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 ...

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 ...

#StrongNotSkinny has become rejected as yet another damaging prescribed standard. Taking the focus off aesthetics, Stylist breaks down why weightlifting is so good for body and mind, with a little ...