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The intense fear of becoming big muscle women with shoulders too big and too masculine stop millions of women all over North America from picking up weights. A scary myth or a scientific truth?
There is no reason why women cannot or should not lift weights. According to dozens of credible studies around the world, weight training is an essential part of maintaining health and preventing health risks.
- “Health and fitness benefits of weight training” By Paul Rogers. Published June 2009. Accessed August 2012. Retrieved from: http://weighttraining.about.com/od/benefitsofweighttraining/a/benefits.htm
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