much of what we're told about gym exercises and resistance training is from studies of males, by men
- Written by: Mandy Hagstrom, Senior Lecturer, Exercise Physiology. School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney
ShutterstockWhen you lift weights, why are you doing what you are doing? Who told you to train that way – coach, a personal trainer, an online exercise guru? And where did they learn how to prescribe exercise?
In fact, much of what we (and our trainers) think of as typical resistance training routines is heavily influenced by “governing...
