Becoming Fashionably Strong

We've ridden a roller coaster of ideas over the years about women's training. We've gone from doctors' forbidding women to engage in physical activity because they were too delicate, to doctors' warning of the dangers of not enough activity. When women first started to exercise and engage in athletic endeavors, some ridiculed them for being too masculine. As the popular advertisement said, "You've come a long way, baby!" Or have we? Some attitudes and preconceived notions about women's training still exist-perhaps you unknowingly harbor some of them.

So hang on to your leotard while we whip through some history on women's strength training to find out how it has evolved into the most recent practices backed by the latest research. You'll learn about all the benefits that strength training has to offer women, such as improving quality of life and possibly even prolonging it. You'll discover how to reprogram your attitude on muscularity and truly become the strong and fit woman you were meant to be.

Strength Training Origins and Evolution

Strength Training Today

Benefits of Strength Training for Women

Stronger, Not Bigger