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2. Senior Women? You Should be Lifting Weights, and Here's Why - AOL

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   However, lifting weights can slow—or even reverse—the decline. According to a study in Geriatrics : “Progressive resistance exercises can produce substantial increases in strength and muscle ...

3. Is the Tonal 2 home gym the best way for women over 50 to ...

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   New for the Tonal 2 is the concept of adaptive drop weight exercising, where the device senses your fatigue at the end of a set and lowers the resistance so that you can do more reps for longer ...

4. A 70-year-old lost 70 pounds and got into weightlifting. She ...

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   The 70-year-old, who stood at 5-foot-3, weighed 200 pounds after years of mindless snacking and was on blood-pressure medication. MacDonald told Business Insider she bowled and played darts and ...

5. Weightlifting - Wikipedia

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   A place and equipment for weight training is provided at gyms and leisure centres. According to an article in The New York Times, lifting weights can prevent some disabilities, increase metabolism, and lower body fat. [2] Using free weights, compared to machines, improves not only strength but muscle function as well, in high-functioning older ...

6. Barbell - Wikipedia

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   The barbell is the longer version of the dumbbell that is used for free weight training and competitive sports, such as powerlifting, Olympic weight lifting, and CrossFit. Many exercises can be done using the barbell, such as bicep curl, bench press, Olympic weightlifting, overhead press, deadlift, and squat. Olympic barbells are usually an ...

7. Weight machine - Wikipedia

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   A weight machine is an exercise machine used for weight training that uses gravity as the primary source of resistance and a combination of simple machines to convey that resistance to the person using the machine. Each of the simple machines (pulley, lever, wheel, incline) changes the mechanical advantage of the overall machine relative to the ...

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   Here at AOL, there's nothing we love more than a sale — except, perhaps, testing out the best way for women over 50 to exercise at home or an unearthing an affordable silk PJs dupe.And with a ...

9. List of weight training exercises - Wikipedia

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   The deadlift is performed by lifting a weight off of the floor until fully upright. This is a compound exercise that also involves the glutes, lower back, lats, trapezius (upper back), and, to a lesser extent, the quadriceps and the calves. Lifting belts are often used to help support the lower back.