"No woman should ever lift more than 3lbs"

I lift more than that at work. I wonder what's going to happen to me.

Um... yeah...this is not the body i want at all. :laugh:

My purse weighs more than that.

Thank goodness. I hate picking up grocery bags and vacuum cleaners.

Evidently, this is not the first time Anderson has said this--I found references going back several years. Evidently she uses body weight routines and elastic bands. So, there is a certain amount of self-marketing hyperbole to that statement, which provides a slightly different context.

But that is not the end of the story. I also uncovered this little gem:

In addition to these intense routines, Tracy helps her clients lose inches by cranking up the heat to 80 degrees. "She likes it hot in the room so you sweat, because she says if the room is hot, you're also burning calories to maintain homeostasis," Gwyneth says. "She's always coming up with new ways to kick up the calorie burning."

That's doubling down on teh stoopid.

(And ladies, unless the above seems legit and plausible for your life, I suggest you keep lifting too.)

Yes, and I want to know, "Does he have a brother??" :bigsmile:

So mothers the world over need to stop lifting up / carrying their babies!!!

I wonder what she would do if she saw me lifting... I mean I don't lift super heavy, but have been known to lift 20 pounds in each arm!

Quick, Mrs Homo erectus, put down that toddler you're carrying *right away*! Don't carry that heavy animal carcass home!! I don't care if you and your kids have nothing else to eat...... you won't get a nice looking body and you might hurt yourself..... if that happens the male Homo erectuses won't want to have sex with you, and if you hurt yourself you'll die and if those things happen you'll never manage to evolve into Homo sapiens and WE'LL ALL DIE!!!! no wait.... we wont even die.... we'll NEVER EXIST AT ALL!!!!

Mrs Australopithecus afarensis, that's right Lucy dear, you too. And Mrs Ardipithecus ramidus. You must all be weak and feeble or you'll never evolve into us. You just have to *sit around and look pretty* all day long. Forget trying to survive and protecting your kids from predators and finding enough food to eat. Just *sit around and look pretty* and don't lift anything heavier than 3lb. Even though you have absolutely *no concept* of what 3lb means at all. You know, our species, Homo sapiens is kind of relying on you surviving through the pliocene and pleistocene sufficiently well to evolve into us.






how the fricking hell did we manage to evolve if it's dangerous for women to lift more than 3lb??????

http://thedailybanter.com/2013/09/tracy-anderson-and-the-myth-behind-celebrity-trainers-and-diets/

Notice the part where it mentions Gwyneth Paltrow got diagnosed with low levels of vitamin D and pre-osteoperosis, something Doctors who reviewed the diet Tracy Anderson recommends predicted!

I also found this gem of a quote. It hurts to read it, but I almost can't stop looking up new stupid quotes!

"I really wish that women would stop spinning. I say that with such conviction because almost every day in my office, I see women crying and unhappy because they can't fit into their jeans, because of the thigh bulking. There are some women who don’t have the genetic capability to build muscle, and they can do something like that without being affected. That’s a very small percentage of the female population, though. Ninety-eight percent of women will bulk completely. The problem with it is that it doesn’t show right away. You may lose a little bit of weight at first because it’s an easy calorie burn, but it’s not worth what happens to your muscles."

:noway: that's bad!!!!!! someone please slap that woman with a 3lb dumbbell..... FFS. Crying because you can't fit into your jeans is a) not something that people who work in offices do on a regular basis. Maybe she has a freakily over-sensitive colleague who cries every day because she can't fit into her jeans but it's not exactly typical. and b) due to BODY FAT not muscle.

I'm genetically gifted in the quads department, as in I have naturally big quads that I've bulked up with exercise. And guess what......... *I fit into the same size jeans as I did before I did any bulking* (i.e. the result of eating at a surplus and gaining 10lb while doing dumbbell squats and deadlifts) AND *I fit into much smaller jeans than I did when I was obese* (i.e. the result of eating at a deficit while lifting)

Honestly. That woman needs to be slapped about the head with a 3lb fish. (I'm too nice to actually hit anyone with a 3lb dumbbell so the fish will have to do).

ETA: that's sad about Gwyneth Paltrow getting diagnosed with pre-osteoporosis. I wish more people would see the connection between these things.

In for no more grocery shopping and house work.

Your first mistake was watching Piers Morgan!

Ironic that the average human brain weighs 3 lbs. Apparently that was too much for her to carry around.

Hah, that made me snicker!

What a dummy. I think I'll stick to picking up my kids AND lifting heavy. I'll gladly give up the laundry basket, bags of groceries, and all that business though if she wants to hire me some help!

Ironic that the average human brain weighs 3 lbs. Apparently that was too much for her to carry around.

Hahaha...that's awesome! :laugh:

Wonder if I need to go meander down to the ER this morning. I must be injured...I repeatedly lifted 56.6 times that last night. Am I going to be ok?

I think Gwyneth and Tracy both follow the business plan of "If you can't generate buzz by being smart, talented or interesting, do so by being a loud-mouthed moron." I think Gwyneth is Most Hated Celebrity for 2013. If there was a list for trainers, I think Tracy would top it.