Strength training is not... I repeat is NOT just for men, athletes, or superficial reasons. Strength training can and may save your life one day.
I was training a young man, a high school junior football player, who happened to get into a very serious accident. He ended up shattering one ankle and dislocating the other. He also broke his elbow, had a hairline fracture in his low back and two hairline fractures in his jaw. As if that were not enough, his car caught on fire and he had 3rd degree burns on the lower torso and legs. Why am I explaining all of this? Because his doctor's, nurses, and therapists have all told him that if he hadn't had as much muscle as he had, he probably wouldn't have survived.
I myself was once in an accident where I feel the only reason I wasn't more severely injured was my strength training, in particular my serious neck training. Over 10 years ago I was stopped at a red light, where I was rear-ended by a truck that pushed me all the through to the other side of the intersection and from the far right lane to the far left lane. The only injury I sustained was two bulging discs in my cervical spine. I don't want to think about what would have happened if I wouldn't have been training my neck for most of my life.
So in conclusion, EVERYONE should be strength training and trying to add as much muscle to their body as possible while eating a sensible diet... genetics will not allow most people, men and women, to get super bulky and "bodybuilderish." In fact new research being done on head and neck strength shows that women can gain great strength, but are not building great size. And I haven't even talked about any of the numerous other health benefits that a proper strength training program can do for YOU.
No Gimmicks, No Fads, NO BULL!
