Sunday, 10 February 2013

Do Women Need Special Exercises?

By Mike Caton


As a personal trainer of women of all ages (also males) upwards of 25 years, I feel pretty confident that I know what you really are in search of after you search "exercises for women". You want to exercise to get in good shape, but make sure you don't find yourself looking like a male. Your requirements are weight loss, lowered fat, firm, but not enormous, muscles, and a fit, yet feminine, physique.

I can't speak for all exercises that men do, but can say that most men's exercises can also be women's exercises. There is an understandable misconception that certain exercises can make you look more masculine while others will make you look more feminine. The truth is our genetics and hormones dictate what we will look like far more than our exercises.

A man and woman doing the same exercises will have very different results. A man will generally achieve an increase in muscle size and a decrease in fat. A woman will have less muscle growth resulting in less fat loss. Women have to do more exercise to achieve similar fat loss than men. But regardless, their muscles will not grow the way that men's do. Women doing the same exercises (with typical female hormones, and assuming proper diet) generally get smaller as they get leaner. I'm sure you've seen lots of images of women with rippling muscles like men, that doesn't mean I'm wrong. Most of them are supplementing with male hormones to achieve a level of muscularity that only a man can achieve. There are some exceptions, though.

As a trainer, I tend to associate the word exercise with resistance or strength training. In case you are looking more generally for different exercise activities.

For a lady to attain success her very best chances will come from a mixture of weight training along with form of cardio activities. Additionally, daily training, versus, each alternate day is definitely more recommended. This will help sustain a higher metabolic rate bringing about burning a lot more extra calories 24/7.

Once again, most exercises can work okay for both women and men. So, feel positive that an exercise you've seen could work for you. But, in case you're still cautious, when doing the workout, stick to reduced weight and higher repetitions. This method diminishes a female's potential for expanding muscle proportions. Thus, the exercises could be the same as for men, but the repetitions and intensity might differ.




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