2026-10-16
Women Lifting Weights: 27% of US Women Meet the Strength Guideline, and Gym Data Shows It Rising
How many women are lifting weights? CDC data says 26.9% of US women met the muscle-strengthening guideline in 2020, versus 35.2% of men. These strength training statistics for women add Strava and GNC trends, bone health data and what research says about gains, with sources.