Undoubtedly, women of all shapes and sizes benefit from strength training. For the safest, most effective program, you should seek the advice of a certified fitness professional. Also, there are many books on the subject. I highly recommend “A Woman’s Book Of Strength”, by Karen Andes, for the most up-to-date, correct information for women.

Rather than using the term ‘weight training’, as it sounds like you need to be a weight lifter to do this, I prefer to use the term ‘Strength training’. Have you ever heard people say that it’s only for men or you have to be training for a sport to do strength training? A common [...]