KWS Keeping WOMEN Strong

THE FEMALE BATTERY… ARE YOU RUNNING ON EMPTY?
You keep going and going for everyone else.
Work. Family. Responsibilities. The never-ending mental load.

You’re TIRED, running on COFFEE, short on sleep and SCROLLING because you’re too EXHAUSTED to do much else.
EVERY DAY feels like the same TREADMILL on REPEAT.
Somewhere along the way, your own strength, energy and confidence slipped to the BOTTOM of the LIST.
You STOPPED MOVING with purpose - and slowly stopped feeling like yourself.

Sound FAMILIAR?

You wouldn’t leave your phone flat for months and expect it to keep working.
So why do we expect our bodies to keep delivering when we rarely give ourselves the chance to recharge?

The HARDEST TIME to plug yourself in is when you already feel flat.
But here’s what so many women discover when they join us:
A STRENGTH WORKOUT doesn’t only use energy - it helps give you more get up and go for life.

* You begin rebuilding your strength.
* Your confidence sneaks back.
* And little by little, you start feeling like YOU again.

* You don’t need to get fit first.
* You don’t need to have it all together.
* You don’t need to keep up with anyone else.
* You just start where you are, at your pace.

30 MINUTES. 1 WORKOUT at a time. Your RECHARGE has begun.
Don’t wait until you’re completely flat.

PLUG YOURSELF IN AT KWS.

Willetton | Women-only | 0481 048 359
kwskeepingwomenstrong.com.au

Strength to YOU,
Helen | KWS Keeping Women Strong

NEW WEEK. NEW DEPOSIT.
YOUR STRENGTH HAS A BANK BALANCE.

Ageing, illness, stress and inactivity make WITHDRAWALS.
Every push, pull, squat, lift, huff and puff makes a DEPOSIT.

LIFE will DRAW on your STRENGTH.
The QUESTION is:
WILL THERE BE ENOUGH IN YOUR ACCOUNT WHEN YOU NEED IT?

It’s never too late and you’re never too old to rebuild your strength credit.
KEEP DEPOSITING. YOUR FUTURE INDEPENDENCE IS COUNTING ON YOU.

See you in a class or on the circuit soon.

Strength to YOU,
Helen | KWS Keeping Women Strong

IT’S FRIDAY NIGHT. Take a moment and ASK: WHAT NEXT?
Picture yourself 10 years from now.
WHAT DO YOU want your BODY to still be able to do?

Move freely?
Climb stairs confidently?
Feel in comfortable shape?
Travel, play and live independently?
Feel strong enough to enjoy your life?

Now ASK yourself:
What NEEDS to happen today to give ME the best chance tomorrow?

You DON’t NEED another gym you won’t stick with.
You DO NEED a place where building strength feels achievable, supportive and worth showing up for.

That’s exactly what we help women do.
YOUR FUTURE body is counting on you.

KWS KEEPING WOMEN STRONG
Women-Only strength training | Willetton
Strength to YOU. kwskeepingwomenstrong.com.au

There’s GOOD takeaway… and there’s CRAPPY takeaway!
Here’s the KWS GOOD takeaway every woman needs to hear and order:
Eating ENOUGH quality protein MATTERS. But eating protein WITHOUT CHALLENGING your muscles is like delivering bricks to a building site where nobody is working.

Your MUSCLES need a REASON to BUILD.

# STRENGTH training gives the ORDER: to BUILD.
# Protein supplies the building blocks/bricks.
# Regular Resistance puts the workers to work.
# Recovery gives the workers time to finish the build.

Miss any part, and your strength-building site slows down or STOPS!.

Get them working together, and you build a stronger, more capable body ready to carry you confidently through the rest of your life.

LIFT it. EAT it. REST it. REPEAT it…the repeat is mandatory.

That’s a GOOD KWS takeaway WORTH ORDERING over and over again!
The CRAPPY takeaway (not doing it) needs to be taken OFF THE MENUE!!

Strength to YOU,
Helen | Keeping Women Strong

GET READY TO PUT SOME ERG INTO YOUR BODY!

There’s a new piece of equipment at KWS — and she might just become your new favourite love/hate relationship.

Meet the KWS SkiErg.

A fabulous, girl-friendly machine that delivers a seriously effective whole-body workout without jumping, running or pounding your joints.

And with spring around the corner, the timing couldn’t be better.

ERG in your ENERGY
ERG in your ARMS
ERG in your CORE
ERG in your HEART & VO₂ MAX
ERG in your MUSCLE TONE

And then there’s what I’m calling…

THE HOT BODY EFFECT.

Strong. Fit. Firm. Capable. Energised.

You won’t need to spend forever on it either. Short bursts can get your heart pumping, muscles working and lungs huffing and puffing surprisingly quickly.

We’ll start gently, learn good technique and then have some fun building our ERG POWER. See the latest Newsletter for BEST TECHNIQUE and FORM for BEST OUTCOMES.

