Each exercise clearly presents the point of the exercise, the steps, where you'll feel the effort, appropriate posture, how many to do, and tips for knowing you're doing it right. Each exercise is well-explained and illustrated with drawings of normal women, not bodybuilders. A bonus chapter presents six more strength training options to add or substitute later, so your program grows and stays fresh as you get stronger. If you decide you want to join a health club, there's a chapter on how to use some typical machines you'll find there. There's also plenty of information about muscles, bones and nutrition.
Many women respond fearfully to the idea of strength training.
They recoil from the grotesque look of overdeveloped bodybuilders and think strength training leads to loss of femininity. Women who don't exercise start to lose bone and muscle mass starting about age 40. You can make dramatic gains in muscle strength with two sessions a week, but you must use weights or other resistance heavy enough to force the muscles to get stronger. Dozens of repetitions using the lightest weights will minimally improve muscle strength. Soup cans just won't do it.