Terrible Advice From the Author of “Why French Women Don’t Get Fat”

This was just on the internet and she is TOTALLY, TOTALLY wrong and I would love to know her education and experience to be giving exercise advice:

Her comment:

Acquaint yourself with small to moderate free weights (3-5 lbs.), especially if you’re over 40. A bit of extremely simple resistance training is an antidote to hours spent on gym machines. Short but focused movement with small weights is a good way to preserve upper body tone and bone density and supplement the cardiovascular benefits of an active lifestyle. A little goes a long way, and that only increases the older you get, so don’t let extremism overtake you.

End of her.

WRONG. Light weights do N O T H I N G to help preserve and maintain muscle or bone. It’s an exercise prescription I would not even use with a 90+ year old.

This is the problem with my industry. People with no knowledge say things and we are then faced with confusion and contradiction.

Lift heavy as that is what gets the job done.

Just a few blogs ago I talked about the progressive resistance training that helps seniors. Note the word progressive. Those 3-5 pound weights will be history in a week.

JIm