it is absolutely important for women to lift weights let me explain my case you're on a study shows that for women around perimenopausal age which is between 45 to 55 years of age the belly fat deposition can be increased by 44 during this period the estrogen falls down which is replaced by androgens which has a tendency to put belly fat if we have good muscle mass to begin with this effort can be completely prevented for that it is absolutely important for women to lift weights my friends arunakumar instead of being dumb and useless he could have borne as a dumbbell his wife could have lifted him as a weight please share this with your mom wife and sister and make them lift weight at least once a week to start with and then slowly increase to three times a week my friends shared only to his girlfriends and asked them to join the gym that he is going