Story by: Gretchen Reynolds writing for The Washington Post.
If you’ve ever felt apprehensive about weight training, worried it’s too complicated or physically demanding, new research about lifting practically bulges with encouraging news for you.
In one new study, middle-aged men and women who started lifting light weights gained about the same amount of strength and mass as others who used much heavier weights, despite widespread beliefs in the training world that only hefty weights can be effective.
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