Perceprions of female athletes

Harry said:Young women are mostly clueless about nutrition and exercise.

There is this obsession with cardio, detox, crash diets and starvation and they end up going nowhere. They get trapped in a vicious cycle and it basically consumes their whole life.

I can count just 1 woman who listened to advice I gave her about nutrition and exercise, what websites were good and what she should avoid.

I tried it with a number of women I knew over the years and they looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language, and not a language they liked the sound of either.

You tell a woman to lift a barbell, 9/10 she will laugh in your face and believe the communal gym instructors regime about zumba and other s**t.

JC said:Found this to be a really interesting article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/20304500

I found this para unfortunate, if not suprising:

"According to the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation, one of the major reasons why so many girls and young women drop out of sport is that they don't like the way it makes them look.

In their report, Changing the Game for Girls, nearly half the secondary school girls they questioned said they thought that getting sweaty was not feminine."

Chernobyl said:Stupid fingers!!
Anywho...im a female strength athlete, ive been met with a whole plethora of responses from men and women about what i do! I do remember some girls telling me they wouldnt want to look like me...ladies-it takes a whole load a training and cakes to look like me!! Before strongwoman i trained for physique and lifted fairly heavy!
Most guys i meet now are very positive about what i do...and that could be because i mostly hang around with guys what lift....
I have been shouted at to go home and cook for my husband and kids rather than b in the gym (ha ha i have neither) hmmm...maybe cos im always in the gym?!

Cuddles said:
I don't think that's female specific at all. Most men haven't a clue and display a lot of the behaviour that you observe.
99% of the people who i have spoken to in gyms had no intention of listening to the advice that they often courted. It's just the way it is.

Harry said:
Maybe you should go buy your hubbie and kids a protein bar!

Harry said:
I know what you mean but with men you have a bigger chance of them listening or doing something but women? They're a brick wall too ingrained with the ideals of hollywood and glossy magazines touting the newest craze.
I couldn't possibly stay sane with a GF who moans about her weight and reads that s**t.

Harry said:Young women are mostly clueless about nutrition and exercise.

There is this obsession with cardio, detox, crash diets and starvation and they end up going nowhere. They get trapped in a vicious cycle and it basically consumes their whole life.

I can count just 1 woman who listened to advice I gave her about nutrition and exercise, what websites were good and what she should avoid.

I tried it with a number of women I knew over the years and they looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language, and not a language they liked the sound of either.

You tell a woman to lift a barbell, 9/10 she will laugh in your face and believe the communal gym instructors regime about zumba and other s**t.

Steve said:
Most people simply aren't interested in and don't enjoy barbells and weight training. Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of people line up to compete in marathons each year, with many more being turned disappointed. Perhaps people simply aren't naturally designed for strength work and actually prefer aerobic exercise.
Maybe humans really are "Born to Run"