The inspiration to write this article came from one of my long time clients who I trained for 10 years; she recently had her 30-year school reunion and was overwhelmed by the compliments from her old classmates on how good she looked. They all wanted to know what her ‘secret’ was to looking a lot younger with a better body.
There is no doubt that the biggest bang for your buck form of training is weights. Ladies if you’re serious about looking and feeling younger than the best thing you can do is lift weights. Now when I say lift weights I’m talking about a well-designed strength programme that is catered to YOU.
To get the hormonal response you want from lifting weights you must follow the parameters of traditional strength training. This means your best results are going to be achieved with multi-joint exercises using barbells and dumbells, selecting a load that is going to challenge you and then perform that load at a high intensity. Generally selecting a weight that challenges you to get in the 8-15 repetitions range is recommended, selecting lightweight with high reps does not get the hormone response required for improved body composition.
