For women who lift weights

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  • TinyKimy
    TinyKimy Posts: 2
    You made a good point. Besides lifting is better for you; you get a bigger bang for your time. Long after your wt. lifting workout your muscles are still burning cals.
  • saugustin07
    saugustin07 Posts: 28 Member
    Yes it's fine.If more women lifted they would see more progress! Lift like a man look like a goddess!
  • Debinapril
    Debinapril Posts: 53 Member
    I agree with most posters. The girl just doesn't know what she's talking about. The only thing I would say is make sure you have good form. I lift very heavy weights but work with a trainer so I don't damage myself, just work the muscles I am supposed to be working! Study videos, watch yourself in a mirror make sure you're doing it correctly and you'll come to no harm.
  • Dragongrl
    Dragongrl Posts: 186 Member
    Ummmm.... I didn't know sales people at the fitness store were Doctors also. What in hell does lifting heavy weights and your uterus have to do with each other? So does that mean having large children and squeezing them out threw your vag is bad too??? Give me a break! Lift heavy weights. Get STRONG!!!!
  • Dragongrl
    Dragongrl Posts: 186 Member
    I would also like to throw out there just how strong the female body is. I practiced Chinese martial arts until I was 6.5 months pregnant. I did bag drills, threw men twice my size, and even passed my green sash test. All with child. So there. Lifting heavy weights hurts your uterus my *kitten*. If I can do all that and still have a healthy 9.1lb boy than certainly you can lift 5-10lbs without having to worry about your uterus "dropping on the floor." LOL.
  • swimmermama
    swimmermama Posts: 526 Member
    Wow, I can't believe people still actually believe this. It used to be medical "knowledge" that if a woman ran too much, or got too educated, or became too sexual, that her uterus would suffer. I really thought that had died out a hundred years ago, though. WOW.
  • elizamc
    elizamc Posts: 285 Member
    bump.....just off to work....
  • symegeer
    symegeer Posts: 143 Member
    I love this thread, it actually made me snort with laughter! I second the motion to read Oxygen, really enjoy it. Lifting heavy has made me feel so much stronger, even though I'm still working my way up and what I lift might not be heavy to anyone here! Anyone who is weight training and wants to add me as a friend, please feel free. Great to have support with this because there are a lot of people out there who think like that sales clerk!
  • epcorne
    epcorne Posts: 59 Member
    Hello! I just started lifting weights a few weeks ago. My husband is my trainer. He's tuff! I lift 40 to 50 lbs. I highly recommend it. Strength training is awesome. I'm losing weight and I feel great. Check out this website http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/felicia-romero-muscle-building-program.html I'm starting this new program tomorrow :)

    I just started her cutting program. it's intense, but hopefully worth it in the end! :)
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    Wow, not good for the uterus? That's a new one! :laugh:

    I lift with up to 45 pound dummbells for some things. I think its fine. :wink:
  • isa75
    isa75 Posts: 156 Member
    Wow, I thought I was the only one that was ever fed that whole lifting heavy is bad for the uterus thing. My mother was convinced of it my whole life (and still is). I was never allowed, in her presence, to lift anything in the least bit heavy lest I damage my uterus and any future grandchildren she may have. She would always say "you'll burst your uterus"

    I figured out years ago that it is not true and I have never seen anything that supports it to be true. I have to admit I think it's funny, I thought it was just something only my mom said. Ha!

    There is a small wicked part of me that giggles at the thought of my uterus bursting all over the gym every time I lift, but maybe that is too much info.
  • _SpeshK_
    _SpeshK_ Posts: 496 Member
    I would go back and slap the clerk across the face. She is clueless!!!
  • suelegal
    suelegal Posts: 1,282 Member
    I have just started to lift heavier weights going from 5lbs. to 10 lbs. then a little later will go up again. Since I'm just using my brother's 10-lb. dumbbells so I decided to go to a sporting good store to buy my own sets of 10 & 15 lb dumbbells. However when I went to a sporting good store, a woman sales clerk offered me some that suits for women which is 2-4 lb dumbbells & told me that its not advisable for a woman to lift that heavy like the way I do since it is bad for our uterus. In contrast, I have subscribed to many fitness articles online & all of them said that it is generally OK for women to lift heavy weights. So I just want to know your opinions about this. Is it generally safe for women to lift heavy weights?

