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A Weight Training Guide for Women

This weight training guide is designed to assist you with developing the most effective personalized program. The links below are of general interest to those whose goals are to boost fitness, health, and sport performance.

Most of us need guidance to get the most out of weight workouts. Workout out without the necessary knowledge and experience, you will likely improve....but there are risks. What's the best that you can expect, and the worst that could happen with a new program, product, or personal trainer?

Your best weight training program will help lead you to your fitness or sports training goals, at least for a while. The fact is, the notion of a best weight training program is a fallacy. There are many high quality programs based upon sound training principles that are generally effective in achieving their stated goals, but each program must be adjusted for individuals.

If you are a female athlete, you are fortunate if you have access a solid program that matches the demands of your sport, as well as your personal needs and position requirements. Further, if you found the best weight training program for you today, it won't be the best very soon. Your needs change as you make gains toward your goals. You will also be affected by other factors over time.

What if, unknowingly, you follow the worst possible program ever (also a fallacy)? Well, just by increasing activity you will see results, but without the correct exercises within a well-designed program you could:

1. Spend lots of money, maybe thousands of dollars, only to end up with poor results and perhaps a monster piece of equipment that falls apart before your eyes.

2. Use improper technique and/or do not know or follow safety rules, both of which can result in injury.

3. Follow the more is better philosophy and overtrain. This may eventually result in depression, illness, or injury.

4. Undertrain, resulting in little or no improvement.

5. Develop muscle imbalances causing soreness, pain, and injury.

6. Hit a plateau sooner than you expected, followed by very slow improvement after that.

No matter what the outcome, you will have difficulty adhering to a program for very long.

Your very best weight training guide is education. If you know your goals and are willing to learn some basics about fitness, you can make informed choices.

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