Re: Women at gym
Wow…such bold statements. I’m assuming you must have some sort of professional background/training in either fitness or medicine in order to make such statements regarding what women “need” when it comes to exercise. Would you mind sharing exactly what background you have that makes you such an expert on what women need when it comes to their bodies?
I’m one of those “tiny” women who use weight machines. I don’t need to lose any weight. When I first starting going to the gym over a year ago, I told my personal trainer that I wanted to gain some “curves” b/c I was so skinny. I was tired of looking like a bag of bones. I meet with my trainer a few times a week, do a little cardio…but 95% of my workout is doing heavy weights and conditional exercises. And I’m happy to say that in the past year, I’ve definately gained curves throughout my body. I’m not fat or muscular…the weights just helped me gain curves all over.
Weight lifting also has other health benefits which can not be gained by doing cardio alone. With anything in life, balance is important. If someone (man or woman; fat or skinny) does cardio alone and ignores every other aspect of exercise, then their “workout” isn’t very balanced now is it?
Below I’m posting 3 articles which mention some benefits of weight training. There are plenty more information online if you take the time to look it up. Hopefully these will help you realize that weight training is a lot more than “bulking up”.
http://weighttraining.about.com/od/benefitsofweighttraining/a/women_weights.htm