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    Very uplifting article I found about female strength training. Belief in yourself and your abilities is so important!!

    @dawn16 If I can do it, you can do it, I'm sure. I am not naturally strong or athletic at all. This last couple years I've concentrated on bodyweight stuff for upper body. Pullups, dips, and pushups with weights just for overhead press.
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    Very uplifting article I found about female strength training. Belief in yourself and your abilities is so important!!

    @orisk And for diagnosis. My shoulder hurt and they said it could be one of 7 things, with how to figure out which it was. It turned out to be impingement, so I did their therapy video for that, and it fixed it. Better than waiting months for a doctor appointment and have them not know what to...
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    Very uplifting article I found about female strength training. Belief in yourself and your abilities is so important!!

    @dawn16 That's how I started, with GTG. It really works but yes horrible tendinitis. So I went to regular workouts 2 or 3 days per week with bands and negatives, gradually weaker bands, til I could do it. Same with dips but it took longer, those are hard. Now trying to increase reps. I'd like to...
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    Very uplifting article I found about female strength training. Belief in yourself and your abilities is so important!!

    @christi79 Good information. One thing I noticed is that it takes connective tissue other than muscle longer to get stronger. I'm 57, lifted nonserisously on and off with little progress my whole life. Since 2020 I've been a lot more dedicated, and I noticed for example with dips, my sternal...
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