Afraid to hit heavy weights because you have nightmares about looking too “manly”?   You shouldn’t let this affect your workout routine!  Many women feel very comfortable in a workout routine, and therefore never change amount of weight, sets, or repetitions!  Yet, if you think about the logic of it, by doing the same thing, and not seeing any changes in your weight loss, why keep using the same amount of weight?

There is no need to fear looking like a man by going heavy with the weights.   Did you know it has been scientifically proven to be relatively impossible for women to build muscle like a man?  Physiology of Sport and Exercise, says, “Slowly, research demonstrated that women can gain considerably from strength training programs even though strength gains are usually not accompanied by large increases in muscle bulk.”