Before I get into my real post...Did you SEE the men's 4x100 freestyle swim last night? Woohoo! Even if you're not any kind of athlete, THAT has got to get you off your seat excited about competition! Very cool race.
I am taking a distance learning course right now titled, "Sculpting HER Body Perfect". I call it "Female Body Sculpting". I am very excited about the class and very excited about the things I'm learning. But at the same time I'm learning the challenges associated with women's fitness. Challenges that our male counterparts just don't deal with. Here's some of our frustrations:
+Women produce very little testosterone. We make about one-tenth of this hormone as men do. Testosterone is anabolic. That means that it is a muscle builder. The more testosterone you secrete, the more likely you are to "pack on the muscle." And again...muscle burns fat.
+Women tend to store body fat. On average, women carry DOUBLE the amount of fat as men. DOUBLE!! There's a biological reason for this which I won't go into, but basically our fat cells are different than men's. On top of that, estrogen is involved in the storage of body fat.
+We have a menstrual cycle. This makes us want to eat more and exercise less.
+We get pregnant. Need I say more?
+Women are often intimidated by strength training. Again, muscle burns fat. Let's not be intimidated!
So that's the bad news. The good news? Our hard work and consistency with our workouts will pay off. I've seen it happen.
I'm setting my clothes out for my AM workout right now.
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All true...however, testosterone has a ton of downfalls like acne, hairiness (ewww), and that whole male aggression thing. And, well, we smell better than they do :)
ps - what did you think of that Her Fitness magazine I gave you? I loved the personal bios of the big time athletes and the running sections were less intimidating than the stuff in runners world. what about you?
Yeah...I agree. A lot more applicable to the average joe runner/fitness junkie than Runner's World seems to be. It also has shorter articles! That makes it a bit easier to read!
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