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 Progress in Strength Training: This article helps you systematically and safely improve your strength.

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.

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