For women who lift weights

You made a good point. Besides lifting is better for you; you get a bigger bang for your time. Long after your wt. lifting workout your muscles are still burning cals.

I agree with most posters. The girl just doesn't know what she's talking about. The only thing I would say is make sure you have good form. I lift very heavy weights but work with a trainer so I don't damage myself, just work the muscles I am supposed to be working! Study videos, watch yourself in a mirror make sure you're doing it correctly and you'll come to no harm.

I would also like to throw out there just how strong the female body is. I practiced Chinese martial arts until I was 6.5 months pregnant. I did bag drills, threw men twice my size, and even passed my green sash test. All with child. So there. Lifting heavy weights hurts your uterus my *kitten*. If I can do all that and still have a healthy 9.1lb boy than certainly you can lift 5-10lbs without having to worry about your uterus "dropping on the floor." LOL.

bump.....just off to work....

Hello! I just started lifting weights a few weeks ago. My husband is my trainer. He's tuff! I lift 40 to 50 lbs. I highly recommend it. Strength training is awesome. I'm losing weight and I feel great. Check out this website http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/felicia-romero-muscle-building-program.html I'm starting this new program tomorrow

I just started her cutting program. it's intense, but hopefully worth it in the end!

Wow, I thought I was the only one that was ever fed that whole lifting heavy is bad for the uterus thing. My mother was convinced of it my whole life (and still is). I was never allowed, in her presence, to lift anything in the least bit heavy lest I damage my uterus and any future grandchildren she may have. She would always say "you'll burst your uterus"

I figured out years ago that it is not true and I have never seen anything that supports it to be true. I have to admit I think it's funny, I thought it was just something only my mom said. Ha!

There is a small wicked part of me that giggles at the thought of my uterus bursting all over the gym every time I lift, but maybe that is too much info.

I have just started to lift heavier weights going from 5lbs. to 10 lbs. then a little later will go up again. Since I'm just using my brother's 10-lb. dumbbells so I decided to go to a sporting good store to buy my own sets of 10 & 15 lb dumbbells. However when I went to a sporting good store, a woman sales clerk offered me some that suits for women which is 2-4 lb dumbbells & told me that its not advisable for a woman to lift that heavy like the way I do since it is bad for our uterus. In contrast, I have subscribed to many fitness articles online & all of them said that it is generally OK for women to lift heavy weights. So I just want to know your opinions about this. Is it generally safe for women to lift heavy weights?

Um... that's just so not true. I was going to laugh except she's actually representing herself as "educated" and is handing out totally misleading, false information. Saying you can hurt your uterus is like telling a man never to lift heavy weights because he'll get a hernia. Obviously you don't want to overdo or start out so heavy that you hurt yourself, and you want to go up in weight gradually, but lifting heavy is fine for men and women alike!

I used to be terrified of lifting too much weight because I thought that it would make me bulk up. After working with a trainer & talking to friends who body build I realized just how wrong I was. When I use the free weights, I started out at 5lbs & have recently upgraded to 10lb weight. When on the machines, it varies because I put on just enough weight to add resistance. I have never heard that using anything more than a 4lb weight is bad for your uterus. & like someone else mentioned, if that was the case, then I should have never been able to carry an 8lb baby to full term at 5'1. Lol.

Why in the heck would that be bad for my uterus?! I would think carrying around four babies to term was a lot worse on my uterus than lifting weights would be! Besides, four pregnancies left me with "leakage" issues whereas the weight lifting seems to be helping that go away (after YEARS!) I suspect it's because I'm strengthening muscles that support the area and less pressure is on the bladder. So my uterus can just deal with it.

Lol, wow that lady needs a different job. I've always lifted heavy and I won't stop and I'm perfectly fine. When I do bi's I use 20's right now. 2-4 lbs is going to do nothing for you.

So should I not not pick up my children?? Not carry a can of milk in one hand and 10lb bag of rice in other?? Call hubby to lift that oil container from the top shelf because 'it might hurt my uterus'. LOL I might need to use that one to my advantage.

pfffft... everyone knows that it's running that causes your lady junk to fall out.

This sales woman is pretty much saying don't go grocery shopping, pick up your baby, do house work, and etc, if she only recommends 2-4 lb dumbbells. :noway: I lift 60 - 80 lbs during my strength training for upper body alone, granted they are shorter reps, and my uterus haven't fell, shifted, burst, or dropped out.

My PHYSIO told me that 'a woman's body isn't designed to lift more than 3kg' and that 'Big beefy MALE Personal trainers push women to lift more than they should.

I'm not seeing that physio any more.

I LIFT VARIOUS WEIGHTS, FROM 5LB TO 12LB. DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF EXERCISE IT IS. I FOLLOW P90X.