Strength Training for Women

Bonnie Kaye, Inside Fitness
Martica Heaner/Fitness Director, Fitness Magazine
Tom Seabourne/Exercise Physiologist
Bonnie pumps it up
 

Intro:
“Hi, I’m Bonnie Kaye. Strength training is of the best ways to turn your body into a better fat-burning machine. But there are many ways to do it.”
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This class, led by trainer Sara Kooperman, incorporates three types of strength training: calistenics, rubber tubing and dumbbells. Fitness director Martica Heaner says more women are realizing weights can help them slim down, rather than bulk-up.
Sot Martica Heiner/Fitness Director, Fitness Magazine
“Women don’t have the testosterone levels, and they don’t spend the hours and hours in the gym lifting heavy, heavy, heavy weights, like body builders do. So if you’re lifting a 10-pound dumbbell, you have no worry of looking like that.”
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Women and weights have always been a good mix for clients of exercise physiologist Tom Seabourne.
Sot Tom Seabourne/Exercise Physiologist
“Number one, Bonnie what I’ve seen is that women really increase their self-esteem. They start to feel stronger, they start feeling good about themselves.” 
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“Secondly, she notices her whole body begins to change. I’ve seen women take aerobics, and they’ll go in with a certain body, and they’ll come out with that same shape years later, but maybe just a smaller version. With weight training you can change the shape of your body.”
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And rev up your metabolism because the more muscle you have, the more calories you’ll burn all the time. For Fitness Magazine, I’m Bonnie Kaye.
 
 

 


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