Spring is coming, girls.

TURN UP THE ERG. TUNE UP YOUR BODY at KWS where KWICK WORKOUTS SATISFY.

It’s YOUR life…and these few seconds just might change it for the better ❤️

The Only Thing Stopping You Is THIS FEELING Reminder: class is in session. It's called LIFE. Don’t waste a minu...

NEED INSPIRATION and a chuckle to set yourself up for a great week?
THE WET NAPPY WEAKNESS SYNDROME might do the trick!!! OOOOO!!!!… that doesn’t sound good.
I know I unapologetically BANG ON about MUSCLE and WET NAPPIES to keep your WHY front and centre!
But there’s a GOOD reason… so on those days we aren’t ‘feeling it’ we remind ourselves why getting to the gym is important.
We worry about our weight, cholesterol and blood pressure…but one of the biggest threats to our future independence is quietly losing the MUSCLE AND STRENGTH we need to look after ourselves because we skip resistance workouts.
The thought of lying in a care facility or our own home, too weak to get out of a chair or bed or get ourself to the toilet, waiting for someone to change our WET NAPPY is confronting.
And... IT SHOULD BE!
Because muscle loss with age is REAL - NO WOMAN is immune to muscle loss and short- or long-term inactivity accelerates it.
LESS MUSCLE means less strength, poorer balance, weaker bones, greater falls and fracture risk, reduced heart and metabolic health and eventually…less ability to do LIFE strongly.
And here’s something worth remembering: You are never too old to get your muscle back if you put it to work.
MUSCLE IS OUR BODY’S BIGGEST STORAGE SITE FOR GLUCOSE.
Working muscle helps clear the glucose from carbs from our bloodstream and use it for energy instead of depositing it somewhere on our body we don't want.
So, forget STRENGTH TRAINING just to look better.
If we Lift. Push. Pull. Carry. Squat....at least 3 times a week as if your life depends on it...we have a fighting chance!
And if we Eat enough quality protein...we can grow and maintain muscle.
And if we keep progressively challenging those precious muscles of ours, we STAY OUT OF THAT WET NAPPY for longer. WHOOO!!! Have a giggle but take it seriously :)

To all of our current and future beautiful KWS women …never stop giving your body a good reason to KEEP your muscles ON.
See you THIS week LIFTING YOUR STRENGTH STANDARD.

“STRONG LEGS don’t just change how you look. They change what you’re capable of.”
A STRONG-LEGGED WOMAN IS A MUCH MORE CAPABLE WOMAN...and one of the best ways to get stronger legs from the ground up is the SQUAT.
11 Powerful Benefits of SQUATS:
They help you:
-Strengthen your ankles, calves, knees, thighs, and glutes
-Build a stronger, more stable core
-Maintain stronger bones
-Improve balance and coordination
-Support better posture
-Protect your ability to sit down and stand up
-Climb stairs and hills more confidently
-Lift, carry and move more easily
-Improve insulin sensitivity and blood-sugar control
-Build calorie-burning muscle for weight control
-Maintain mobility and independence

SQUAT WITH STRONG FORM
-Stand with feet about shoulder-width apart
-Brace your core and keep your chest lifted
-Sit your hips back and bend your knees
-Keep your knees tracking in line with your toes
-Keep your heels firmly grounded. By lifting your big toes a little your weight will naturally shift back more into your heels to take the full weight off the knees
-Lower only as far as you can control comfortably
-Push through your whole foot to stand tall
-Squeeze your glutes at the top - without leaning backwards
-Move slowly and stay in control

Quality first. Depth and adding weights come later.

GET SQUATTING, GIRLS to be more capable and stronger!

Check the BEST SQUAT FORM. Good form helps protect your knees and ensures you receive the full strength-building benefits from every SQUAT.

YOUR MUSCLES SEND TEXT MESSAGES!
Every time you challenge your muscles, they release powerful chemical messengers called MYOKINES.
These messages travel through your body, telling it to:
Build stronger muscle
Support stronger bones
Improve blood and oxygen flow
Improve blood-sugar control
Protect brain health
Reduce damaging inflammation
So, every resistance/strength workout isn’t just burning calories.
Every push, pull, lift and squat is sending a STRONG message:
KEEP ME STRONG.
KEEP ME IN SHAPE.
KEEP ME CAPABLE.
KEEP ME YOUNG.
SO, get excited about every workout - your whole body is NOT only listening it's waiting for you to get to KWS and take action.
The REVERSE is also TRUE: NO actions sends the opposite message.
SHE DOESN'T USE IT so LET IT GO.
YES...AGEING IS INEVITABLE.
AND... HOW STRONGLY YOU AGE IS UP TO YOU.
Send those STRONG messages at least 3 or more times a week for the rest of your life and you'll be AMAZED at what happens.