    Um... that's just so not true. I was going to laugh except she's actually representing herself as "educated" and is handing out totally misleading, false information. Saying you can hurt your uterus is like telling a man never to lift heavy weights because he'll get a hernia. Obviously you don't want to overdo or start out so heavy that you hurt yourself, and you want to go up in weight gradually, but lifting heavy is fine for men and women alike!
  • juicemoogan
    juicemoogan Posts: 994 Member
    That's just about the dumbest warning i have ever heard... like lifting can have any impact on your uterus...
  • MzMandi1025
    MzMandi1025 Posts: 78 Member
    I used to be terrified of lifting too much weight because I thought that it would make me bulk up. After working with a trainer & talking to friends who body build I realized just how wrong I was. When I use the free weights, I started out at 5lbs & have recently upgraded to 10lb weight. When on the machines, it varies because I put on just enough weight to add resistance. I have never heard that using anything more than a 4lb weight is bad for your uterus. & like someone else mentioned, if that was the case, then I should have never been able to carry an 8lb baby to full term at 5'1. Lol.
  • osualex
    osualex Posts: 409 Member
    Bad for your uterus? Now I've really heard everything...
  • knittnponder
    knittnponder Posts: 1,953 Member
    Why in the heck would that be bad for my uterus?! I would think carrying around four babies to term was a lot worse on my uterus than lifting weights would be! Besides, four pregnancies left me with "leakage" issues whereas the weight lifting seems to be helping that go away (after YEARS!) I suspect it's because I'm strengthening muscles that support the area and less pressure is on the bladder. So my uterus can just deal with it.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Two pounds is the weight of a Big Gulp. Therefore, drinking one will give you beautiful toned arms. :indifferent:

    I lift heavy. The damn uterus is still there, although I'd like to get rid of it.
  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
    Lol, wow that lady needs a different job. I've always lifted heavy and I won't stop and I'm perfectly fine. When I do bi's I use 20's right now. 2-4 lbs is going to do nothing for you.
  • sophjakesmom
    sophjakesmom Posts: 904 Member
    unless you are lifting 15 pound weights WITH YOUR ACTUAL UTERUS, i don't think it does anything :P i've repeatedly heard that doing fewer reps with higher weight works your muscles better than many reps with low weight. and 2 pounds? you'd have to do like 100 reps to feel anything!

    Best post of the day!!
  • shalinimunjal
    shalinimunjal Posts: 192 Member
    So should I not not pick up my children?? Not carry a can of milk in one hand and 10lb bag of rice in other?? Call hubby to lift that oil container from the top shelf because 'it might hurt my uterus'. LOL I might need to use that one to my advantage.
  • LoveLaughSweatFuel
    LoveLaughSweatFuel Posts: 38 Member
    :laugh:
    Thank you for the laugh. I needed it. Part of me wants to ask where this store is located just to purchase weights from this lady. I've lifted since the age of 15. I may add not light. Have two children 6 & 8 that were 10 lbs 6 oz. & 8 lbs. 7 oz. No uterean problems here. Again thanks for the chuckle! You'll be fine. :smile:
  • freezerburn2012
    freezerburn2012 Posts: 273 Member
    pfffft... everyone knows that it's running that causes your lady junk to fall out.
  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
    OMG LMAO at what she said to you! HA!
  • MystiqueASAP
    MystiqueASAP Posts: 747
    This sales woman is pretty much saying don't go grocery shopping, pick up your baby, do house work, and etc, if she only recommends 2-4 lb dumbbells. :noway: I lift 60 - 80 lbs during my strength training for upper body alone, granted they are shorter reps, and my uterus haven't fell, shifted, burst, or dropped out.
  • samntha14
    samntha14 Posts: 2,084 Member
    what a dumb butt. yes you can lift heavy. I go as heavy as I possibly, can NFN but the uterus is a muscle and good muscle strength would help it function better, not worse. I pushed out a couple kids. Strong abs and everything else come in handy at that point in time.
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    My PHYSIO told me that 'a woman's body isn't designed to lift more than 3kg' and that 'Big beefy MALE Personal trainers push women to lift more than they should.

    I'm not seeing that physio any more.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    My PHYSIO told me that 'a woman's body isn't designed to lift more than 3kg' and that 'Big beefy MALE Personal trainers push women to lift more than they should.

    I'm not seeing that physio any more.

    How does she propose I carry a gallon of milk? :laugh:
  • sharyon
    sharyon Posts: 2
    I LIFT VARIOUS WEIGHTS, FROM 5LB TO 12LB. DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF EXERCISE IT IS. I FOLLOW P90X.
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    My PHYSIO told me that 'a woman's body isn't designed to lift more than 3kg' and that 'Big beefy MALE Personal trainers push women to lift more than they should.

    I'm not seeing that physio any more.

    How does she propose I carry a gallon of milk? :laugh:

    Or a kid? Or your handbag?

    Here's the thread: It's a few weeks old now: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/545037-women-lifting?hl=Physio+3kg&page=1#posts-7645153
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