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Lungs hurt when running outside
I tried to run outside again today. This is a periodic thing for me, because I can't understand why it seems to be so impossible. I keep blaming it on being out of shape, but it just doesn't make sense. I can run on an elliptical for an hour without stopping or slowing down now. I can run on a treadmill without my lungs…
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Women, Muscles, and "Bulk:" A historical perspective
There are a million threads about women and "bulky" muscles, but yes I am starting a new one. Are you worried that lifting heavy weights, lifting light weights, or even just running on an elliptical will make you "bulk up" and look like a man? Please, consider this. You exist today because thousands of your female…
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Lifting (barbells) without a rack
I've recently started back in the gym after more years off than I care to think about, and my current gym doesn't have a rack for the olympic bar. I'm also stuck with the st00pid Smith machine for squats, it is at least one of the newer variety that allows some horizontal movement but it bugs the $#@ out of me. Any tips…
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CBS poll asks if woman is too fat to cheer
This is why so many women are so screwed up about weight and moral judgments that they're terrified to eat more than 1200 calories a day. http://www.blogher.com/too-fat-be-cheerleader-cbs-houston-polls-readers-weight-okc-thunder-girl And a cached version of the original story, which has now been taken down:…
