| Weight- training is equally useful for both men and | | | | feminine. Where men sport bulging biceps, women |
| women. You can begin at the age of sixteen or | | | | develop sleek contours. Plus, strengthening the |
| even when you are middle-aged or older. After | | | | muscles in the chest enhances their breast-line. |
| the age of thirty, however, you should give | | | | And hips and thighs - the woman's eternal flab |
| yourself a complete medical checkÂup and | | | | spots - get streamlined and slim. |
| consult your doctor about the test- results, and | | | | Aerobics give you the basic healthy foundation |
| then with his consent, go in for it. Again, if you | | | | you need - by strengthening your cardiovascular |
| are highly myopic, check with a vitreoÂretinal | | | | system and banishing fat from your body. |
| surgeon before training with weights. | | | | Abdominals flatten your tummy and prevent back |
| Overall, weight-training is a personality enhancer | | | | - and other Âproblems. Weight-training is the |
| for both sexes. Men become more masculine. We | | | | icing on this fitness cake. Aerobics stimulate your |
| need not write on this aspect as it is an | | | | muscles and bones. Weight-training further |
| established fact. What is less recognised or not | | | | strengthens and maintains them - particularly in |
| understood at all is how it helps women. The fact | | | | your arms, back and shoulders. |
| it that weight-training fills females with a feline | | | | It is also an ace up the post-menopausal sleeve. |
| grace and vitality where you move around with a | | | | For this is the time when women could be |
| light, lithe step. It bestows a strength that shores | | | | afflicted by osteoporosis - when their bones |
| up your self-confidence - where you develop an | | | | become more brittle and fragile due to lowering |
| athlete's sense of powered relaxation. Which | | | | hormone levels. Weight-training acts as a |
| means that you enjoy a quiet victorious feeling, | | | | preventive, it makes the bone thicker and heavier |
| knowing that behind that look of languorous | | | | and re-organises its internal structure to resist any |
| stillness lies an inexhaustible supply of power | | | | stress. Of course, simultaneously, women with |
| ready to surge when required. | | | | weak bones should also take calcium daily |
| Far from 'looking manly', women become more | | | | Âabout 1500 mg per day. |