Great new video which shows REAL women training!

anadoesit
anadoesit Posts: 442 Member
edited November 10 in Fitness and Exercise
#A new ad to promote exercise in UK.

Watch "This Girl Can: Full Film" on YouTube - This Girl Can: Full Film: http://youtu.be/aN7lt0CYwHg

Explanation of the video from UK Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11334935/This-Girl-Can-advert-Scared-of-working-out-Watch-this.html

This Girl Can (and the hashtag #thisgirlcan on Twitter) is the name of a campaign set up by Sport England, the government agency for grassroots sport, to boost the number of women doing exercise.
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  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    My god that video is awesome.
  • anadoesit
    anadoesit Posts: 442 Member
    mangrothian wrote: »
    My god that video is awesome.

    I know! I've an appointment after work so can't train today but this makes me want to get my sweat on NOW!!

  • logg1e
    logg1e Posts: 1,208 Member
    Love it, really inspiring.
  • anadoesit
    anadoesit Posts: 442 Member
    I watched it again and I'm totally pumped. Looked outside. It's hailing and horizontal rain. Welcome to Ireland! Blah!
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Interesting video.
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    anadoesit wrote: »
    I watched it again and I'm totally pumped. Looked outside. It's hailing and horizontal rain. Welcome to Ireland! Blah!

    Melbourne is the same, just without the hail. I think I'll be working out in the office gym instead of the park again. I'll definitely watch the vid again beforehand though!
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    OP please explain the use of the word "REAL" in your title.
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    I like this.
  • jenlarz
    jenlarz Posts: 813 Member
    skullshank wrote: »
    OP please explain the use of the word "REAL" in your title.
    This. I hate it when people say that. Woman are different but they are all REAL. Tiny ones big ones, in between ones. Whatever.
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    skullshank wrote: »
    OP please explain the use of the word "REAL" in your title.

    This.

    Are you saying that the women in all other videos are actually men, or robots?

  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    skullshank wrote: »
    OP please explain the use of the word "REAL" in your title.

    I'm thinking she meant that it shows women actually sweating when they exercise. A lot of adds don't do that. Either that or... some women aren't real. They're figments of your imagination. I'm betting the first though.
  • 0somuchbetter0
    0somuchbetter0 Posts: 1,335 Member
    skullshank wrote: »
    OP please explain the use of the word "REAL" in your title.

    I believe she means women who look like real people who sweat and have jiggly fat and whose makeup smears as opposed to perfect, flawless models.
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    What does it look like when fake women train?
  • MissHolidayGolightly
    MissHolidayGolightly Posts: 857 Member
    But none of them are lifting :disappointed:
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    Oh these comments are horrible. Yes all women are real even the fitness models, we get it. OP is talking about these women being from the status quo, they're not models and they relate closer the majority of members on MFP than any Nike fitness model ever will.

    People picking on the title of the post rather than appreciating the ingenuity of the video is just silly.
  • tiptoethruthetulips
    tiptoethruthetulips Posts: 3,371 Member
    0somuchbetter0 wrote: »
    skullshank wrote: »
    OP please explain the use of the word "REAL" in your title.

    I believe she means women who look like real people who sweat and have jiggly fat and whose makeup smears as opposed to perfect, flawless models.

    This. Great ad showing 'real' life people exactly as they are without editing out the jiggly fat etc



  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »
    0somuchbetter0 wrote: »
    skullshank wrote: »
    OP please explain the use of the word "REAL" in your title.

    I believe she means women who look like real people who sweat and have jiggly fat and whose makeup smears as opposed to perfect, flawless models.

    This. Great ad showing 'real' life people exactly as they are without editing out the jiggly fat etc



    Are you saying that models aren't real women?
  • 0somuchbetter0
    0somuchbetter0 Posts: 1,335 Member
    mangrothian wrote: »
    Oh these comments are horrible. Yes all women are real even the fitness models, we get it. OP is talking about these women being from the status quo, they're not models and they relate closer the majority of members on MFP than any Nike fitness model ever will.

    People picking on the title of the post rather than appreciating the ingenuity of the video is just silly.

    This. Splitting hairs just to pick a fight. It's tiresome.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »
    0somuchbetter0 wrote: »
    skullshank wrote: »
    OP please explain the use of the word "REAL" in your title.

    I believe she means women who look like real people who sweat and have jiggly fat and whose makeup smears as opposed to perfect, flawless models.

    This. Great ad showing 'real' life people exactly as they are without editing out the jiggly fat etc


    I hate that expression "real" life people.

    you know models are real life people to- just a lot tinier- and probably more food issues. LOL
  • tiptoethruthetulips
    tiptoethruthetulips Posts: 3,371 Member
    Semantics....

    Certainly not models as depicted in magazines, photoshopped to the nth degree. But in context of the ad...they are endeavouring to encourage women to get out there play sport, exercise or just move more. Not likely to encourage their target audience with imagery of a perfect size 6 or 8 (not USA sizing) woman...with perfect hair, no sweat, perfect makeup.
  • 0somuchbetter0
    0somuchbetter0 Posts: 1,335 Member
    chivalryder wrote: »
    tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »
    0somuchbetter0 wrote: »
    skullshank wrote: »
    OP please explain the use of the word "REAL" in your title.

    I believe she means women who look like real people who sweat and have jiggly fat and whose makeup smears as opposed to perfect, flawless models.

    This. Great ad showing 'real' life people exactly as they are without editing out the jiggly fat etc



    Are you saying that models aren't real women?

