Should women powerlift/ Lift heavy weights?

LouLou_2013

I was at the gym this morning and there were a few women milling around the weight rooms and lifting pretty heavy weights.

I just wondered what people thought of women doing this? Weather they should be allowed to? or encouraged to stop after a certain weight?

I only say this as I think some women try and "prove" they can lift heavy and end up with injuries etc.

Whats your thoughts?

nokanjaijo

I only say this as I think some women try and "prove" they can lift heavy and end up with injuries etc.

Sorry but this seems more like the sort of thing a guy would do.

LouLou_2013

I only say this as I think some women try and "prove" they can lift heavy and end up with injuries etc.

Sorry but this seems more like the sort of thing a guy would do.

I don't, from what I saw men were just getting on with it. The women looked like they were just pushing to hard.

parkygirl

LOL.... weightlifting/strength training can be a huge asset to looking superfine if done properly.

This is pretty motivating:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/19kzd4/21f_8_month_powerlifting_progress/

nokanjaijo

I don't, from what I saw men were just getting on with it. The women looked like they were just pushing to hard.

That makes it sound like the women were the ones seriously training and the men were just sort of wasting time.

It's supposed to be hard.

You are supposed to look like you are pushing too hard.

links_slayer

Totes. Women don't belong in the gym esp the freeweight section. They should be at home raising the kids and doing all the cooking and cleaning. Oh, and have a cold drink ready for me when I get home from work.

LJSmith1989

I just wondered what people thought of women doing this? Weather they should be allowed to? or encouraged to stop after a certain weight?

Allowed to?? ermm... yeah they should be allowed to because its up to them as long as they have proper form etc they shouldn't hurt themselves

DavPul

Definitely not. I don't see how all this heavy lifting is going to help them make me sammiches. There should be some sort of law.

sandradev1

I don't have to prove anything to anybody.

I lift 'heavy' for me and do Stronglifts 5 x 5 and I workout at home. I have been doing this to retain my muscles whilst losing the my excess weight and also to have stronger more dense muscles.

This also has the advantage that I am losing inches more than numbers on the scale and am therefore already in my target clothes size before I have got to goal weight.

I am stronger than I have ever been in my whole life before and having nearly got to target weight, my body is the best shape it has ever been in.

I lift just 3 x a week with a little light cardio on non lifting days and I have been losing 1 lb a week consistently.

LJSmith1989

Totes. Women don't belong in the gym esp the freeweight section. They should be at home raising the kids and doing all the cooking and cleaning. Oh, and have a cold drink ready for me when I get home from work.

Lol I would drop a weight on your toe :P haha

Lyadeia

I was at the gym this morning and there were a few women milling around the weight rooms and lifting pretty heavy weights.

I just wondered what people thought of women doing this? Weather they should be allowed to? or encouraged to stop after a certain weight?

I only say this as I think some women try and "prove" they can lift heavy and end up with injuries etc.

Whats your thoughts?

This is a joke, right?

taso42

allowed to? :laugh:

i don't really condone it, but as long as their husband or boyfriend signs the permission slip, i think it's ok. :laugh:

bubbaduts

I was at the gym this morning and there were a few women milling around the weight rooms and lifting pretty heavy weights.

I just wondered what people thought of women doing this? Weather they should be allowed to? or encouraged to stop after a certain weight?

I only say this as I think some women try and "prove" they can lift heavy and end up with injuries etc.

Whats your thoughts?

Wow! Should we be allowed to? Well since I started lifting more than barbie weights I have lost 15% body fat! It's supposed to be hard. I feel kind of offended that you think women can't do what men can do..... Total stereo type! Oh and btw please don't even try to say it will make you bulky. Just once I'd like to see a woman do her research on that seriously just once.....

rockerbabyy

my thoughts? i think this will be an interesting thread to read here soon
lmao @ "allowed to"

CakeFit21

Can I please sir? Can I? PLEASE?

jzammetti

I was at the gym this morning and there were a few women milling around the weight rooms and lifting pretty heavy weights.

I just wondered what people thought of women doing this? Weather they should be allowed to? or encouraged to stop after a certain weight?

I only say this as I think some women try and "prove" they can lift heavy and end up with injuries etc.

Whats your thoughts?

This is a joke, right?

ha ha - troll!

BusyRaeNOTBusty

I was at the gym this morning and there were a few women milling around the weight rooms and lifting pretty heavy weights.

I just wondered what people thought of women doing this? Weather they should be allowed to? or encouraged to stop after a certain weight?

