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2004/10/16, 05:34 PM
i have been around gyms for a while, and i swear if one more man tells me not to do shrugs, upright rows, or deadlifts because it's not "sexy," or will make me look not "sexy," i think i'm going beat him over the head with an ez bar. it's meatheads like this that make women who don't know any better scared to lift heavy and correctly, and it really pisses me off.
i know i've made posts to this effect before, but seriously, i'm tired of smiling and nodding and pretending to care when these men lecture me on how to create the body that THEY want me to have.
that will be all for now. :dumbbell::angry::dumbbell:
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i wish you ill, ice-t.
margarine is a liar who announces, "i am butter!"
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2004/10/16, 05:39 PM
Howdie, I think you are VERY sexy.
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Anni
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Hard work must have killed somebody
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2004/10/16, 07:14 PM
Don't even bother to smile and nod or pretend to care. They are idiots who can't see how pretty you are. Tell them to tape it to a brick and shove up sideways.
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2004/10/16, 08:43 PM
A good idea is not to make eye contact with them! Or wear a set of earphones.
I wear earphones so no nobody talks to me, even though they are not plugged in to anything! I am very into my training and used to get sucked in to talking.
Then again, you can drop a bb or db on the floor near them!
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/16, 10:06 PM
Challange 'em to a game of nutball, howdie.
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I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol
Charlie
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2004/10/16, 10:14 PM
I totally agree with you howdie... I get that same thing ALL the time, guys are like, "Why are you doing shrugs"... hmm I wonder... :cool:
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My mind tells me to win, my spirit shows me how, and my body delivers.
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2004/10/16, 11:47 PM
If the guys at the gym are telling you this, they obviously don't know that the most important part of trying to burn fat or get toned is weight training, so they are ignorant. I think it's very attractive when A woman is lifting.
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious.
--Vince Lombardi
"Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." H. L. Hunt
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2004/10/17, 01:06 AM
you're right aron, and that's exactly my point. these men think that somehow by me lifting as much as i do that i'm going to get bigger than they are. if they had the slightest shred of knowledge about the principles of strength training and even endocrinology, they would know that 1) muscle tissue is your primary fat burning agent, thus the reason for trying to build it in order to get lean, and 2) women don't have the testosterone it takes to get bulky naturally.
one day a man actually took his shirt off and showed me which muscles he had that were not attractive on women, and that i should not try to build. he told me i needed to model my body after bo derrick. i don't WANT to look like bo derrick. marion jones and nicole tom are more my style.
my point in my ranting is this: when these guys say this to me, it's degrading, but it's not like i don't know better than to ignore them. what scares me is that people like this are spreading crap to unsuspecting women who have no idea that what they're saying is a load of manure. this is not a self-confidence issue for me. i take plenty of quiet pride in my body and in my lifting numbers and nothing that any dim-witted gym mega-ego says to me is going to change the way i lift. like i said, my concern is that in other scenarios, these guys are perpetuating the seemingly universal fear among women that they will become unattractive because they lift weights.
p.s. thanks for the kind words anni and dani, though i wasn't fishing, it's not my style. plus i don't know how to take compliments very well. so, uh, thank you...:backs into corner shyly:
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i wish you ill, ice-t.
margarine is a liar who announces, "i am butter!"
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2004/10/17, 07:13 AM
Well come out of the corner, stop being shy, and do some shrugs!
You look great. You will never stop meat heads like that from spreading false facts. You can however be the model for women to follow. Be as vocal as those idiots are, but with the right information. Keep training and spreading the GOOD word on utrition and exercise!
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2004/10/17, 07:29 AM
You could always ask them "What you gonna do to get sexy?" and then proceed to rhyme off a whole list of things they'd need to do to get anywhere near it.
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2004/10/17, 11:41 AM
My wife goes through the same thing, alot of guys won't work in with her...she makes them feel infreior with the weights! Keep it up Howdie!
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If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
bb1fit@freetrainers.com
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2004/10/17, 12:55 PM
:laugh: i love it!
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You could always ask them "What you gonna do to get sexy?" and then proceed to rhyme off a whole list of things they'd need to do to get anywhere near it.
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i wish you ill, ice-t.
margarine is a liar who announces, "i am butter!"
