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01-16-2017, 12:57 PM #1
Breaking the "lifting heavy" myth for women
So the few ladies hanging out on here have obviously figure out that heavier lifting is the way to go when it comes to metabolism, health, physique, etc...but why is this still such an issue for women in the general public?
I ran across an article done by my alumnus at UNC-Chapel Hill...to us it is nothing groundbreaking...but it is a good article to present to anyone (male or female) who still seems to buy into the myth that lifting heavy will make a woman manly
I do like that it touches on increasing protein intake and focusing on a protein focused meal pre-w.o. instead of something carby...
What do you tell women who ask for advice? And I'll open this to anyone sadly, there are still way too many trainers and wannabe trainers out there giving women incorrect advice on training-articles like this are a positive step in the right direction
http://endeavors.unc.edu/lift_more/Last edited by ~gymdiva~; 01-16-2017 at 12:58 PM.
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01-16-2017, 01:08 PM #2
Heavy lifting being relative what does it mean to you?
06, 08, 09 and now 2010 British (4x) and 2008/2010 European Grip Champion (2x)
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01-16-2017, 01:35 PM #3
what I used to tell my clients was to "lift more than the 5lb DBs"...obviously up for interpretation but I would always point out to the ones who have kids: do you pick them up? yes....well how much do they weigh?....you'd always see a lightbulb go off b/c they quickly realized they could lift more than they thought...it's always determined by health of the woman...previous injuries...all that jazz...
I think women in general get caught in the cardio trap too easily...it's a difficult mindset to change...and nutrition is even more difficult but I would actually put that one to the whole country, not just one gender
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01-16-2017, 01:48 PM #4
I imagined it might be the case. I'm fortunate in that the few ladies who train at the gym I use aren't in the majority in the use of the 5lb 'tone' dumbbells brigade.
06, 08, 09 and now 2010 British (4x) and 2008/2010 European Grip Champion (2x)
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01-25-2017, 02:53 AM #5
I stopped bothering giving advice. I'd get the most "advice requests" when I was in competition shape, but then no one would actually listen to it. Just tell me how they wanted my body, "just not as big".
My mom has always had a long standing hate for my bodybuilding, but over the years I've seen the lightbulb appear for her - for example, "I have so much more energy when I include an egg w/ breakfast" --- this coming from someone who has lived off toast & coffee all of her adult life. Finally, some effing PROTEIN! For all the years she'd get on my case about "all that protein you eat" .. she gets it. And after she had her hip replaced a few years ago, she started incorporating some light weight training (very light, but still its there!)
Anyway ... when it comes to the question of "I don't want to lift heavy , I'll look like a guy" - I think it's exactly true - if you get women in the gym and show them what they can lift, they will amaze themselves. Years ago I was watching this kinda chunky girl in my gym teaching another girl "how to lift" - they had a 5 lb plates on the leg press, and when I said "rack up the weights ladies! Your quads are some of the largest muscles in your body!" She goes "We're going for reps, not weight ...." The other girl put a 25 lb plate on each side of the leg press and started pounding out a good set. The other girl (the "trainer") just gave me the stink eye.
I think many women are still intimidated by the "lifestyle" and the myths they think go along w/ it, so they never even make it to the step of seeing how much weight they can actually move. Once they get past that, I think they do find more interest in it.
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01-30-2017, 05:10 PM #6
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Thanks Sassy69 for your physical effort and getting o/women involved in lifting. I'm glad to see that women's BB is still alive with great physiques at the Tampa pro (WOS) like Rita Bello, Selma Cristina Miguel Labat, Janeen Lankowski and Annie Sheehan. Congrats and due respect to others but those I named are high on my list (Judy Galliard or Irene Anderson maybe form the 5th spot) as I truely admire lower body development and fuller physiques overall.
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