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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Ellie-Mae Hammond

Search For Slow Weighted Workouts Is Exploding RN - Why They're One Of The Most Effective Workouts

Slow weighted workouts: A woman doing an arm workout.

Grab a chair, because we need to talk about what “effective exercise” really looks like for women today. And spoiler: it’s not gasping into a yoga mat like it’s a survival challenge. The buzz on the gym floor is that slow weighted workouts are quietly brutal, impossible to ignore, and humbling - trust me, I learned that early on. One slow squat in, and my ego quietly exited the room.

Here’s the irony: we’ve often been sold the idea that faster equals better, but maybe a slower, steadier approach actually makes more sense for women’s bodies. And apparently, everyone’s thinking the same, with searches on Google going up by +4700% in just the last two weeks.

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