Heavy lifting leads to sagging?

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  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    This is the first time in the history of the forums I would like to see caligirls pictures posted to counter this myth.

    :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway:

    This is serious guys.

    Really, though. I'd never thought to see Tracy Anderson's name even mentioned on this site. She got raked over the coals in the old pop culture community I used to be on... I never fathomed she'd be brought up here.
  • Emma_Problema
    Emma_Problema Posts: 422 Member
    <--- I lift heavy and I'm 40 years old.

    The only thing that's drooping are my jeans that are falling off my ever-shrinking waist.

    This. Anyone who has read your blog is fully aware that that article is crap. You are perfection.
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    HA HA HA HA AH AH AH HA


    NO
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    She is a joke
  • Emma_Problema
    Emma_Problema Posts: 422 Member
    LOL Tracy Anderson.

    Ever seen this? Preposterous
    http://www.oprah.com/health/Gwyneth-Paltrows-Workout-Routine

    F*cking EW!
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    Tracy Anderson! I was wondering why that name seemed so familiar...I have a friend who was doing her 'Method' early last year, it involved lots of leaping about and only eating pureed beets and such. Sounded very extreme to me, and I declined to do it also.

    I would take anything she says with a grain, no a whole box, of salt.
  • diodelcibo
    diodelcibo Posts: 2,564 Member
    Lol can this even be considered serious?
  • rascallycat
    rascallycat Posts: 248 Member
    hahahaha.... the only thing that I lift that is less than 3 lbs is my water bottle!
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    Weird. Maybe they mean that if you have huge muscles from lifting heavy, THEN you stop and they sag? What's better? Lifting and being healthy with saggy muscles later or having fat that makes you physically ill? Id' rather sag later, I probably will anyway. Who cares?
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    One of the comments on that Gwyneth Paltrow page....

    "it's called repetition! rather than lifting 30-40 for 10 reps....you life 3-5 for 24 x 3 (just for example) - it keeps you long and lean and toned, rather than building bulk.
    some people like bulk....others like long and lean...perhaps for a more elegant look."

    Who ever started the 'elegant, long, lean muscle' thing really did a fantastic marketing campaign.
  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
    This is the first time in the history of the forums I would like to see caligirls pictures posted to counter this myth.

    Lol. I'm sure if you do a search you can find 57 threads with them.
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    Guess she's never heard of Ernestine Shepherd
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernestine_Shepherd

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  • sarahisme18
    sarahisme18 Posts: 574 Member
    Well, I guess she's onto something if you want to look like this:

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  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    I lift 3 pound weights because I am training for door opening and laundry folding.
  • ACepero79
    ACepero79 Posts: 711 Member
    I thought this was about boobs.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    "No woman should ever lift more than 3 lbs"


    So I guess I'm breaking the rules by carrying my 45 lb son. Pretty sure my purse weighs at least 5 lbs.......Let's not even get into the heavy lifting I do 3x a week.


    Damnit....I'm breaking all the rules.
  • McChubbyruewho
    McChubbyruewho Posts: 194
    Maybe if you lift like a body builder does, but I am willing to bet that heavy lifting does the oposit I will left like 50 to 100 pounds about 100 times

    my breast are firm a high cause they rest on large muscles I have worked on over the years, even though I am overweight they ladys have maintained a nice shape,

    I don't see how my muscles will stretch out my skin unless I loss my mucles, but in the end we all get saggy skin
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    "No woman should ever lift more than 3 lbs"


    So I guess I'm breaking the rules by carrying my 45 lb son. Pretty sure my purse weighs at least 5 lbs.......Let's not even get into the heavy lifting I do 3x a week.


    Damnit....I'm breaking all the rules.

    Damn rebel :devil:
  • iWaffle
    iWaffle Posts: 2,208 Member
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  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    "No woman should ever lift more than 3 lbs"


    So I guess I'm breaking the rules by carrying my 45 lb son. Pretty sure my purse weighs at least 5 lbs.......Let's not even get into the heavy lifting I do 3x a week.


    Damnit....I'm breaking all the rules.
    You better stop that right away and buy some of Tracy's DVD's. Maybe the damage you've done is reversible.
  • krisloock
    krisloock Posts: 29 Member
    Bahahaha! Ooooops...I think that hearty laugh was too much resistance for my abdominals...dang it!
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    It makes me sad that people are still saying stuff like this, but even more sad if people believe it.

    Maybe if a lifter keeps their body fat very low in the extreme lows for too long, that might not be great for the skin, I suppose. But, that is not even what she is saying. What she is saying is completely wrong.
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    I just laughed so hard a bit of wee came out :ohwell: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • vmekash
    vmekash Posts: 422 Member
    Sounds silly.
  • Nataliaho
    Nataliaho Posts: 878 Member
    TRacey Andrerson is a complete idiot...
  • sarahisme18
    sarahisme18 Posts: 574 Member
    Here's a more intelligent article on the subject of lifting for women:

    http://www.shape.com/fitness/workouts/8-reasons-why-you-should-lift-heavier-weights
  • ShannonECTD
    ShannonECTD Posts: 203 Member
    LOL Tracy Anderson.

    Ever seen this? Preposterous
    http://www.oprah.com/health/Gwyneth-Paltrows-Workout-Routine

    omfg bahahaha i had no idea who Tracy anderson even was. no woman should ever lifter heavier than 3lbs?!?!? pssshhh

    The only reason they're sweating so much is cos it's hot as balls in that room.

    Gwyneth looks like skeletor :noway:
  • dmcintosh50
    dmcintosh50 Posts: 4
    Well, I'm 60 years old, and have been into fitness most of my life, and I say NO !!! I see no evidence in my own body that suggest that is true !!! Gaining and losing weight, such as in yo-yo dieting will cause your skin to wrinkle and sag. That is why it is important to exercise while you diet; lose weight slow rather than fast, and stay hydrated !!!
  • katherinepolumbo
    katherinepolumbo Posts: 36
    3 lbs?!?! That HAS to be a joke right? Seriously, please let there not be women who believe that. My toddler can lift more than that. lol

    And as far as the saggy skin, I've never heard of that! I've always heard that lifting weights helps with tightening up skin elasticity and I've found this to be the case with my heavy lifting (I'm a mom of 3... 2 of which are twin toddlers).
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
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