Beginning a Program
Start slowly. This will decrease your
chance of injury and soreness.
Find a qualified person to show you
the proper form and technique in regard to
what strength training exercise you choose. A
person can do more harm than good if proper
form is not used and can cause injury.
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Success Story
Check out Ernestene Shepherd the
oldest Female Bodybuilder at age 56 she and
her sister Mildred Blackwell went to try on
swimsuits and found their bodies were out
of shape; they then started taking aerobics
classes. Her sister began competing in bodybuilding shows under the name Velvet, and
Ernestine followed under the name Ernie.[3]
Benefits of Weight Training
However, her sister died in 1992 of a brain
Not only does strength training increase aneurysm. Her sister made her promise before
your physical work capacity, it also
she died that she would continue. Now at the
improves your ability to perform activage of 79 she has continued.
ities of daily living (ADL's). You will be
able to work harder and longer with the
proper weight training activities.
It improves bone density. One of the
best ways you can control bone loss as
you age is to add strength training into
your workout plan.
It promotes fat-free body mass with
decreasing sarcopenia. The lean muscle mass that we all work so hard for
decreases with age. If we don't add
strength training to our routine then it
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will turn into fat.
We all do not have the desire to
It Increases the strength of connective
tissue, muscles, and tendons. This leads become a body builder but we must build our
body up to sustain life challenges. We need to
to improved motor performance and
begin to Know better and Do Better. I always
decreased injury risk.
say “You Do You.”
It improves your quality of life as you
Please contact me for any further quesgaining body confidence. Strength
tions I would love to help.
training will not only make you strong,
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but will also help with managing your
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weight.
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