Strength Training for Women — Stacy Toth and Stephanie Gaudreau (AHS14)
Channel: AncestryFoundation
Date: 24/08/2014

Specific Requirements and Health Benefits of Strength Training for Women

Although it is generally known that exercise is beneficial for health, recommendations continue to be provided for cardiovascular exercise and high-volume low-weight repetitions. Specifically for women plagued with osteoporosis, low muscle mass, reproductive hormonal dysregulation and a myriad of chronic health conditions, such recommendations can be counterproductive to long-term health. This discussion will explore the details on what specifics of strength training, including minimum effective dose, physiological differences on types of training, hormetic stressors, and more in order to obtain health improvements to bone density, muscle mass, energy levels, hormone regulation, improved balance and flexibility, and increased metabolic rate at rested state. Lastly, we will explore the biological "fitness" of women versus modern day perceptions of such definition being related to thinness.

Abstracts and information about the Ancestral Health Symposium can be found at www.ancestralhealth.org/ahs14-program.