Why are so many women afraid to build muscle?
Question:
Every girl I ever speak to says the same thing “I don’t want to gain muscle” and I have to wonder, why not? Why not try to get in the best condition you can be in?
Answer:
Women are afraid to build muscle because they think big muscles will look gross on a female body. The truth is, women don’t have the hormones to build big muscles like men do. Women can build muscle without looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
And little do they know that the more lean muscle they have, the faster they will lose fat and keep it off. That’s because each pound of muscle needs like 40-50 calories a day just to stay alive so the more muscle you have, the more fat you’ll burn, even while you sleep.
Too many women rush to the cardio machines; treadmills, elipticals, spinning, etc. and then they complain that they’re not losing weight or that it takes too much time to do. The fact is, cardio SUCKS for losing fat. Cardio is for conditioning your heart, not your muscles.
What you want to do is strength training, also called resistance training. The easiest and more affordable way to do that is with Bodylastics resistance bands. There’s NO going to the gym, NO heavy expensive dangerous weights and you don’t need a workout room in your house.
If you’re just starting out, do 10 reps for each muscle group. You want to use enough tension so you can barely complete the 10th rep. Rest for about 10 seconds and then do the next exercise. You’ll probably need to use a different amount of tension for the various exercises, but it’s super easy to adjust the resistance with Bodylastics because the tubes have clips for attaching to the various included accessories.
Once you complete working out all the muscle groups, that’s called a circuit. Beginners might only be able to complete one circuit, but optimally work your way up to 3 circuits. On that third circuit, when the resistance becomes too easy, just kick it up a few pounds so your muscles stay challenged.
If you’re not sure how to use Bodylastics, they have completely free workouts. I suggest starting with the workout show called TX2. It’s a basic beginners resistance training workout. Click here for special pricing on Bodylastics.