I only say this as I think some women try and "prove" they can lift heavy and end up with injuries etc.

Whats your thoughts?

Dafaq? Were you born in 1930? "Allowed"?

Yeah, cause men never lift to heavy and injury themselves because they are trying to prove something....

People of both genders should be careful, have good form, and progress as safely as possible.



Tiny lady picking up 300lbs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeJlTMIp7cc

adopt321

Just curious why they shouldn't or wouldn't?

I lift what I consider heavy for me and am continually trying to increase. I use 25 lbs for overhead press, 40 lbs for kickbacks, 205 squatting, 145 dead lifts, etc. and I know I have the potential for more. The majority of girls (90% or more) at my gym should be lifting wayyyy heavier even if they're not lifting "heavy". They're using 5 or 7 lbs for tricep kickbacks and bicep curls. They have so much more potential but to each is their own. There's a real advantage to lifting heavy if it's done properly. I LOVE my backside and can see physical changes since I started lifting heavy.

usmcmp

I was at the gym this morning and there were a few women milling around the weight rooms and lifting pretty heavy weights.

I just wondered what people thought of women doing this? Weather they should be allowed to? or encouraged to stop after a certain weight?

I only say this as I think some women try and "prove" they can lift heavy and end up with injuries etc.

Whats your thoughts?

marathonmom72

I don't have to prove anything to anybody.

I lift 'heavy' for me and do Stronglifts 5 x 5 and I workout at home. I have been doing this to retain my muscles whilst losing the my excess weight and also to have stronger more dense muscles.

This also has the advantage that I am losing inches more than numbers on the scale and am therefore already in my target clothes size before I have got to goal weight.

I am stronger than I have ever been in my whole life before and having nearly got to target weight, my body is the best shape it has ever been in.

I lift just 3 x a week with a little light cardio on non lifting days and I have been losing 1 lb a week consistently.

I love it!! Awesome job! Women need to lift and they are short changing themselves when they don't...

erbimages

I was at the gym this morning and there were a few women milling around the weight rooms and lifting pretty heavy weights.

I just wondered what people thought of women doing this? Weather they should be allowed to? or encouraged to stop after a certain weight?

I only say this as I think some women try and "prove" they can lift heavy and end up with injuries etc.

Whats your thoughts?

Allowed to? Bahahahah what are you living in the 1950's

laurarpa

definitely troll.....

AlongCame_Molly

I lift weights...but PLEASE don't anybody tell my husband. Last time I defied him he locked the refrigerator and put alarms on all the doors and windows so I would stay at home.

CakeFit21

I was at the gym this morning and there were a few women milling around the weight rooms and lifting pretty heavy weights.

I just wondered what people thought of women doing this? Weather they should be allowed to? or encouraged to stop after a certain weight?

I only say this as I think some women try and "prove" they can lift heavy and end up with injuries etc.

Whats your thoughts?

Oh! What are my thoughts?

I don't have any. I'm too pretty for thoughts.

Sabine_Stroehm

I was at the gym this morning and there were a few women milling around the weight rooms and lifting pretty heavy weights.

I just wondered what people thought of women doing this? Weather they should be allowed to? or encouraged to stop after a certain weight?

I only say this as I think some women try and "prove" they can lift heavy and end up with injuries etc.

Whats your thoughts?

Sorry: allowed to?????

erbimages

allowed to? :laugh:

i don't really condone it, but as long as their husband or boyfriend signs the permission slip, i think it's ok. :laugh:

Hhahah yeah, I recently got my permission slip signed by my husband and can now deadlift almost twice as much as I weigh :drinker:

DavPul

you say they were "milling about". so maybe they were just lifting the heavy things so it would be easier to sweep and mop the floors? i mean, floors ain't gonna clean themselves, amirite?

and cleaning floors certainly isn't a man's work.

RunDoozer

Lifting weights? Who let them out of the kitchen?

Lyadeia

I only say this as I think some women try and "prove" they can lift heavy and end up with injuries etc.

Sorry but this seems more like the sort of thing a guy would do.

I don't, from what I saw men were just getting on with it. The women looked like they were just pushing to hard.

So the men are just screwing around in the weight room while the women you see are trying to improve their fitness.

Gotcha.

Gyms are for socializing and showing off testosterone levels by pumping biceps over their chicken legs. We need to totally kick out all those people trying to lose body fat and get stronger by pushing themselves...

almc170

As long as my uterus doesn't fall out, I'll keep lifting :laugh:

Lifting_Knitter

Lol, allowed to! Ha! This is funny.