Stronger, not bigger!

One of the most common worries women have when they start lifting is this:

“If I lift heavier, will I bulk up?”

The short answer is no.

I’d probably leave the running behind and look like Dwayne ‘The Rock” Johnson if it were that simple!

But what usually happens first is something much better, and it’s why I train myself.

You get stronger, more capable, and more confident in your own body. And that strength shows up far beyond what you can do in a session

Last week in CSF Women’s Fitness, we worked through kettlebell deadlifts as a group and complemented them with some exercises for core and cardio.

Some members were starting with lower weight kettlebells, especially members who had just joined a few weeks ago with zero pressure to go heavier. And others… well, they magically had a heavier kettlebell in front of them as the session progressed… and then surprised themselves by lifting it!

That’s what I love about this class.

Each member is on a different level in their fitness goal, as a coach, it is just as gratifying seeing someone progressing past our 6-8kg kettlebells and feeling more comfortable using weights, and our strongest women lifting the heaviest kettlebell I currently have (24kg), and I have to get two 16kg kettlebells to challenge them.

A deadlift teaches you how to brace, hinge, and lift with control (pretty much bending over to pick up anything!), which is exactly the kind of strength that carries over into real life. Shopping bags feel easier. Picking things up off the floor feels safer. Travel bags feel easier to lift, too!

Your body just feels more useful day to day.

We are not your average boot camp, where it’s all about endless reps of bodyweight exercises, laps and whistles, nor are we a gym with barbells and queues for machines at peak times.

And recent research shows that you do not need endless reps or endless sweating to get stronger.
What the research is telling us is that consistency matters most, and women can absolutely benefit from lifting heavier loads in the right setting.

The goal is not to chase exhaustion.

It is to build strength you can actually use.

That is exactly why CSF Women’s Fitness exists on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7pm, to give you two hours in the week that are yours.

Time to train. Time to feel stronger. Time to be around other women who are doing the same thing at their own pace.

If you’ve been waiting for the “right time” to start, this is your reminder that you do not need to be fitter first.

You just need a place to begin.

Seán

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