20 Weight-Loss Mistakes You Make In the Gym (PLUS a “Big Picture” Wrap-Up!)

#5: You Don’t Lift Until Failure

Lifting weights only works if you lift until failure, meaning you cannot do a single rep more. Many women are afraid that if they lift heavy weights like men do, that they’ll get bulky like men. Physiologically, this cannot happen (women don’t have the hormones to get bulky naturally), so lift until failure and reap the benefits!