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It's not called New Rules of Lifting for Little Girls - don't let the "Woman" part trick you into thinking it's any easier!
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Did you see
my blog post yesterday, about push-ups? If little girls can do them (like my 9-year-old daughter, and the preteen soccer players I observed), adult women should be able to.
On a regulation push-up, you're pressing about 60 percent of your body weight. If you weigh 140 pounds, that's the equivalent of an 85-pound bench press, which doesn't strike me as unreasonable at all.
The workouts in NROL4W are tough for anybody. I found them challenging, and I experienced muscle growth where I wasn't used to it. (All those unusual lunge variations really hit my thighs, calves, and hips.) I'd been having some shoulder problems, which went away while I was doing Alwyn's workouts.
Strength is cool no matter your gender or age. And weakness isn't feminine -- it's debilitating.