We are way past the dogma that a toned body is only meant for men. It is common seeing women working out in the gym and doing squats, benching, or deadlifting.
Workout plan for women today includes heavy weightlifting, women have demonstrated their power of determination.
If you rewind a couple of decades, you would have hardly seen any women hitting the gym or doing workouts. The gym rooms were filled with men with buffed bodies, and the gym routine for women was limited to cardio workout sessions.
Why? Because it was believed that a heavy workout schedule for women would turn them into, she-hulk.
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