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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a 43 year old woman, I’m a bit clueless about weight training and realize i need to do more.

Is this movements or exercises with free weights or are you in a weight room on machines and following a specific routine? Does it matter?

How much weight do you typically lift? Is there an ideal target of weight lifted that you should be trying to work toward? Or is it enough, for bone health, to just be doing something with weights?

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I think of "weight training" as any strength building exercise.  Could mean machines or free weights or body weight or resistance bands.  As the other commenter said, focus on finding the weight that's challenging for you.  If you can do more than 15 repetitions in a row easily, you are almost definitely lifting too little for strength building.  Nia Shanks is a trainer who hasn't posted much lately but has some very good dumbbell routines for beginners and plenty of general advice on customizing your routine as you get stronger.

https://niashanks.com/start/
https://niashanks.com/lift-like-a-girl-dumbbell-workout/[/quote]

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