Start Your Strength Training Journey Here

Train to Build Starter is an 8-week strength training program designed specifically for:

• Total beginners
• Anyone returning to exercise after a long break
• Those who want a safe, structured way to start feeling stronger and more energized without jumping into anything extreme
• Those who are looking for workouts that are gentle on joints, there is no jumping or other sudden movements in this plan
• Those who feel safest starting with bodyweight and bands

What is Strength Training?

Strength training is one of the most effective forms of exercise for improving both your physical and mental well-being. It helps you:

• Build muscle (aka “tone”)
• Improve your metabolism
• Reduce body fat
• Support bone health
• Increase energy
• Boost confidence

• Increase energy

But there’s more: Strength training challenges you in the best way possible. It teaches you how to push through resistance—literally and mentally—and builds the kind of inner strength that carries into every area of your life.

Even if you’ve never worked out before (or it’s been a while), this is a powerful and empowering place to begin.

Train to Build Starter is the perfect program to get started with.

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Who Is Train to Build Starter For?

• Complete beginners who want a safe, simple introduction to strength training

• Anyone returning to exercise after a long break (whether due to injury, pregnancy (after you’ve been cleared to exercise!), or life getting busy

• Anyone wanting to build a solid foundation by simply starting with bodyweight

• Anyone who wants to work out from the comfort of their home

That’s right: no gym and no weights required. You can do the entire program at home using just your bodyweight and a couple of resistance bands.

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Here’s what people are saying about Train to Build STARTER program:

I believe that everyone not only can but needs to strength train because of the physical, mental and emotional health benefits that strength training offers.

Strength training is your investment into your current and also future health — the sooner you start, the healthier you will be as you get older.

Strength training is also the most empowering form of working out, because it makes us to work through resistance and face challenging moments as we do so.

That’s what makes it so valuable for beginners. This program is a perfect starting point because it’s gentle but effective!

 

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Why you should care about getting started with or getting back to strength training?

Here are some physical health benefits:

• Physical strength. This is obvious! As we get older, we lose muscle mass if we don’t do anything to build or maintain it. Building or at least maintaining muscle mass is critical so that we can stay strong and independent as long as possible
• Increased metabolic rate. There is no other tool that helps to keep the metabolism high and healthy the way that strength training does
• Easier fat loss. This is directly linked to higher metabolic rate and muscle mass. The more muscle mass we have, the more energy we burn even when we are resting
• Reduced injury risk and faster injury recovery. For example, if we step off the curb or slip on ice and fall, our chances of breaking a bone are a lot lower if we are training regularly. And if we do break a bone despite strength training, we recover faster than someone who doesn’t train!
• Better physique. Nothing else can shape the muscle other than strength training, and give us the look we like. Cardio does not shape muscle
• Blood sugar regulation. This is important for everyone but especially for HSPs because we are extra sensitive to blood sugar fluctuations. If we want to have more balanced energy throughout the day, strength training (combined with a balanced diet) can help
• Diabetes prevention. The best tool against diabetes isn’t to lose fat… It’s to build muscle. If we have decent muscle mass, that muscle will absorb and use the carbohydrates we eat for energy. Without that, excess carbs will circulate in blood stream and keep the blood sugar and insulin high, which can lead to diabetes. Trust me, I know this — I used to have elevated fasting blood sugar levels and too high post meal blood sugar levels but now, after years of strength training and better diet, both are excellent!
• Better bone density. By training our muscles, we also strengthen our bones because our muscles are attached to our bones. This is especially important for women in midlife when they lose bone mass. The best thing to do is to prevent bone loss by strength training
• Improved hormonal health. If done correctly, strength training organizes our hormones in ways that improve our health (this includes the sex hormones like estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, but also the stress hormone cortisol, and blood sugar regulating hormone insulin)
• Better sleep. Strength training has been shown to significantly improve both sleep quality and quantity.

Mental health benefits:

• • Improved mood. Strength training is a powerful antidepressant — a fact that hasn’t gotten enough attention. And, different from many medications, if done correctly, strength training has zero negative side effects
  • Sense of empowerment. There is an amazing carryover from physical health to mental health! Strength training makes you feel strong in both ways. This is extremely important for Highly Sensitive People, people with MindBody Syndrome (TMS), and anyone who wants to build their confidence!
  • Better focus. Strength training makes us slow down and concentrate on the movement. It’s like a moving meditation, improving our ability to stay present and mindful
  • Better stress tolerance. When we strength train, we are learning to face our difficulties and work with them, instead of giving up because we get too overwhelmed with stress
  • Increased confidence. Strength training makes us feel GREAT about ourselves! This is another reason why it’s particularly helpful for Highly Sensitive People. people with MindBody Syndrome (TMS), and anyone who wants to build their confidence
  • Better ability to set boundaries and speak up for ourselves. This is very true — when we strength train, we build a sense of pride and self respect, we show up authentically and express ourselves more freely!

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What’s included in Train to Build Starter program?

• 8 weeks of strength training workouts with bodyweight and resistance bands. There is NO cardio in this program
• 2-3 strength workouts per week (weeks 1-2 two workouts, weeks 3-8 three workouts)
• Detailed description + video demonstration for each exercise
• Two 15-minute follow-along mobility workouts. Mobility sessions are meant to improve your joint health, keep the body pain-free and avoid stiffness and tightness so that you can return to your next workout feeling relaxed and recovered
• Printable workout tracker for keeping track on how you progress and also for keeping yourself accountable.
• BONUS! 3 nutrition guides: 
• 1) Twelve High Protein Foods – On The Table In Less Than 5 Minutes
• 2) Four High Protein Breakfast Ideas
• 3) How To Eat For Healthy Hormones

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Here’s what you need to do the Train to Build Starter program:

• • A small resistance band, also known as the “booty band” or “hip circle”. HERE is the one that I use
  • A long resistance band. It’s ideal if you have a few different strengths to choose from. HERE is one option that I like
  • Bench or a chair
  • Something to wrap your band around so that you can pull it (for example, stair railings, a pole, a very heavy table that won’t move as you pull, even a tree will work if you work out outside)
  • About 20-45 minutes per week. Weeks 1-4 will be shorter (about 20-30 min), and 5-8 longer (about 35-45 min)
  • Some space to exercise — your living room is probably fine.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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