Strength Training
Appraising Your Health Risk: Ideally, everyone should have a physical before beginning an exercise program. This article discusses risk factors that make it is absolutely necessary to get your doctor's approval and/or have a stress test. The recommendations are based on suggestions from the American College of Sports Medicine.
Getting Started With Strength Training: A
brief introduction to basic concepts in strength training, plus a beginner's
routine. I wish I could have read this when I started.
Beginning Strength Training Routines:
At home and
at the gym
How Strength Training Transformed My Life: A short history of how I got into strength training and what it's done for me.
Strong Women Don't Starve: This article is about weight control, body image, and strength training. It's based on my personal experience.
Making Peace With Progression: This article gives detailed information about strength training progression technique, including a bit of psychological advice for those times when we're stuck or struggling.
Setting Training Goals: This article discusses setting realistic training goals for long term enjoyment of strength training. It was published in Master Trainer in the March-April, 2002 edition.
Squatting: How I Found My Groove: This article discusses my struggles and success with a valuable strength training exercise--the back squat. I hope my experience and tips will encourage others to move beyond the leg press and experiment with squatting. Squatting builds full-body functional strength and balance and is superb for building muscle and bone.