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Women and weightlifting

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    #32
    wasabi
    Registered Users Posts: 370 ✭✭wasabi


    In fact, women who lift weights will not only NOT turn into men, but will reap many benefits, ranging from looking nicely toned to less risk of osteoporosis in later life. Not to mention the fact that if you ever need to lift heavy things in your day to day life that becomes much easier.


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    #33
    Dragan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,497 ✭✭✭✭Dragan


    Babybing wrote: »
    Eh the human male is stronger physically than the human female. Im afraid thats a fact not a sexist comment.

    It amazes me that anybody would get offended by that and try to argue it.

    Its the equivalent of a man being upset when somebody tells them they cannot give birth:rolleyes: Seriously people need to relax about this.

    Did you actually read the thread?
    Or the main issues people had with Nuravictus's posts?


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    #34
    Vegeta
    Registered Users Posts: 11,394 ✭✭✭✭Vegeta


    g'em wrote: »
    A woman can never naturally look like that, it is biologically, hormonally impossible.

    Except maybe Rosie

    Anyway yeah, here are my views on the several themes running through this thread.

    Is it ok for women to lift heavy weights? hell yeah, health benefits aside, they're usually super hot as a result.

    Will women turn into she-hulks if they lift weights? Nope, unless they start doin something drastic with their hormone levels.

    Are men stronger than women generally? Yes, speaking in generalities, I would think so.

    Are there women stronger than your average man? Definitely.


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    #35
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    wasabi wrote: »
    In fact, women who lift weights will not only NOT turn into men, but will reap many benefits, ranging from looking nicely toned to less risk of osteoporosis in later life. Not to mention the fact that if you ever need to lift heavy things in your day to day life that becomes much easier.
    I agree. If I can be pervy/chauvinistic/blokish for a moment, the best women's bodies I've ever been with have all included weights in their fitness regime. Not those poncy little pink "weights" either. IMHO if you're a woman and want a bum to die for, squats, squats and more squats.* The handy thing is they didn't have to starve themselves either. Muscle burns calories like a bugger even when relaxed. So they could have their cake and eat it, so to speak. Result all around I would have thought.







    *allied with good diet and cardio so as I don't get into trouble with the fitness forum mods.:)

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #36
    justsomebloke
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    pah, this is the 36th reply and still no pics of some natural female lifters!!!!

    Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    Oh and some of the sexiest women I have seen and known lift weights, and they are by no means manly. Also in relation to women who train to the max becoming manly, you only need to meet g'em and wasabi to know that argument goes out the window


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    #37
    Vegeta
    Registered Users Posts: 11,394 ✭✭✭✭Vegeta


    Joe the Plumber wrote: »
    pah, this is the 36th reply and still no pics of some natural female lifters!!!!

    Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    I was afraid of the ban stick or accusations of being a chauvinistic pig. :(


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    #38
    EamonnKeane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 950 ✭✭✭EamonnKeane


    Nuravictus wrote: »
    Its more of a blood flow issue if I remember correctly. A mans heart will just stop under the stress & trauma. I’m not 100% sure.
    ??? A man's heart is much larger than a woman's and pumps (on average) twice the volume of blood. And there is rarely trauma (in the medical sense) in childbirth.

    Also, re. periods, if a women did a lot of heavy exercise, couldn't her body fat go too low to menstruate?


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    #39
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Rarely trauma ?
    ROFL


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    #40
    g'em
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    EamonnKeane wrote: »
    Also, re. periods, if a women did a lot of heavy exercise, couldn't her body fat go too low to menstruate?
    Yes, that can certainly happen, it happened to me when I dieted down to very low bodyfat. Amenhorrea (the absence of menstruation) is somewhat common in high end athletes but it's down to low bodyfat levels and stress and not increased testosterone as has been suggested on the thread.

    As for the photos, I have no problem with them as long as they promote the idea of women lifting.

    In other words, no Jamie Eason shots please.


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    #41
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,280 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    g'em wrote: »
    As for the photos, I have no problem with them as long as they promote the idea of women lifting.

    In other words, no Jamie Eason shots please.

    /Googles Jamie Eason and approves ;)


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    #42
    LightningBolt
    Registered Users Posts: 1,639 ✭✭✭LightningBolt


    g'em wrote: »
    In other words, no Jamie Eason shots please.

    I'd opened this thread expecting to see a picture of her!


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