start lifting heavy weights, it’s as simple as that. Here is a brief outline of the types of weights and the rep ranges that a woman should use which are exactly the same for men. The general rule of thumb when training with weights for both men and women is 1-5 reps for Strength, 6-12 for Hypertrophy and more than 12 reps for Endurance. If you want to actually see the results from your hard weight training workouts that you do as a women then you need to eat correctly because men and women do not have to train differently to see results, but they need to eat slightly differently. Although men’s and a women’s metabolism are very similar women will burn a greater ratio of fat to carbs than men would. Over the years studies show that women will do better on a low carb diet than a man would. The bottom line is if a woman wants to lose fat she simply needs adjust her daily total calorie intake.