Lifting heavy weights empower women with 5 key perks, from stronger bones to sharper minds, redefining fitness.

In August, I turn 50 and still lift heavy weights several times a week, and I have not slowed down. Frequently I get asked ...

He showed me how to do a barbell bench press and dripped sweat on me while spotting me. If this was a woman’s experience trying to lift weights, I wanted nothing to do with it. Plus, with no ...

But I kept lifting heavy barbells, and I got bit by the bug ... Well, I showed them. Women my age can—and do—lift heavy. I ...

You might be intimidated by heavy loads in the weight room and more attune to banded and bodyweight workouts for building ...

A year later, though, I became fascinated by weight lifting because the women ... heavy weights. What to Read Next I was determined to learn how to lift, though I’d never touched a barbell.

I even asked a group of women ... on lifting. I taught myself all about it through YouTube videos that broke down the muscles and terminology, and by watching people at the gym. I lifted heavy ...

Lifting heavy weight is not only great for building ... "My favorite thing is to put a barbell in a woman's hands for the first time," Carr says. "One of the biggest benefits is the confidence ...

Whatever your age, if you come in new to lifting you will ... find senior gentlemen hefting barbells bending under their huge weights. The nearest equivalent for women is #strongnotskinny (9.3 ...