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Personal Best: Weights Special

Personal Best - Weightlifting Special

21/09/2015

Weights Special

BBC Radio Scotland - Personal Best, Weights Special

Gillian Russell explores the benefits of weightlifting and debunks the myths.

Gillian Russell explores the benefits of weightlifting and debunks myths with fitness instructors Ru Anderson and Mike Rae, plus Gwen Warren talks about its preventative effects.

Are you put off the weights room at the gym because of the sweating, grunting guys who are lifting massive weights?! Do you tend to focus more on cardio exercise? Perhaps you've never really tried weights? If you're wondering what lifting weights can do for you, then why not let Gillian Russell and the Personal Best team guide you through the mysteries of the weights room...

Online fitness instructor and writer Ru Anderson explains the benefits of using free weights and weight machines, especially for women. 

At a high risk of developing osteoporosis, Gwen Warren decided to start lifting weights as a preventative measure. Gwen tells Gillian how she incorporates weights into her fitness and health regime.

Mike Rae, fitness instructor, puts Gillian through her paces in the weights room at the gym.

And Gillian meets Karen Sutherland, recently-crowned Scotland's strongest woman, to hear about her passion for lifting weights.

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