I happened upon this last night and it gave me a chuckle, mostly because it's foretelling my future. That is, if I decide to have children, which at the tender age of 24 is still TBA.
The article poses this question: Should pregnant woman lift weights? If you know anything about me, you already know my opinions on that, but I thought it was funny that the question was asked in the first place. Being pregnant isn't a handicap; thewalking incubator is still (presumably) a fully functioning human...she just happens to also be carrying another human in her stomach. As long as she's not slamming anything against her stomach, I see no reason why she couldn't lift weights.
I've talked to you guys about this before...about how people think women are too fragile to lift weights...about how we'll somehow damage our ladies parts...about how our uterus will fall out, and how lifting magically prevents you from having children. I've been lifting for 13 yrs and trust me when I tell you my uterus is just fine. And for those who have seen me in person, you know I'm muscular but I don't resemble a man - another myth about female weight lifters. While I have your attention, allow me to dispel some additional rumors:
Women will get buff like men if they lift weights. False. Women will get buff like men if they take steroids. Do you know what steroids are? Artificial testosterone. Testosterone builds muscle (when taken for weight training purposes). Men naturally have almost 20x more testosterone than women (or something to that effect), which is why they have beards, deep voices, and get hella buff when they lift. Don't take steroids, and this won't happen to you. Just that simple (see exhibit A). You can look at her face and see the softness is going; she's starting to get the physical characteristics of a dude. That ain't hot, at least in my opinion.
There is a certain level of physicality women can naturally achieve with proper diet and a quality workout regime (see exhibit B). Unless you add something to this equation, you have a 0 chance of looking like exhibit C.
Lifting will prevent you from having children. I know women who lifted when they were younger and they had children, as many as they wanted, so that's a stupid and unfounded myth. Again, steroids may cause child-birthing issues, but you did that to yourself.
*SN* The circumference of Kai Greene's chest is the same as the length of my entire body...
You'll lose your boobs if you lift weights. I'm a very full 34DD. So there's that. All that crap exhibit A took to get like that is what eliminated her boobs. I do push-ups and bench. Still DD.
Lifting weight makes you gain weight. This is true at first because muscle weighs more than fat. But you'll soon start to lose weight because muscle burns more calories than fat. Muscle toning also helps with fat loss, not to mention you'll look 91247x better with a toned, slim body than you will with a slim body full of saggy nothingness. IDK what this foolishness is with girls saying they only do cardio. That's like saying you only walk in one direction.
Overall, I'm pro this idea. I think as long as the incubator isn't lifting hella heavy weights or doing things movements that put her carrying case in harm's way, I don't think she's doing any harm. As long as you talk with your doctor before you do anything, I think you're fine; I can't imagine you'd harm the baby doing overhead press. On top of that, lifting is good for the incubator's health. Just because you're carrying a baby human doesn't mean you need to gain ridic amounts of weight. That ish is hard to get rid of once the baby human is out of it's knapsack. And don't be blaming the baby either...baby didn't make you eat all them donuts.
From a lifter's perspective, I can't imagine being able to do too much with all that extra going on in the frontal region. I certainly wouldn't be squatting excessive weight since the pressure from the bar would probably cause your baby to fall out in front of you. The kettle bell stuff you see the girl doing in the article isn't bad either. I can't imagine that having anything to do with baby. Deadlifts would probably be out for me because I can imagine your center of gravity is distorted with the addition of another, abet smaller, human. Simply put: your stomach would be in the way.
There would also be some concern about the spinal region, but don't hold me to this since I don't know exactly how difficult it would be to carry a baby human in a knapsack. This would be something to discuss with the doctor. I'm sure they'd probably advice against lifting the amount of weight the woman above appears to be squatting, but I'm not a doctor.
Also, these pics are extremes. There are 389146 different weight lifting exercises you can do that clearly don't have anything to do with your knapsack, nor do they require straining it. Things to consider, America.
So you judge the hell out of women for being fat post-pregnancy but you don't want them to do things to keep that from happening while they're pregnant?! Have several.
