How to Be a Physically Strong Girl

Last Updated: August 18, 2019 References Approved

If you're that girl in your class that everyone calls weak and horrible at sports, this is the article for you. This article will teach you how to build body strength and become known as a super duper strong girl. All the boys will whimper in fear of you whenever you even move one of your body parts.

Steps

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Eat healthy foods. This means that you should follow the food triangle, particularly around the middle. Anything containing a lot of protein, carbs or vitamins is likely a healthy food. Even a little sugar and fat needs to be consumed to become healthy. You don't have to go on a diet, but you could as long as you don't starve yourself.^{[1]
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- Meat helps you build body strength.
- Carbs give you lots of energy.
- Fruits have many vitamins to boost your health and thus making it easier to get fit.
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Exercise. You have to exercise to be strong. A good way to achieve this would be to choose one sport to play, possibly weekly for 30 minutes a day - or just visit the gym on a regular basis. It can be tiring to exercise but you'll find that as time passes you'll begin to build stamina - and strength.^{[2]
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Build speed. This can be achieved by running quite frequently, and also sprinting. Go to your nearest running track and, with a friend, time your sprinting speed. Try to improve it, but remember to always have rests and bring water.
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Do exercises that require strength. Monkey bars, lifting weights,^{[3]
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Get enough sleep. When you get too tired, your body will get weak. This means that you should try to get 8-10 hours of sleep each day.^{[4]
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Drink lots of water. When you go through so many exercises, you sweat. You will also get dehydrated and tired if you don't drink enough. Drink at least one whole cup of water after doing a sport for 30 minutes or more. Make sure to drink lots and lots of water, but don't bloat yourself. Try to drink at least five cups of water a day.^{[5]
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Try some stunts. Now that you're strong, you can probably do lots of different stunts that you couldn't do before. If you're young, try swinging across monkey bars. If you like rock climbing and earned tons of upper body strength, try climbing with only your arms. Try some daring and fun new stunts that you couldn't do before. Fight your fears - you're super strong, so you can do it! It will improve your energy and strength, too.

Community Q&A

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I am very innocent and sensitive, but I want to become a strong girl. Can I do this if I am only 12 years old?

Community Answer

Don't worry about your age. Just do your best to exercise at least 5 times a week, focusing on building muscle. And don't worry too much about your appearance. As long as you're happy with being physically and mentally strong yourself, it shouldn't matter what other people see.
Question

I'm doing a speech on girls. What are some ways that girls are strong?

Community Answer

Girls are strong in many ways--physically, mentally, and emotionally. They can have strong personalities or ideals. Some are strong-willed or have a strong sense of self.
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Should I work on confidence or strength first?

Community Answer

Confidence first, unless you are already confident in your ability to get strong and are working out alone or with kind people around (preferably the latter, in case of injury). If you are working out with 6-foot bullies who think they're all-it, work on confidence and work on IGNORING them completely.