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Women's Weight Training.

The BFS position paper on strength training for women — guidelines for helping female athletes fulfill their athletic potential, myths addressed with research.

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  • Guidelines for training female athletes
  • What the research says about strength and muscle gains
  • First-year adaptations and what follows
  • Written for coaches building women's programs

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