Girl Power-Strong and Feminine

Posted Feb 15, 2010 by Nia Shanks. This entry is filed under strength training, weight loss, and fat loss.

photo by Traci Bunkers via flickr

There Women Prove It - Women Can Be Strong AND Feminine. Check Out These Videos.

(Girl Power photo from Traci Bunkers)

On Saturday my Mom went on to prove that, once again, women can be strong AND feminine.

You may remember that a few months ago my Mom competed in her first push/pull meet. (You can check that out here => Weight Loss, Strength Training - There are No Excuses). At that meet she weighed in at 148 pounds and benched 115 and deadlifted 235.

After that meet her goal was to lose weight, but also compete in another powerlifting meet.

Well after some dedicated training (with Fat Loss Detour), she managed to weigh in at 119 pounds for this meet. She lost a total of 29 pounds since the previous meet!

Not only did she drop two weight classes (she was in the 123 weight class this Saturday), but she increased her push/pull total by 15 pounds! She bench pressed 110 pounds and deadlifted 255 for a push/pull SPF world record in her division.

Check it out:

Unfortunately women are still being told to lift light weights for high reps (or use the Shake Weight!) and do nothing but long, slow, boring cardio because anything else will cause them to get big and bulky; especially lifing heavy weights. Yeah right . . .

In an effort to put this myth to rest, I am going to share with you some videos of some strong and feminine women.

This woman trains at Cressey Performance and busted out 8.5 perfect chin-ups. Heck, most guys can’t do this! Oh, and if you are anywhere near Boston, Massachusetts then you should be training at Cressey Performance. The coaches there are absolutely amazing and are by far some of the best in the business.

This is another tough gal from Cressey Performance. Not only does she not do “girl push-ups”, she does push-ups with chains!

This athlete trains at Joe Defranco's gym in New Jersey. She absolutely dominated 135 pounds!

This woman trains at Renegade Gym (owned by Jason Ferruggia) in New Jersey. She squatted (and dominated) 185 pounds.

All of these women prove that women can be strong and feminine. And not to mention, getting stronger and improving their performance has allowed them to build some incredible bodies!

If you want to lose weight and build the body you want, then check out Fat Loss Detour.