The Strength Training Myths Trainers Are Still Telling Female Members
A brand new meta-analysis synthesizes the most comprehensive look at how women respond to resistance training across their entire lifespan and the findings should reshape how fitness operators program, coach and communicate with their female members. Episode 14 breaks down the paper which reviewed 126 studies involving more than 4,000 women ranging from premenopausal to postmenopausal, with a mean age of 50. Several of the conclusions directly challenge common myths still being repeated on gym floors today. This Episode Covers: - Why women have been significantly underrepresented in exercise science research for decades — and why this paper represents a meaningful shift. - The myth-busting finding that females achieve similar lower body strength and hypertrophy gains as males, and actually show greater relative upper body strength increases. - Why no age-related differences in adaptive capacity were found — meaning women at 50, 70 and 80 respond to resistance training to the same degree. - The frequency finding that training two times per week produced comparable results to three or four times per week. - Why current resistance training recommendations appear to apply equally to both sexes. 📚 Access the show notes page for links to the research papers discussed on our website. 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or SoundCloud 📺 Watch on YouTube 👉 Stay ahead of fitness, leadership and research Subscribe to the Club Solutions newsletter to receive industry insights, trends and research-driven strategies delivered straight to your inbox: clubsolutionsmagazine.com/newsletter/