    Of course they're real, duh. But when they're doing photo shoots of "workouts" and someone off camera keeps rushing over to fix their hair, apply more makeup, fix the lighting, etc etc etc, it's not "real." You know exactly what the title meant.
  • tiptoethruthetulips
    tiptoethruthetulips Posts: 3,371 Member
    edited January 2015
    [/quote]
    I hate that expression "real" life people.
    [/quote]

    It's just an expression, I knew exactly what the OP meant in context of the ad...and certainly nothing to be offended by in my opinion, however, I respect anyone else's right to be offended by it should they so choose.

  • luluinca
    luluinca Posts: 2,899 Member
    It's nice they look like the rest of us................getting our sweat on! I generally look like a wet rag when I leave the gym and my hair is absolutely ridiculous. But like these women I don't really give a crap.... :D

    It's fun to see so many women working so hard but I agree, where are the weights?
  • uconnwinsnc1
    uconnwinsnc1 Posts: 902 Member
    Dat song choice doe.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    edited January 2015
    tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »
    I hate that expression "real" life people.

    It's just an expression, I knew exactly what the OP meant in context of the ad...and certainly nothing to be offended by in my opinion, however, I respect anyone else's right to be offended by it should they so choose.

    I didn't say I was offended- I said I hated the expression.
  • Angel_Grove_
    Angel_Grove_ Posts: 205 Member
    0somuchbetter0 wrote: »
    skullshank wrote: »
    OP please explain the use of the word "REAL" in your title.

    I believe she means women who look like real people who sweat and have jiggly fat and whose makeup smears as opposed to perfect, flawless models.

    ^This. As opposed to advertisements for sports/gym equipment which shows perfectly scuplted women "working out" with not a hair out of place and not a drop of sweat in sight.

    I think too often people are just looking for something to pick apart so they can feel superior. It was pretty obvious what OP meant by "REAL".
  • ElliottTN
    ElliottTN Posts: 1,614 Member
    0somuchbetter0 wrote: »
    chivalryder wrote: »
    tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »
    0somuchbetter0 wrote: »
    skullshank wrote: »
    OP please explain the use of the word "REAL" in your title.

    I believe she means women who look like real people who sweat and have jiggly fat and whose makeup smears as opposed to perfect, flawless models.

    This. Great ad showing 'real' life people exactly as they are without editing out the jiggly fat etc



    Are you saying that models aren't real women?

    Of course they're real, duh. But when they're doing photo shoots of "workouts" and someone off camera keeps rushing over to fix their hair, apply more makeup, fix the lighting, etc etc etc, it's not "real." You know exactly what the title meant.

    Just some food for thought: Do you not think that this video had a whole cast of off-scene people working hard to portray a certain image in it's message?

    Same thing just different target audience. It's all marketing so I guess these aren't real women either. This video is just extra jiggly on purpose.....nothing wrong with jiggly...to each their own....get you jiggly on if that's what motivates ya.
  • Angel_Grove_
    Angel_Grove_ Posts: 205 Member
    ElliottTN wrote: »
    0somuchbetter0 wrote: »
    chivalryder wrote: »
    tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »
    0somuchbetter0 wrote: »
    skullshank wrote: »
    OP please explain the use of the word "REAL" in your title.

    I believe she means women who look like real people who sweat and have jiggly fat and whose makeup smears as opposed to perfect, flawless models.

    This. Great ad showing 'real' life people exactly as they are without editing out the jiggly fat etc



    Are you saying that models aren't real women?

    Of course they're real, duh. But when they're doing photo shoots of "workouts" and someone off camera keeps rushing over to fix their hair, apply more makeup, fix the lighting, etc etc etc, it's not "real." You know exactly what the title meant.

    Just some food for thought: Do you not think that this video had a whole cast of off-scene people working hard to portray a certain image in it's message?

    Same thing just different target audience. It's all marketing so I guess these aren't real women either. This video is just extra jiggly on purpose.....nothing wrong with jiggly...to each their own....get you jiggly on if that's what motivates ya.

    Could be - but it seems more likely (and this is how the video feels) that they shot raw footage at a variety of different women's athletic events/venues. Of course there's editing to put it all together, clean up lighting, etc, but it definitely gives more a feel of reality than regular marketing.
  • 0somuchbetter0
    0somuchbetter0 Posts: 1,335 Member
    ElliottTN wrote: »
    0somuchbetter0 wrote: »
    chivalryder wrote: »
    tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »
    0somuchbetter0 wrote: »
    skullshank wrote: »
    OP please explain the use of the word "REAL" in your title.

    I believe she means women who look like real people who sweat and have jiggly fat and whose makeup smears as opposed to perfect, flawless models.

    This. Great ad showing 'real' life people exactly as they are without editing out the jiggly fat etc



    Are you saying that models aren't real women?

    Of course they're real, duh. But when they're doing photo shoots of "workouts" and someone off camera keeps rushing over to fix their hair, apply more makeup, fix the lighting, etc etc etc, it's not "real." You know exactly what the title meant.

    Just some food for thought: Do you not think that this video had a whole cast of off-scene people working hard to portray a certain image in it's message?

    Same thing just different target audience. It's all marketing so I guess these aren't real women either. This video is just extra jiggly on purpose.....nothing wrong with jiggly...to each their own....get you jiggly on if that's what motivates ya.

    Yes, and it's a message well worth sharing, because for too long we've been pressured by the media to look a certain way. The message is this: that you don't have to look perfect and beautiful to go to the gym and exercise. That it's ok to sweat and have your hair look like *kitten* and for your mascara to run and for your *kitten* to jiggle. Even if you look like a hot mess, you should work out and enjoy it because it's fun and it's good for you.
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    The video was great and motivational. The use of the word "real" implies that if you are not jiggly or a sweaty mess then you are fake.

    Can you imagine if a man posted this? The internet would break.
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