Saturday, November 21, 2009
Lifestyle
Comment
Get Email Alerts!

5 Exercises women should not do

Published 11/30/08

If you hate sit-ups, you're in luck. They're one of the top five exercises women should completely avoid, says personal trainer Kristal Richardson.

Advertisement

The other ones to avoid are the ones you're doing wrong, says Ms. Richardson, a Bloomington, Ill., native and "professional figure competitor" - a division of bodybuilding that emphasizes tone, symmetry and lean muscle. So while women can tackle the same workouts as men, their joints are generally looser than a man's and "poor form and too much weight can lead to stiff joints or even damage."

Here are five exercises that Ms. Richardson says women...

This story has expired!
You can purchase the full text in our news archives.
YOUR COMMENTS

If you encounter other problems, please email ewiffin@capitalgazette.com and include your name, username, and any errors or messages that are displayed. The more information you can provide, the better able we will be to assist you.

In order to post or vote on a comment, you must be signed in with a hometownannapolis account.

Take a look at a summary of Commenting Guidelines.


Report Abuse or Vote In order to allow the user community the ability to collectively rank the value of comments posted on the Capital Gazette websites we have implemented a thumbs-up/down system. All logged-in users may participate by voting up/down each comment. If others vote on your comment, your individual score will go up/down depending on the votes. Initially, everyone starts with a score of zero, and must earn credits to have significant voting weight. Individuals with higher scores will have more voting weight. 0

5 Exercises women should not do - 2009-06-23 10:39:55

I'm going to add the timed exercises into my workouts this week and follow the same split routine that is suggested in the article. I'm also going to keep my lifts as simple as I can and be sure to include a lot of compound exercises like deadlifts, bent over rows, presses and step ups in every workout.

___
workouts

unhide Comment hidden due to low ranking. Why is this comment hidden?

jack spar - , - Karma: Bad

LOGIN TO POST A COMMENT

If you encounter other problems, please email ewiffin@capitalgazette.com and include your name, username, and any errors or messages that are displayed. The more information you can provide, the better able we will be to assist you.

Username: Password:
Forgot your username? Forgot your password? Create an account
Nov 18 - Dec 22 - YWCA Angel Tree
Nov 21 - Nov 22 - Holiday Dinner Dance
LOGIN
Facebook click
Twitter click
HometownGlenBurnie click
HometownBowie click
video
video
Home of the Week: Rob James and CJ Corneliussen-James
video
video
Navy Sports Chat, Football: Nov 16
video
video
Home of the Week: Dianne and Steven Flury
video
video
Navy Sports Chat, Football: Nov 13
video
video
Home of the Week: Judi Fike
video
video
Cordle Campaign Party

• BUY PHOTOS & VIDEO>>

SPECIAL: Two-for-one 8x10 photo reprints

slideshow
slideshow
Home of the Week: CJ and Rob James
slideshow
slideshow
Southern High food plunge
slideshow
slideshow
High school football
slideshow
slideshow
Designer & artist Ahni
slideshow
slideshow
Baltimore Mariners football tryout
slideshow
slideshow
Youth Football Championships
#1 - Body found on beach in Mayo
#2 - Our Bay: Green concrete can help slow increase in bay's nitrogen load
#3 - Police Beat for November 20
#4 - Furman, Cummings end Arundel’s perfect season
#5 - Home of the Week: Opening their doors for hope
#6 - Lightning strikes city home
#7 - Slain man went to South River High
#8 - Southern teachers get chilly lesson
#9 - Text messages challenged in Crofton shooting
#10 - Swine flu vaccine coming to 9 area high schools
#1 - Security tightened for NAACP banquet (27 comments)
#2 - Alleged drunken driver crashes into 5 cars (24 comments)
#3 - Arundel Mills officials dive into slots fray (7 comments)
#4 - Lobbyist with 7 DUIs sentenced to probation (6 comments)
#5 - Property tax hike may be lone option, panel says (6 comments)
HomesInAnnapolis.com

Annapolis

Lothian
Advertise
Archive
Blogs
Calendar
Comments
Contact us
Cookbook
Slideshows
Video
AP Video
SUBMIT INFO:
Anniversary
Band info
Birth
Calendar event
Engagement
Letter
Obituary
Wedding