"We don't sell >1kg dumbells to women"???

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  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    She didn't say she was American, or European, or any specifics, so I don't find it hard to believe at all. We have our share of pink dumbbells (in the US) and our fitness culture likes the fitness model look.

    I also think 4 kg dumbbells may be a great starting place, depending on the moves you are doing, whether you lift anything normally, etc. If it takes the muscle to failure with reasonable reps, it takes it to failure and no worries about whether anyone else thinks it's heavy. You'll progress fast, though, so don't spend much on them :)
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    She didn't say she was American, or European, or any specifics, so I don't find it hard to believe at all. We have our share of pink dumbbells (in the US) and our fitness culture likes the fitness model look.


    I have travelled to many countries, and I cannot imagine any shop being unwilling to sell merchandise in the situation described by the OP. My skepticism has less to do with fitness culture in a particular country than it does with how retail works.

    I may be wrong, but at the moment, it is what I think.
  • zorbaru
    zorbaru Posts: 1,077 Member
    Truly ludicrous lawsuits aren't that common and typically get shut down almost immediately.

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91427&page=1
  • metaphoria
    metaphoria Posts: 1,432 Member
    "I will speak to your manager now. Perhaps he or she could tell me whether or not this store would like to sell their merchandise. I'm buying it or stealing it. Your choice."
  • MisterDerpington
    MisterDerpington Posts: 604 Member
    Where do you live? 1950?
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I find this incredibly difficult to believe.

    This
  • capriqueen
    capriqueen Posts: 976 Member
    I know some of you may find it hard to believe what I posted but it is true. I live in India. It's the reason(one of many, anyway) i had to quit every gym I joined because I wouldn't be allowed to squat/lunge/deadlift with more than 2 lbs. I was once executing a perfect plie squat with 5 lbs (not that it's tough or anything, just saying) but the trainer comes over and goes, "You can't lift 5 lbs in each hand!" Well hello, I just did.
    P.S. This is the same trainer who threw a tantrum on my weight check day that she weighs more than me. (A pound). Yeah she's like a foot shorter than me, but aren't you supposed to congratulate someone on their weight loss?
  • links_slayer
    links_slayer Posts: 1,151 Member
    edit: nevermind
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    Well good for you for swimming upsteam! It's hard enough here to want to lift heavy at all as a woman, but we have tons of supporters of that, too. It would be so hard to be practically the only one wanting it. You go!
  • capriqueen
    capriqueen Posts: 976 Member
    Well good for you for swimming upsteam! It's hard enough here to want to lift heavy at all as a woman, but we have tons of supporters of that, too. It would be so hard to be practically the only one wanting it. You go!

    Thanks! I'm not lifting heavy yet but I'll get there eventually!
  • CipherZero
    CipherZero Posts: 1,418 Member
    I am sick of people being all "but but but ... you're gonna bulk up and get huge!"

    The right reply is "Only if I start shooting testosterone into my *kitten*." Seriously, how can people be THIS ignorant of health and fitness?
  • susannamarie
    susannamarie Posts: 2,148 Member
    I know some of you may find it hard to believe what I posted but it is true. I live in India. It's the reason(one of many, anyway) i had to quit every gym I joined because I wouldn't be allowed to squat/lunge/deadlift with more than 2 lbs. I was once executing a perfect plie squat with 5 lbs (not that it's tough or anything, just saying) but the trainer comes over and goes, "You can't lift 5 lbs in each hand!" Well hello, I just did.
    P.S. This is the same trainer who threw a tantrum on my weight check day that she weighs more than me. (A pound). Yeah she's like a foot shorter than me, but aren't you supposed to congratulate someone on their weight loss?

    Wow, okay, now I believe it. Good on you and best wishes in your fitness journey.
  • leannems
    leannems Posts: 516 Member
    this comes from the over zealous litigation that america is known for.

    shop sells weights to woman, woman gets hurt by said weight, woman sues sports shop.

    I don't think so. If that were true than the excuse would have been "We don't sell >1kg dumbells to people who look weak." Meaning regardless of gender.

    They committed an FCRA violation and likely a violation under state law as well as soon as they said the word "women."

    Edited to add - and nevermind. OP lives in India. Sorry about that doll - buy the weights you want (using any excuse you can get) and don't worry about bulking up. Based on what you've written, you'll be just fine.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Most children get to over 4 kg pretty quickly. And women have no trouble carrying them around at all.

    Serious OP thats very sad, and this was my thought wouldnt be much for a woman to be carrying a 4kg infant.
  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    My 5 yr old (girl) plays with 2kg dumbbells. This topic is boggling.
  • Xtrobelights
    Xtrobelights Posts: 39 Member
    I would have taken the light dumbbell and knocked him the **** out with it
  • MisterDerpington
    MisterDerpington Posts: 604 Member
    India

    Well that explains the misogyny.
  • astronomicals
    astronomicals Posts: 1,537 Member
    dont use big words derp... you might make someone pull a brain muscle

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