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2004/10/17, 11:07 PM
I think your hott...........I persoanlly like to watch girls deadlift and squat :):laugh:
I love toned muscular legs(drool)
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2004/10/17, 11:11 PM
guess the same thing can be said for guys, all the mags never have a guy over 200lbs( very few over) and they all have 6 packs and toned chests.......but they never show legs for some reason lol. But thats just the way society is I guess.
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2004/10/18, 08:22 AM
Howdie - I have even read magazine article that suggest women shouldn't do shrugs because 'looking like a linebacker' isn't attarcative.
And I picked up a copy of the most recent publication - "Women's Health" out of curiosity.. one article about training actually said not to go heavy because 'one set of manly delts' in the family was enough.
Is there a grand conspiracy to keep women puny and defenseless????
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\"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\" Marcel Proust
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2004/10/18, 10:30 AM
I've told this before but it's been a while.
I used to tease my wife because she had little chicken bones and no muscle. One day I asked her what would happen if I was hanging from a cliff and she was the only one around to pull me back up. She kissed me sweetly on the cheek and said "I guess you're toast". Now that she is working out I think I have a better chance of getting back up the cliff with her help.
Any woman who can save my life is very sexy in my book.:big_smile:
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2004/10/18, 11:49 AM
Good taste, Howdie!!! Marion Jones is freaking HOT!!! Even when the baton doesn't get passed properly... Or when she's laying in the sand on a scratched long jump. And she has that cute face that still makes her look young and fun. :love:
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I will never grow up, just old.
Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
- Carl Zwanzig
Jonathan
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2004/10/18, 02:07 PM
asimmer, i find that laughable. what's even funnier is that in my circumstances, if i were somehow able to build "manly delts," they would be the only set in my house...as for the heavy shrugs, i have the most wonderful soreness in my traps today from doing 60lb db shrugs. women's health can kiss my rear.
charlie, i would save you 10 times out of 10 if you were hanging off a cliff. hopefully your wife can too!
and jonathan, i will never have a problem looking young. the same man that took of his shirt and showed me all his muscles thought i was 17. that's right...i'm 22.
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i wish you ill, ice-t.
margarine is a liar who announces, "i am butter!"
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2004/10/18, 02:18 PM
Howdie I love you but nope I'm pretty much still a dead man if it comes down to Elaine saving me but I did give her your email address incase I find myself dangling from Washington's nose on Mt Rushmore. I do feel safer. She is also very proud of her newfound muscles as am I.
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I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol
Charlie
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2004/10/23, 07:12 AM
andrew is that a complaint that you dont get to look at mens legs?
howdie i think your beautiful.
What you should say is 'well even if you dont think im sexy, at least i can do this' then beat them to a pulp with your muscles. They are probably just embarrased as you can lift more than them and are better looking than they ever will be or there wives
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2004/10/23, 07:15 AM
Shrug away Howdie. You rock!
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2004/11/23, 12:32 PM
Sexy is..a self assured woman in great shape..one who lifts and defines her body to HER standards and goals..who has the strong mind and will to form and mold her body, the desire to achive goals, and the drive to be what she wants to be.
But then again, thats my thoughts, I could be wrong..
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2004/11/23, 01:13 PM
Nope Cody I think you're right on the button
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2004/11/23, 02:23 PM
I'm with you on that, Cody.
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I will never grow up, just old.
Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
- Carl Zwanzig
Jonathan
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2004/11/23, 02:29 PM
Beelzabubba Buffalo is sexy if you can get past the slobber.
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I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol
Charlie
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2004/11/24, 10:05 AM
I 'm just sayiing in the mags, the modelsalways show off thir chest and arms and crap, but never full body. Cause more than likly they have chicken legs. But women think thats sexy I guess lol j/k
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andrew is that a complaint that you dont get to look at mens legs?
howdie i think your beautiful.
What you should say is 'well even if you dont think im sexy, at least i can do this' then beat them to a pulp with your muscles. They are probably just embarrased as you can lift more than them and are better looking than they ever will be or there wives
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2004/11/24, 10:08 AM
I think howdie is sexy
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2004/11/25, 06:46 AM
1 more reason to buy an ipod...to avoid jerks...
and accidents do happen...;)....sometimes a 60 just might slip....and fall on someone's toes....
I also don't understand giving anyone advice when they don't ask for it...it's like one of the gym etiquette rules...
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2004/11/25, 07:16 AM
I'd do you in a new york minute.
Hottie.
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A morning without coffee is like something without something else.
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