When girls pump iron: Demystifying the myths and realities

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Hellen Mzigwa a Gym instructor during her fitness session at Bornfit Gym and Spa, Nairobi on August 17, 2023. PHOTO | WILFRED NYANGARESI | NMG

If you were to visit the free weights area at most gyms in Kenya, how many women do you think you would bump into pumping iron?

On leg days, where exercises such as squats, deadlifts, and lunges, are done, you may find about 90 percent of the gym goers will be women seeking to tone the lower body. But the rest of the days, the weights area is full of men.

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