I wish women heard this before they started strength training – it would save so much overwhelm, fear, and second-guessing.
1. You don’t need heavy weights on day one; you just need challenge.
Your body responds to effort, not equipment. Start where you are. Progress from there. That’s how you build confidence and strength.
2. Feeling uncoordinated at first is normal.
This is a learning process. Your muscles, your balance, your nervous system; they all adapt quickly.
Being “bad” at something new isn’t a flaw. It’s a beginning.
3. Strength training can look many different ways.
You just have to find a version that fits your life.
It could be:
• 10–20 minute sessions most days (like we do inside GLOW10)
• 2–3 longer 30–40 minute sessions/week
• Lift / Strength classes
• A simple home routine in your pyjamas
What it isn’t:
Pilates (even with hand weights), yoga, stretching, mobility, or random workouts with no progression. Those are great; they’re just not strength training.
4. Strength training is a skill you can learn.
You don’t need to be supervised every time you lift a dumbbell forever more.
Your technique improves, your confidence grows, and eventually you know exactly what your body needs and how to deliver it.
That’s the whole point; independence, not dependency.
Strength training isn’t meant to feel complicated or intimidating.
It’s meant to feel empowering.
And doable.
And like something your future self will thank you for.