What are the benefits of having a regular lifting routine vs. mostly just cardio?
Being a “cardio queen” is good for initial fat loss but it won’t help you in the long run. A regular and challenging lifting routine will not only rev up your metabolism and help you burn more fat, but it is also the key factor if you want to reshape your body. After I lost weight I was thin but still had saggy bits. Training helped me turn my entire body into lean, hard muscle, and helped me shape my body in ways I hadn’t thought possible. I never had a butt — even my mother used to make fun of my flat rear-end — until I began training with weights. Now I have a high, round, perky rear end that even made it on the cover of Oxygen’s Glutes issue. 3) A common concern of lifting for girls can be summed up in something like, “But I’m afraid of getting bulky, I just want to be skinny”. What is your response to that? That is a common misconception many women have about weight training. The truth is that women’s bodies aren’t meant to grow big and bulky muscles without the help of recreati
