Lift Like A Girl!

Smash through all those iron-pumping myths and find out why you should be hitting the weights room, now. 

- Sophie Hong

Ahh, we all know that bit of the gym that strikes dread into our hearts — the mirrored section with the dumbbells all lined up, adjacent to that complicated machinery, bulked-up singlet-wearing meatheads and a whole lot of grunting. You know you hurry past it, making little eye contact, on the way to the safe havens of your usual spin class. But by avoiding weight training, you’ve been missing out on one of the best workouts around. We tend to stay away because we don’t want to end up the flesh-coloured version of The Hulk, but these fears are unfounded. While yes, we gain muscles from lifting weights, it would require an extensive amount of years (and incorrigable amounts of testosterone). We quizzed the experts on why ladies should lift — you might just love your dumbbell (not the one that keeps texting you) a little more.

IT TONES YOUR BODY