The benefits of weight training for women

As some of you may know, I’m a women who recently got into the gym and fell in love with weight training.

I can easily say, without a doubt that weight training has changed my life and my relationship with fitness. In weight training, I found a form of exercise that I genuinely love and makes me feel strong and empowered.

The reasons that I fell in love with lifting weights are more personal to me and might not be the same for you. But, here are some of the reasons why you and every other women should give weight training a try.

In this post you’ll find:

To begin, weight training isn’t just for men…

Many women are under the impression that lifting weights will make them look “too manly”. If you’re in this boat, don’t worry, I thought this at first too. I thought I’d get too big and bulky by lifting weights but really this isn’t true at all.

Getting big and muscular requires a lot of dedication, intention, and intensity when you are training. Some people train so hard to look big and still don’t even get there.

What I’m saying is this won’t happen to you unintentionally, it takes many, many years and many hours in the gym to look too bulky. So, don’t let this fear be what holds you back.

Why you should start weight training…

There are so many mental, physical, and non-physical benefits to weight training that eventually it becomes hard to resist.

Some of the mental benefits of weight training for women

Some of the mental benefits of weight training as a women are

1. Increased confidence
2. Improved self-esteem
3. Reduced stress
4. and decreased depression and anxiety

These aren’t even all the mental benefits, that’s just to list a few!

The physical and non-physical benefits of weight lifting…

Some of the non-physical benefits of weightlifting for women

1. Better sleep
2. Better memory
3. Improved mental focus
4. Increased quality of life and independence

Some of the physical benefits of weightlifting for women

1. Increased muscle mass
2. Faster metabolism
3. Stronger bone density
4. Better manage weight
5. Improve your physique

Weight lifting can improve your health in so many ways; it seems impossible to ignore it!

If you like me want to feel stronger, more empowered, more confident and so much more like I did, then I recommend you turn to lifting weights.

Takeaways

As women in this world, we tend to shy away from the gym and the heavy weights out of stereotypes and our fears, but thats not how things have to be anymore.

Weightlifting is for men and women alike so let’s get ourselves out there and into the gym. We also deserve to let ourselves experience all the joys and benefits that come along with it!