Simple reasons why women need weight training!!

[wyst]

p.s. Wyst, who are you arguing with/at???

I can't even remember who it was -- but he got zapped from the board, I guess because he kept hammering on women who take AS, which seems kinda silly on this board. He was just trying to get a rise out of us, I think.

Warlobo took care of that!

Thanks, WL.

Wyst

 

[rainbow22]

weight training

more women should train with weights so that i dont have to look at any more saggy behinds or cottage cheese thighs or spare tires. chicks with muscle rule! especially my wife

 

[SheHuLK]

chicks with muscle totally kick ass!!

 

[4BADASS]

Well, I don't want to get big. I just want to lose some weight and tone up.

I'm doing hi reps, low weights (as she slides the 5 lb plates on the leg press).

I don't want to sweat.

Does my outfit match?

I could never lift THAT much - I don't want to get big (see above)

But I eat ALL low fat foods!

Oatmeal?? YUK! I have coffee for breakfast.

I usually just have some salad with lite dressing.

I'd like the quarter pounder w/ cheese & fries, super size it, ... and a Diet Coke.

...............

OMG ...
YOU VE BEEN TALKING TO MY GIRLFRIEND TOO.. LOL

well she use to be like that but she is slowly getting in the right groove of things, I m keeping my fingers cross and being patient.

 

[4BADASS]

Re: Re: Simple reasons why women need weight training!!

If anyone doubts this, they should take a look at the divine Ms. Christa Bauch, who became a real, competitive BB in her 40s. She looks grrrrreat! She took 5th place in the Jan Tana Comp, in 1995, when she was 48!

It's never too late to look and feel great.

http://www.christabauch.de/

Wyst

OH NO!

This is going to scare my girlfriend out of the wieght room again.
This is what she doesnt want to look like, now i have to explain how it works again , and again, and again,

 

[ATrollFromTheFatBoard]

This is a great article, thanks to the person who posted it.

These are the reasons I finally started to use weights.

It's good for women who are in the health profession to remain in shape and weight training especially when you have to transfer or move or lift people.

or when you have to lift the 100 lb rottweiler onto the Xray table ... or when you have to hold the husky that is stronger than two weightlifters (at least it FEELS that way) down to clean its ears or clip its nails ... or when the 100 lb rottweiler is trying to EAT your assistant and you have hold of its neck and somebody is in BIG trouble if you let go ... !! LOL!!

However ...

because what is the use of having muscle that is covered by a layer of bf.

Well ... if I'm not mistaken ... (correct me if I'm wrong) ... You'll still lose fat even if you don't lose it all ... you'll be a stronger woman ... you won't get osteoporosis ... you will reduce your risk of diabetes ... you will reduce your risk of heart disease ... you will suffer less from arthritis ... you'll be a better athlete ... you can do it no matter how old you are ... and you'll be healthier mentally.

Am I the only one who thinks all this is worth nothing unless I have the right "look" ???

Uh, I'll take the health benefits, thank you, even if I never look a BIT different than I look today. When you've seen your grandmothers suffer with diabetes, osteoporosis, and cancer up close and personal, and you've had backaches so bad you couldn't sleep for three nights in a row, and you have a chronic illness and you are PAIN FREE AND NOT IN THE HOSPITAL -- YEAH!!! looks are sort of secondary.

 

[Temple]

Troll, I hear where you are coming from, honestly I do. However consuming excess calories decreases life expectancy ( I can pull up the study for you). Excess bodyfat no longer serves the purpose that it did for our ancestors. As you become stronger and add lean mass it will become increasingly difficult for you to maintain high levels of bodyfat providing that you are eating a nutritious balanced diet. There are many of us on this board who have "crossed over" and by that I mean that our primary focus is no longer on losing the bodyfat but rather on strength. The one thing that we have found is that when we shift the focus our bodies lean out faster. My issue with bodyfat is not so much the way that it makes me look but rather that it is unnecessary and downright uncomfortable and it make doing the activities that I enjoy more difficult. I understand accepting your body at whatever size that it is but there is a difference between acceptance and clinging tenaciously onto fat.

 

[ATrollFromTheFatBoard]

Well, I'm not going to work overtime to KEEP it there, if that's what ya mean. Obviously life is easier in many ways with not so much of it ... unless you are an Eskimo or something ...

I just find remarks like

so that i dont have to look at any more saggy behinds or cottage cheese thighs or spare tires

to be a *little* bit shallow.

When you have seen people in true chronic pain it makes you a lot more thankful of what you DO have, and less critical of how it *looks.*

That doesn't mean that if I do lose fat in my efforts I am going to go find a way to add it back again however ...

 

[Arioch]

Troll, I am serious about checking out the PL board. If your goal is to get stronger, and not worry so much about dropping that last couple of pounds of fat, you may find this more to your liking.

 

[ATrollFromTheFatBoard]

You mean the powerlifting board ... not the platinum board, right?

Right ... of course.

Ya gotta forgive us totally new people who don't know nuthin'.

Actually I have more than a couple extra pounds of fat.

But I do not weigh 300 lbs as some people around here seem to think I do ...

I suppose I look something like JenniferBFL chick's before photo, with a little more fat below the waist. (Read: Butt ... Thighs.)

I can't say I haven't seen ANY results, though. My workouts are getting easier to do ... and I have more energy throughout the day and don't feel so sleepy and tired all the time anymore.

Every little bit helps ...