Women who lift heavy will lose their estrogen.....

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  • tig_ol_bitties
    tig_ol_bitties Posts: 561 Member
    if you *kitten* you'll grow hair on your hands.

    BWAHAHAHA!!! You literally just made me choke on my lunch!
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Always look for your own answers, with your dr, with the internet. Most meat heads in the gym hate girls in "their" section. I get "dont come in here" looks all the time.

    Honestly this is the exact opposite of my experience. All the guys in the weight room have been really great to me. The girls, not so much.
  • BlueInkDot
    BlueInkDot Posts: 702 Member
    lol oops I swore a bit in that post didn't I. Haha oops, sorry :blushing: Unintentional!!
  • Mallory0418
    Mallory0418 Posts: 723 Member
    Yeah I don't think I would have been able to listen to that. I would have re-racked my huge heavy weights and walked up to them and said "Um, no." Then I would have asked the girl to spot me. Sheesh...
  • Nopedotjpeg
    Nopedotjpeg Posts: 1,805 Member
    To the guys: "You're both ****ing stupid."
    To the woman: "Go do some research and don't listen to these idiots."
  • snookumss
    snookumss Posts: 1,451 Member
    LOL I personally would have interrupted the convo (if I wasnt' still stunned by their idiocy) and at least made sure she understood that it wasn't true!
  • myak623
    myak623 Posts: 615 Member
    I would've had to say something. Only because they would've noticed me rolling on the floor laughing and pointing in their direction.
  • Josie_lifting_cats
    Josie_lifting_cats Posts: 949 Member
    Yes.....I really heard two guys telling a lady at the gym this last night. They also told her she shouldn't really lift weights and if she does she should be doing 15-20 reps. I couldn't help but overhear and I couldn't believe they were telling her that. I didn't say anything......I probably should have.....I tried to catch her afterwards but she was on an elliptical machine and I didn't want to be that guy interrupting her workout? Would you have said something? said something afterwards? Catch her next time I see her? Just forget you heard it?

    Holy crap. I want some guy to tell me that. I'd beat the sh.... out of him.

    Hopefully she knows better.... but women, when told something by men, sometimes take it seriously because we want men to think we're attractive. I'm not of that variety. I punched a guy in the face once because he was giving me crap about my already big boobs and how bench pressing was just going to make them look more "freakish".

    Luckily that was in high school lifting class, and my instructor was kind enough to ignore it when the girls defended themselves.
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    Just to clarify also......I think the woman really took it in...She was asking more questions etc......I will try to catch her next time. It was actually quite humorous because these guys were the same ones doing their tricep pull downs by putting all of their weight over the bar and pushing it down like a chest press.....
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Just to clarify also......I think the woman really took it in...She was asking more questions etc......I will try to catch her next time. It was actually quite humorous because these guys were the same ones doing their tricep pull downs by putting all of their weight over the bar and pushing it down like a chest press.....

    You might consider saying something to management especially if they do it again to someone else.. They should not be discouraging anyone from being in any part of the gym or offering unsolicited and very poor advice.
  • Anomalia
    Anomalia Posts: 506 Member
    There are plenty of resources available for her to do her own research.
  • Scott613
    Scott613 Posts: 2,317 Member
    Yes.....I really heard two guys telling a lady at the gym this last night. They also told her she shouldn't really lift weights and if she does she should be doing 15-20 reps. I couldn't help but overhear and I couldn't believe they were telling her that. I didn't say anything......I probably should have.....I tried to catch her afterwards but she was on an elliptical machine and I didn't want to be that guy interrupting her workout? Would you have said something? said something afterwards? Catch her next time I see her? Just forget you heard it?
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  • Frankenbarbie01
    Frankenbarbie01 Posts: 432 Member
    Well...I think since you are still thinking about it you know whats right =)
    Personally I would watch for her and politely say that you overheard the conversation and have a different opinion. Assure her she isnt damaging her hormones by working out hard:ohwell: then suggest where she could find accurate and usefull information.



    You would think the guys would have been more 'sensitive' LOL
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    Always look for your own answers, with your dr, with the internet. Most meat heads in the gym hate girls in "their" section. I get "dont come in here" looks all the time.

    Honestly this is the exact opposite of my experience. All the guys in the weight room have been really great to me. The girls, not so much.

    same here. i've been around coed weight rooms for almost 20 years and in that time I've only had 2 bad experiences and in both those experiences before i had a chance to tell the dude in question to STFU, another male meathead would step him and do it for me.

    not saying women cant have bad experiences in weight rooms but i havent. and as far as getting dirty looks, i dont count that as a bad experience because a look doesnt mean anything. i pay my fees like anyone else if guys dont like me in their weight room they can mean mug to their hearts content and can also kiss my fat *kitten*
  • Il_DaniD_lI
    Il_DaniD_lI Posts: 1,593 Member
    What a bunch of bullies! YES, you should definitely speak to her next time you see her and tell her not to listen to those morons. I'm sure she would appreciate it.
  • Il_DaniD_lI
    Il_DaniD_lI Posts: 1,593 Member
    Good thing those guys are lifting and keeping their estrogen levels up. I'm sure since they hang so much, their periods have synchonized already.

