A crazy common misconception is that if you “feel” like you’re exercising hard then you must be getting a good workout. If this were true people who perform manual labour for a living would be perfect examples of fitness and health.

The first and most significant problem especially for females is simply a lack of muscle. When you exercise your heart and lungs and all other sub-systems fuel the effort and movement…movement created by your muscles. The less muscle you have the less fuel you need.

“A person moving 5 lbs 100 times works far less than a person who does the same with 20 lbs.”

Exercise that doesn’t provide plenty of load/weight and more importantly “ever increasing weight” does little to improve and maintain fitness and health with age.

“Only making your muscles stronger will make the rest of you stronger”

Part 2: https://wefit.ca/2023/07/06/why-woman-workout-with-weights-part-2/

Be well, be strong,

Andrew and Tierney