pink dumbbells

what has been said about pink dumbbells, misconceptions about lifting heavy, and women who lift...

pink dumbbells = light weight. 

"the weights women use because they don't want to be too muscular. weights used by cardio queens who don't lift often or regularly, and when they do "lift" they use the "little pink dumbbells" often found in the "girl" part of the gym. they are light weight and brightly colored and made to appeal to females who want to lift something pretty and look pretty while doing it. women who want to "tone" use these.

women are still being told even by personal trainers to lift light. women are told they will get big muscles if they lift heavy. the majority of women are ignorant, largely due to the large amount of crap and misleading info out there and the fact most personal trainers don't know their butt from their elbow. girls in the gym don't know any better and haven't had the proper training. many women aspire to look like the models in magazines, Victoria's secret etc. they have no muscle whatsoever and therefore, thier goal is to stay 'small'. women think if they lift heavy, they'll bulk up and look "big".

people automatically assume these women are scared of getting bulky and are falling victim to a myth. Nobody ever seems to consider that light weight is all these women CAN lift. Not every woman using light weights is an ignorant lifter, she may just be weak. the majority of women don’t like the look of muscle on themselves or others. the majority of women feel that men prefer the lack of look of muscle on the body. the majority felt that Jessica Biel and Hilary Swank (in MDB) define “bulky.” the majority of the women expressed little interest in lifting weight, even if it didn’t result in a “bulking” effect. a large majority of women would rather be too thin than either too fat or too muscular. more women choose to be fat over muscular. based on the actress looks, women prefer softer and trim over too lean or too muscular."
 
Why should women lift weights?

muscle is hot. most female celebrities lift weights, and that's how to get the 'toned' look that most of us want. also, muscle burns calories just to sustain itself, so it's easier to keep your weight down if you have more muscle.

I don't want to be a muscle freak

Yeah, neither do I. Luckily, it's not gonna happen. Female bodybuilders (the muscle freaks) got that way by following a specific training regime where they:

1. Do steroids
2. Eat 5000+ calories a day to put on muscle
3. Have rare genetics that allow them to build so much muscle
4. Have been doing 1 and 2 for at least 5 years



Leave the pink dumbbells in the door jam and lift. (start there, do not stay stay there.)



i promise you and i can not stress it enough, lifting heavy weights will not cause you to look like this.........

if you still don't believe me take a look at this... women can be strong and not look like that.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2XEI2InseCg