This is what is wrong with the fitness industry

I don't think it was fair to comment on the model's fitness level. Lots of women don't want to be muscular -- and no I don't mean "bulky" or "manly." I mean they don't necessarily want the kind of arms and legs that a lot of the women on this site seem to be shooting for. Some people like to lift light with their girly weights and get it done that way, and you CAN and DO still see results from that, just different ones. I wish more people on this site would see that.

I agree, I honestly thought she was a little chubby

If you think THAT'S chubby, you have some very unrealistic expectations of women. her ribs were visible, come on.

I took that as a joke/sarcasm and I'm a woman.

OP, you are way too vested in this.


Here, have a donut.

Not to mention, virtually no one needs a 10lb. kettlebell. Even an 18 is kinda puny for most things.

I'm willing to admit that I own a 15 lb kettlebell, but use it for very specific things (windmills, for instance - my shoulders have both been injured so many times that I don't trust anything much heavier in case a shoulder gives out. I would rather drop 15 lbs on my ribs than 35 or 50 lbs). For regular workouts, though, trying to do swings or snatches or almost anything else with a 10 lb weight would just be a waste of time. You might as well swing your purse around (hell, most women's purses probably weigh more than that).

They make it bigger because they use a lower density material to make it more aesthetic.

You can't make pink iron.

So putting a pic of woman of less muscluar body type to adervtize lifting equipment somehow offends your sensibilities? It just seems strange to me that you would feel that way and i felt it worth pointing out.

I'm sure simply minded people who have trouble thinking for themselves will always be lead by the nose from advertizing.

That model in the pic is lifting a whopping 20 lbs over her head. You don't need to have a sizeable amount of mass to accomplish such a feat.

I know exactly what you mean. You would not believe the reactions I am getting when I tell people I want to start weight lifting...

I lol'd. I decided to start weight training a few weeks ago and when I told my friends that I want to start doing lifts, all of them were like "But you're gonna look like a dude?!"

They make it bigger because they use a lower density material to make it more aesthetic.

You can't make pink iron.

No but you can paint it. I can't put the URL because it has d*icks in it but they sell a pink iron one, at 8kg.

So the problem with the fitness industry is that D*i*c*k*s doesn't sell heavy enough pink kettlebells and models aren't muscular enough?

Maybe the problem with consumers is that people are too particular about their kettlebell color and the muscle mass of random models.

just admit that this has everything to do with the fact that you are (OP) butt hurt that you can't but pink kettbells, and just a little bit less with the evil fitness industry controlling your workout based on what color they make what amount of weight.

Oh, but you totally can.

https://sites.google.com/site/kauaferreiralimafas/cff-pink-44-lb-20-kg-russian-kettlebell-chalk-block-great-for-cross-training-and-mma-training

You can even get them skull shaped.

http://www.ironskullfitness.com/70-POUND-SKULLBELL-THE-DEUCE-CS70.htm

And that was just through a cursory search (although I admit that I had the skull shaped ones bookmarked). Granted, mine are all black, but if one wanted them in pink, you could get them.

The problem the OP is trying to point out is that the fitness industry is forever telling women that if you lift anything "too heavy" you'll get "bulky" and "look like a man" and we all know that it isn't true. If you have ever looked inside a women's fitness magazine, you get pictures of fitness models holding tiny pink 2 lb dumbbells accompanying articles about how to get "toned" without "getting bulky".

Yes, on average women are a bit weaker but not THAT much...

Men's raw bench press world record: 710 pounds
Women's raw bench press world record: 430 pounds

So...yes...men are in fact that much stronger.

We are not talking about comparing the strongest man on earth to the strongest woman on earth at a lift that men are exceptionally stronger at than women. Not to mention the need to factor weight into those kinds of numbers, I'm guessing there is less difference between relative squat numbers.

However, if we are comparing untrained males to untrained females in exercises that aren't challenging the absolute limit that an individual can lift, I would have to seriously doubt that the strongest female novice is weaker than the weakest male novice.

Squats and deadlifts are a different story, but if we're talking about bench....I had to train for at least 6-8 months to bench press what most untrained men can bench press, and I'm pretty serious about my training and fairly strong for a woman.