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Top 3 Weight Training for Women Beginner Programs
Congratulations on your interest in getting stronger and healthier! With all the health benefits, strength training is something every woman can and should be doing for herself. Below are my 3 favorite training programs that can help you get started.
Yours in Fitness,
-Kathy Darling
#1 Turbulence Training
(My #1 Recommendation)
Product Review:
If you don’t know where to start, Turbulence Training takes the guess work out of your training. It features over 6 months worth of strength and conditioning workouts, with several different starting points depending on your current ability. If you have trained before then you start with the Intermediate Workout. If you used to train but have been away for a while, the Beginner workout is for you. And if you are a total novice then you start with the Introductory workout. With these three options it is easy to get started at your own level.
All workouts begin with resistance exercises and end with intervals so that you get the benefits of both worlds. The resistance exercises are done in the “super-set” style, meaning that you perform an exercise and then a non-competing exercise back to back. This is the cornerstone of the Turbulence Training system because it 1. gets more work done in less time and 2. turns your strength work into additional cardio training.
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#2 The Truth About Six Pack Abs
Product Review:
The primary purpose of this book is to get you a flat stomach. Since over half of the battle for defined abs, is in getting rid of the stomach fat covering them, it is little surprise that a large portion of this book is devoted to nutrition, uncovering many of the foods that are secretly sabotaging your diet.
The extensive diet information, coupled with a ridiculous title, cost this book a half star in my opinion. However, the rest of the book features some high-powered, full-body weight training workouts that will get you stronger and fitter. Strength circuits such as Renegade Dumbbell Rows, Front Squats with Barbell and Mountain Climbers will get the muscles roaring and the fat burning. This book is not about crunches at all, and in fact, details why crunches and cardio are probably holding you back from your fitness goals.
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#3 Women’s Kettlebell Workout Kit
Product Review:
The Kettlebell is making a resurgence as the ultimate all-in-one strength and conditioning tool. The Women’s Ultimate Kettlebell Workout Kit is the perfect place to start for a woman new to kettlebells. You get a top-of-the-line kettlebell from Dragondoor (available in differnet sizes) and the Kettlebell Goddess DVD by premiere instructor Andrea DuCane, which is like having one of THE top kettlebell instructors in the country right with you in your own home.
The Goddess DVD will guide you through the proper form on all the many, different exercises and is structured into 6 “goddess workouts.” Each workout targets a different portion of the body. While one of the around 20 minute workouts is great, my favorite part is the ability to mix and match any two of the 6 “goddess workouts” for a great, full-body, fat-blasting workout. The possibilities with kettlebells are endless! So much so, that you can quickly get overwhelmed in trying to figure out on your own where to start, which is where The Goddess
Workout comes to the rescue.
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