Women Shouldn't Lift Weights

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  • witchy_wife
    witchy_wife Posts: 792 Member
    Loving this thread! I'm just starting with lifting.
  • Angrideout
    Angrideout Posts: 1
    This is great! I lift and yep haven't turned into a guy yet!
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
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    OMG SO FREAKING CUUUUUUTE!
  • shunggie
    shunggie Posts: 1,036 Member
    When I first joined my old gym there were three PT sessions. I liked the lifting part of the PT sessions, but when it came time to do it by myself I was intimidated. Too many bulky men walking around with their muscles hanging out. I felt foolish and stuck to the cardio machines. Now I can't really afford the gym, I'm doing well on cardio but I know I need to add weights I'm not just sure how to do it without actual weights.
  • Maryaly40
    Maryaly40 Posts: 551 Member
    yes!!! The self confidence thing. I dead lifted heavier weights the other day and WOW!!! I felt like she-man walking out of the gym that night LOL!!!! I couldn't stop "bragging" :bigsmile:
  • Juliejustsaying
    Juliejustsaying Posts: 2,332 Member
    Love this!!! I've been lifting since May and while I haven't grown a weiner, I've had a few lent to me...my just reward I'd say.

    I nominate this greatest comment of the thread award.

    How YOU doing? :smokin:
  • CaseRat
    CaseRat Posts: 377 Member
    It works the other way around, too.

    I stopped lifting for a week...jumped on the elliptical every day for 7 days.
    Lost my weiner, grew boobs.

    True story.
  • tuffytuffy1
    tuffytuffy1 Posts: 920 Member
    This thread is cracking me up:laugh: I look better than I have ever looked in my adult life thanks to those big, mean dumbbells at the gym:tongue:
  • margojr4
    margojr4 Posts: 259 Member
    My hole hasnt grown into a pole ... So I shall continue to lift heavy weights


    *flexes* <urrggghhh>
  • bellydancer124
    bellydancer124 Posts: 248
    It works the other way around, too.

    I stopped lifting for a week...jumped on the elliptical every day for 7 days.
    Lost my weiner, grew boobs.

    True story.

    And I'm sure you haven't left the house since. :wink:
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    Loving this thread! I'm just starting with lifting.
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    yup, wouldn't mind looking like a less green version of that lol
  • CaseRat
    CaseRat Posts: 377 Member
    It works the other way around, too.

    I stopped lifting for a week...jumped on the elliptical every day for 7 days.
    Lost my weiner, grew boobs.

    True story.

    And I'm sure you haven't left the house since. :wink:

    They're just so much fun!
  • KittieLea
    KittieLea Posts: 1,156 Member
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    Oh man this totally cracked me up!
  • Tracy_03311981
    Tracy_03311981 Posts: 80
    bump
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    Serious question. I love lifting and think all women who are able should try it out. It has amazing benefits. However, sometimes the weight area of the gym can be intimidating to a woman who is starting out lifting for the first time, especially if the number of men is significantly greater than the # of women in the weight area of the gym. Its great to read about the benefits, the results, and how its empowering and fun (and it is!) What advice would you all have for a woman who has everything she needs to begin physically lifting, but may have difficulty just mentally breaking into the typically male-centered weight training gym area?

    I know myself, I had a difficult time "getting over it" and starting to lift. I had to go with a friend at first to spot me and keep me from being the only woman in the area. After a while of getting more comfortable with my lifts I am a lot more confident and I feel "at home" there, but this may be an issue for some women still.

    What say you all?
    When I began lifting, I was very skinny and didn't have much strength compared to other guys my age at the time. You can't compare yourself to what others are doing and lifting - just compete with yourself.

    And the idea that the "typically male-centered weight training gym area" is related to the OP's point - that, like males, a woman's primary exercise should be strength-training. Once you eliminate the concept that women run on a treadmill and guys lift, and you begin to see your sense of confidence and strength jump through the roof, you won't think that any more.
  • zachatta
    zachatta Posts: 1,340 Member
    bump

    Bump for women awareness of the dangers of weights
  • witchy_wife
    witchy_wife Posts: 792 Member
    My hole hasnt grown into a pole ... So I shall continue to lift heavy weights


    *flexes* <urrggghhh>


    HAHA! Seiously LOL'd then!
  • kenyajae
    kenyajae Posts: 48
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    Oh man this totally cracked me up!

    Yup - me too
  • HeavyLiftGirl
    HeavyLiftGirl Posts: 1,267 Member
    THANK YOU for posting this!
  • samblanken
    samblanken Posts: 369 Member
    My hole hasnt grown into a pole ... So I shall continue to lift heavy weights


    *flexes* <urrggghhh>
    :heart: :laugh: :drinker:
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    Damnit ladies. Cut it out! There's only one rack at my gym and I'm tired of you all hogging it!!!
  • SmexAppeal
    SmexAppeal Posts: 858 Member
    I have tickets for the gun show for all you lil biznatches...
    It also includes a free peek at my bump.
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    I have been lifting for more than a year and I still not have a Weiner........it suck.

    Keep lifting Yanicka. You'll get your weiner.
  • SnazzyTraveller
    SnazzyTraveller Posts: 457 Member
    Women should NEVER lift weights. We will become men and grow weiners.
    Women, please-remember to stick to cardio only and 1000 calories a day.

    Well I think women who lift look very sexy! Never saw one with a weiner? Does that really happen? If so how big is it?

    Hahaha these threads always crack me up
  • McBully4
    McBully4 Posts: 1,270 Member
    Damnit ladies. Cut it out! There's only one rack at my gym and I'm tired of you all hogging it!!!

    Sit back and enjoy the view.
  • embercakez
    embercakez Posts: 141
    I guess I’ll continue to lift food and laundry.
  • Sadagopan84
    Sadagopan84 Posts: 28 Member
    Hi,
    Women by nature cannot bulk up. They dont have the hormones which help bulking up. I have never seen any women with a body like Arnold or WWE star Rock. Cardio will only help in reducing body fat but when people grow old the muscle will also grow thin. Thats when the problem will starts with joints. Its better to do cardio, strength, strech, joint integrity (like scare crow, dirty dog), and balance workouts in a given week.
  • sirthickness
    sirthickness Posts: 133
    Women should NEVER lift weights. We will become men and grow weiners.
    Women, please-remember to stick to cardio only and 1000 calories a day.

    Well I think women who lift look very sexy! Never saw one with a weiner? Does that really happen? If so how big is it?
    I saw a woman with a weiner...or was it a man with boobs? Not really sure. It was at a Tijuana "night club" in '86, so it probably doesn't really count anyway. I'm still in shock from that one!
  • mathera26
    mathera26 Posts: 90 Member
    BWAHAHAHA!!!
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Ugh. Just nicked my adam's apple shaving my neck. Turning into a man is tough.

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