How to Start Strength Training & Weight Lifting for Women over 40

Ease into it!! As a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, YES - I would LOVE to see you lifting weights. It’s one of the smartest decisions for your body that you could ever make.

💥 But the wisest strategy is to begin strength training by using just your own bodyweight FIRST.

If you’re a woman over 40, your joints and connective tissues are more sensitive to quick increases in volume and intensity. So if you want to avoid tendinitis, compensation patterns, and totally unnecessary injuries, build up to weight lifting strategically.

👉 Spend 2-3 months doing bodyweight-only strength training first. Squats, hip hinges, bear crawls, bridges, inchworms, birddogs, planks, split squats, crossover reaches, etc. Moves like these WILL get you stronger (trust me, you’ll feel it!!) and you’ll be building a foundation of strength and body control.

👉 Add weights when you feel stable, steady and comfortable with an exercise. NEVER train poor technique. You can start light, but once the move feels stable, bump up the weights.

For most women I train, when they follow this safe progression that I have laid out in my Jumpstart series of programs, by months 3 and 4, they’re usually lifting 10’s 15’s, and 20 pound weights safely and with great control. 💪 

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