Building Muscle
It's not about how much you lift, but how you use your muscle!
We've always known the benefits that resistance training has on improving muscle strength and endurance, however, the weight training room can often be intimidating for new workout enthusiasts.
New research by Dr Stewart Phillips at McMaster University in Hamilton had some exciting and reassuring findings when it comes to adding weight training to your workout plan. According to his findings, lifting lighter weights can be as beneficial as lifting heavier weights with fewer reputations. The key to taking advantage of lifting lighter is to perform the repetitions to fatigue. We've been using this model at all of our Babywearing Fitness, Stroller Fitness, Live, Online classes and On-Demand workouts for many years, so it's wonderful to see the research back up this type of training (especially as we see the growth of cross-fit and power lifting)!
The next time you're in class, or doing your own home workout, remember to select a weight that’s challenging enough so that by the time you finish your set you would be unable to continue any longer without a break. As soon as you begin to lose proper form and technique you should stop, rest and recover! There's no advantage to performing any exercise (with weight, or not) without proper form :)
Happy Lifting!
Interested in joining us? Our community is a great way to meet other new parents. Fitmama Strong Durham has been operating in-person classes in the Durham Region since 2010 and we’ve been offering Online classes online from our virtual studio since 2020. Our community is a thriving and welcoming space for you and your littles.
We offer Prenatal Fitness and Prenatal Yoga classes, on-demand from our virtual studio through a special series. Our 30 minute live, online Express classes include a Prenatal friendly Yoga class.
If you’re new to Fitmama Strong Online, try one of our 3 Class Passes! You can use them at any of our Express classes on our live, online schedule. It doesn’t matter if you’re pregnant, your baby was born 6 weeks ago or 6 years ago, we have something for all of our members! Already been to Fitmama Strong classes? Attend and in-person series or grab a monthly membership and keep moving with us. Please note that our New to Fitmama Strong 3 Class Pass cannot be used at our in-person series of classes.
Finally, we offer in-person Stroller Fitness and Babywearing Fitness in the Durham Region and Ottawa locations. We can’t wait to have you join us!
We can’t wait for you to #startwithus and #growwithus. Join us Online or at one of our in-person classes!