Lifting is "bad for you"

chrissyrenee1029
chrissyrenee1029 Posts: 358 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
OK, so this is one I haven't heard before. I just started reading "New Rules for Women" and realized that once I really seriously get started lifting that the weights I have at home are probably not going to cut it. So until I have the funds to build up our home gym, I'm going to have to suck it up and hit the gym. I have a "friend" on Facebook that is really fit, and she is so well defined that I honestly assumed that she lifts, so I messaged her and asked her where she goes since the weight room at my local rec center is pretty small and typically overrun. Her response was that lifting is bad for you because it shrinks your arteries. :huh:

I have heard all of the "you'll get bulky", "you'll look like a man" crap before, but I honestly had never heard this one before.
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  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    Everything is bad for you.
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    Your friend doesn't lift but she's an expert on the effects of lifting on the body?

    Do not listen to that friend.
  • GoldspursX3
    GoldspursX3 Posts: 516 Member
    That's funny considering how many body builders are very vascular.
  • levitateme
    levitateme Posts: 999 Member
    My mom told me I shouldn't lift heavy weights because one time in the 80's crocodile dundee was bench pressing like 350 and had an aneurysm.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Your friend doesn't lift but she's an expert on the effects of lifting on the body?

    Do not listen to that friend.

    ^This
  • chrissyrenee1029
    chrissyrenee1029 Posts: 358 Member
    Your friend doesn't lift but she's an expert on the effects of lifting on the body?

    Do not listen to that friend.

    I don't plan on it, lol.
  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
    Wow, unfriend her immediately. LOL
  • __freckles__
    __freckles__ Posts: 1,238 Member
    How the heck does it shrink the arteries?
  • NataBost
    NataBost Posts: 418 Member
    This will cheer you up. :smile:

    http://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahbass/do-you-even-lift-bro
  • TAsunder
    TAsunder Posts: 423 Member
    The more time passes, the more studies and information comes out about how good weightlifting is for you. Not surprising, given how much we likely had to do it in ye olden times.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    That's one of the most stupid things I've ever heard ever...
  • mrbyte
    mrbyte Posts: 270 Member
    I think people just make excuses not to lift because it requires effort.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Find new friends who lift.

    life is instantly better.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    A friend just tried to talk me out of lifting, because when your muscles get big, they pull away from the joints. What?!
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    Everything is bad for you.

    Yes, we're all gonna die.
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    A friend just tried to talk me out of lifting, because when your muscles get big, they pull away from the joints. What?!

    *snort

    That's just...

    *snort
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    Your friend doesn't lift but she's an expert on the effects of lifting on the body?

    Do not listen to that friend.

    I don't plan on it, lol.

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    GL with the lifting! I love it and I hope you find you love it too!
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    That ranks up there with my doctor telling me not to lift because it will cause long term increases in blood pressure.

    Not the normal rise mid-set, but permanent.
  • chrissyrenee1029
    chrissyrenee1029 Posts: 358 Member
    That's one of the most stupid things I've ever heard ever...

    That was my exact reaction, lol. I didn't want to get into it with her so I just thanked her for the gym recommendation and left it at that.
  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,535 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1367122-15-thigs-girls-who-lift-are-tired-of-hearing

    I think your "fit" friend is doing her "fitness" in other forms. :laugh: :laugh:
  • 13suzie
    13suzie Posts: 349 Member
    "If you think lifting weights is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous." - Bret Contreras
  • chrissyrenee1029
    chrissyrenee1029 Posts: 358 Member
    How the heck does it shrink the arteries?

    That's exactly what I wanted to know...and this girl is a nurse! Kind of scary, tbh, lol.
  • klkarlen
    klkarlen Posts: 4,366 Member
    I had to Google it. Found this:

    http://www.peaktestosterone.com/Weight_Lifting_Arteries.aspx

    Gotta love the internet. :laugh:
  • aliakynes
    aliakynes Posts: 352 Member
    Haha, that's a new one for me. She must be blessed with some serious genetics to believe that and look as good as you say!
  • gypsy_spirit
    gypsy_spirit Posts: 2,107 Member
    What a way to go. :wink:

    And we're all gonna die sometime, someway.

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  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    "If you think lifting weights is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous." - Bret Contreras

    Preach and testify!
  • __freckles__
    __freckles__ Posts: 1,238 Member
    "If you think lifting weights is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous." - Bret Contreras

    :heart:
  • AsaThorsWoman
    AsaThorsWoman Posts: 2,303 Member
    :noway:
  • aliakynes
    aliakynes Posts: 352 Member
    My mom told me I shouldn't lift heavy weights because one time in the 80's crocodile dundee was bench pressing like 350 and had an aneurysm.

    I would have an aneurism too if I tried to bench a crocodile. /joke
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    I have been told my uterus will go all wonky and that my bladder will fall...but this is a new one.

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