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You hear it from every corner of the earth when you’re a woman of a certain age. “Lift heavy,” say the experts. “Cardio adds years to your life, but weightlifting adds life to your years.”
I set a goal to transform 50 percent of my body weight into muscle within a year. So, I took Orangetheory circuit training classes three times a week, working on both strength training and cardio.
Joan MacDonald started going to the gym at age 70. Now she's a fitness influencer with 1.9 million Instagram followers and can hip thrust 235 pounds.
Some gyms have reported that the female percentage of their clientele has risen to over 50%. [24] A new common trend among women is the replacement of cardio regimes with weightlifting for several reasons such as pursuing their idea of a perfect body, female empowerment, and plain enjoyment. [citation needed]
Weight class Year Hometown/Team Total Gretchen Villa 45 kg 2023 Alee Athletics 152 kg Isabella Rodriguez 49 kg 2023 Power and Grace Performance 167 kg Asia Gonzalez 55 kg 2023 Florida Elite 180 kg Shayla Moore 59 kg 2023 Power and Grace Performance 208 kg Taylor Lucas 64 kg 2023 Superfly Barbell Club 205 kg Alexia Gonzalez 71 kg 2023 Florida Elite
Sara Samir Elsayed Mohamed Ahmed (Arabic: سارة سمير السيد محمد أحمد; born 1 January 1998) is an Egyptian weightlifter who won a bronze medal in the women's 69 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the silver medal in the women's 81kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Prior to 1977, bodybuilding had been considered strictly a male-oriented sport. Henry McGhee, described as the "primary architect of competitive female bodybuilding", was an employee of the Downtown Canton YMCA, carried a strong belief that women should share the opportunity to display their physiques and the results of their weight training the way men had done for years.
Mary Gregory, an American powerlifter and strength coach, took to Instagram on Sunday to announce she had gone "9 for 9" at the competition and broken four women's world records: Masters world ...