Thursday, March 19, 2015

You Should Be Lifting

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Walk into your local fitness center and you’re likely to see women everywhere. We are finally being encouraged to get into the world of fitness. We are applauded for our muscle-toned physiques and praised in a world previously known only to men. Fitness isn’t just for male counterparts. In 2007, the National Sporting Goods Association released a report that females represented 50 percent or more of participants in physical activities. (See the report here.) 

Hurray for ladies! But if you read beyond the first paragraph it isn’t much further until you see that the percentage of women participating in weight lifting is well below men, at 36 percent.

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