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Health & Fitness

Heavy Weights VS Light Weights

Lori Murphy, personal trainer and fat loss expert, answers some questions in this weeks "Ask the Trainer" Tuesday segment about strength training.

We've got a couple of great questions this week regarding strength training. Teresa asked the question if it's good to add a third day of strength training to her fitness routine. And the last question comes from Lisa in Howell and she wonders what's the difference between using heavier weights and doing less repetitions versus lighter weights and more "reps". A lot of women have misconceptions about strength training or using weights in their workouts and therefore always stick to cardio based exercise. Cardio is great, but we all need to strength train to create those lean muscles which helps keep our metabolism burning.

If you have a question about health and fitness that you'd like answered leave us a comment here or contact us via email at FitForLife@MyStrongerSelf.com. We'd love to hear from you.

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