    :laugh:
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    Another thing.....I don't think they were trying to keep her from using the area.....I think they actually thought they were trying to help....they were just idiots
  • maserati185
    maserati185 Posts: 263 Member
    Good thing those guys are lifting and keeping their estrogen levels up. I'm sure since they hang so much, their periods have synchonized already.

    hehehe... I say talk to her, but don't assume she doesn't already think they are idiots. :)
  • karinaes
    karinaes Posts: 570 Member
    Drop a copy of New Rules for Lifting for Women in front of the elliptical?
    this. :wink:
  • timadotcom
    timadotcom Posts: 653 Member
    Yes.....I really heard two guys telling a lady at the gym this last night. They also told her she shouldn't really lift weights and if she does she should be doing 15-20 reps. I couldn't help but overhear and I couldn't believe they were telling her that. I didn't say anything......I probably should have.....I tried to catch her afterwards but she was on an elliptical machine and I didn't want to be that guy interrupting her workout? Would you have said something? said something afterwards? Catch her next time I see her? Just forget you heard it?

    Why wouldn't you say something right then and there? She would have appreciated it for a few reasons; she wouldn't have to go through the effort of working out only to get little to no results and then possibly look like a fool for 'not doing it right'.
  • sexyrosey
    sexyrosey Posts: 137
    That is the reason that people like me won't go to that side of the gym!
  • darkmouzy
    darkmouzy Posts: 227 Member
    I must say my piece even if it is short...

    Douche bags.
  • jcr85
    jcr85 Posts: 229
    Yes.....I really heard two guys telling a lady at the gym this last night. They also told her she shouldn't really lift weights and if she does she should be doing 15-20 reps. I couldn't help but overhear and I couldn't believe they were telling her that. I didn't say anything......I probably should have.....I tried to catch her afterwards but she was on an elliptical machine and I didn't want to be that guy interrupting her workout? Would you have said something? said something afterwards? Catch her next time I see her? Just forget you heard it?


    Lifting weights creates does increase your testosterone level thus reducing estrogen your production. Even though the changes in hormone levels are relatively minor what those guys said is true.

    Also when first starting a lifting program there is a pretty mainstream way of thinking that you should start out with light weights and high reps until you feel comfortable with the lifts and are able to do each lift with proper form.

    So if I were you I would just mind my own business and focus on my own workout but hey that's me.
  • MinnesotaManimal
    MinnesotaManimal Posts: 642 Member
    Yes.....I really heard two guys telling a lady at the gym this last night. They also told her she shouldn't really lift weights and if she does she should be doing 15-20 reps. I couldn't help but overhear and I couldn't believe they were telling her that. I didn't say anything......I probably should have.....I tried to catch her afterwards but she was on an elliptical machine and I didn't want to be that guy interrupting her workout? Would you have said something? said something afterwards? Catch her next time I see her? Just forget you heard it?

    Holy crap. I want some guy to tell me that. I'd beat the sh.... out of him.

    Hopefully she knows better.... but women, when told something by men, sometimes take it seriously because we want men to think we're attractive. I'm not of that variety. I punched a guy in the face once because he was giving me crap about my already big boobs and how bench pressing was just going to make them look more "freakish".

    Luckily that was in high school lifting class, and my instructor was kind enough to ignore it when the girls defended themselves.

    Im an awfully proud Husband right now. not even joking.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    Yes.....I really heard two guys telling a lady at the gym this last night. They also told her she shouldn't really lift weights and if she does she should be doing 15-20 reps. I couldn't help but overhear and I couldn't believe they were telling her that. I didn't say anything......I probably should have.....I tried to catch her afterwards but she was on an elliptical machine and I didn't want to be that guy interrupting her workout? Would you have said something? said something afterwards? Catch her next time I see her? Just forget you heard it?

    I would have d!ck punched the two guys, and then dragged her away to a little place called reality. I can't believe that they would suggest that she'd lose her estrogen! What a giant pile of horse *kitten*!

    Or I would have laughed so uncontrollably that they'd have no choice as to ask me what was so funny and then replied "you brain."
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    *kitten*!!! My estrogen just fell right out of my vag! Someone... help me find it....
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    *kitten*!!! My estrogen just fell right out of my vag! Someone... help me find it....

    But that would mean stopping the party up in there long enough to hunt it down . . . can it wait?
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Lose their estrogen?? What does that even mean? Hopefully she's not stupid and just ignored them, or at least went home and hit and internet for the truth.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    *kitten*!!! My estrogen just fell right out of my vag! Someone... help me find it....

    But that would mean stopping the party up in there long enough to hunt it down . . . can it wait?

    The longer we wait the more time it has to run away!!
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    If I were there and had been witty enough (because I'm never witty until after the fact) I would have retorted back with something along the lines of "What? Are you afraid that a "girl" is going to be more "manly" than you?"

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