# 2900: 6 Mistakes Women Make When They Start Lifting

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Podcast: [Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mind-pump-raw-fitness-truth-320363)
Published: 2026-07-13T00:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://mindpump.libsyn.com/episode-2900
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Duration seconds: 1590

## Resource

You're putting in the work at the gym, eating what you think is enough, and still not seeing the body you're training for. Sound familiar? In this episode of Mind Pump Show, Sal, Adam, and Justin break down the six most common mistakes women make when they start lifting — pulled straight from over two decades of training real clients, not from theory. These mistakes are still showing up everywhere, and they're the exact reason your strength training isn't delivering the results you were promised. From stacking too much cardio on top of your lifting sessions to underestimating how much weight your lower body can actually handle, the guys walk through every mistake with the kind of blunt, experience-tested clarity you only get from coaches who've seen it all. The biggest surprise? A full 60% of the time when a woman calls in saying she's not seeing results, the fix is simply to eat more. Your body cannot build what you refuse to feed it. They also make the case for ditching the scale entirely as your primary progress metric, and explain why strength, not body composition scans, is the single most reliable indicator that your training is working. If you've been chasing the scale while your PRs sit flat, this episode will completely reframe how you measure success. Plus, Adam shares exactly what happened when he started training Corinne with proper rest periods and a calorie surplus, and the PRs she started hitting speak for themselves. In this episode: • Cardio and strength training compete for the same adaptive resources: doing too much of both simultaneously means you get less of each, and the fix is often as simple as removing the cardio entirely and watching the muscle finally come. • Women chronically underestimate how much they can lift, especially in lower body mov…

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