Why train in a women-only gym? What changes when the room is on your side
Lots of women feel uncomfortable in a busy mixed gym. Here is what is different about training in a women-only space, and who it suits.
Advice
Straight answers to the questions women ask us before they start strength training.
How often should you strength train when you are starting out?
Twice a week? Every day? How many sessions a beginner really needs, why rest days matter and how to fit training into a busy week.
Will lifting weights make me bulky? What strength training does for women
It is the question we hear most. The short answer is no, and the longer answer explains what lifting does do for you, in the gym and outside it.
Never lifted a weight? What your first strength session is really like
Nervous about walking into a weights session for the first time? Here is what actually happens, what to wear and why nobody expects you to know anything.