Let's think about this for a min...
Let's say an incubator finds out she's with child at 3 months. According to you, she's supposed to spend the next 6 months sitting, eating, and not moving until the baby is born. You do realize how ridic that sounds, right? No wonder incubators blow up like houses during and after they deliver. She's carrying a human; that doesn't make her an invalid. She didn't lose a leg or a lung. She's the same person she was before she got k-nocked up.
If you married a weight lifter, she'll lift right up until her due date. Heck, she'll probably lift the morning before the baby is born. I encourage you not to expect this to change. If you married a non-lifter and you don't want her to get fat on you, I suggest convincing her to start lifting. And if you're a female non-believer in the weight lifting movement, I suggest you start believing before your husband leaves your fat butt with the baby for a exhibit B listed above.
The article poses this question: Should pregnant woman lift weights? If you know anything about me, you already know my opinions on that, but I thought it was funny that the question was asked in the first place. Being pregnant isn't a handicap; the
Society vs. Female Lifters
I've talked to you guys about this before...about how people think women are too fragile to lift weights...about how we'll somehow damage our ladies parts...about how our uterus will fall out, and how lifting magically prevents you from having children. I've been lifting for 13 yrs and trust me when I tell you my uterus is just fine. And for those who have seen me in person, you know I'm muscular but I don't resemble a man - another myth about female weight lifters. While I have your attention, allow me to dispel some additional rumors:
Women will get buff like men if they lift weights. False. Women will get buff like men if they take steroids. Do you know what steroids are? Artificial testosterone. Testosterone builds muscle (when taken for weight training purposes). Men naturally have almost 20x more testosterone than women (or something to that effect), which is why they have beards, deep voices, and get hella buff when they lift. Don't take steroids, and this won't happen to you. Just that simple (see exhibit A). You can look at her face and see the softness is going; she's starting to get the physical characteristics of a dude. That ain't hot, at least in my opinion.
There is a certain level of physicality women can naturally achieve with proper diet and a quality workout regime (see exhibit B). Unless you add something to this equation, you have a 0 chance of looking like exhibit C.
Lifting will prevent you from having children. I know women who lifted when they were younger and they had children, as many as they wanted, so that's a stupid and unfounded myth. Again, steroids may cause child-birthing issues, but you did that to yourself.
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| Exhibit B Andreia Brazier |
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| Exhibit C Kai Greene |
Lifting weight makes you gain weight. This is true at first because muscle weighs more than fat. But you'll soon start to lose weight because muscle burns more calories than fat. Muscle toning also helps with fat loss, not to mention you'll look 91247x better with a toned, slim body than you will with a slim body full of saggy nothingness. IDK what this foolishness is with girls saying they only do cardio. That's like saying you only walk in one direction.
Lifting With Baby
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| If these are 25s I'd say that's too much...at least for me... at least if I was carrying a baby human |
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| IDK how you would even keep proper form with a knapsack that big |
There would also be some concern about the spinal region, but don't hold me to this since I don't know exactly how difficult it would be to carry a baby human in a knapsack. This would be something to discuss with the doctor. I'm sure they'd probably advice against lifting the amount of weight the woman above appears to be squatting, but I'm not a doctor.
Also, these pics are extremes. There are 389146 different weight lifting exercises you can do that clearly don't have anything to do with your knapsack, nor do they require straining it. Things to consider, America.
The Great American Double Standard
So you judge the hell out of women for being fat post-pregnancy but you don't want them to do things to keep that from happening while they're pregnant?! Have several.
Let's think about this for a min...
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| No need for a sitter, bring baby along. The cost-efficient and healthy option. |
If you married a weight lifter, she'll lift right up until her due date. Heck, she'll probably lift the morning before the baby is born. I encourage you not to expect this to change. If you married a non-lifter and you don't want her to get fat on you, I suggest convincing her to start lifting. And if you're a female non-believer in the weight lifting movement, I suggest you start believing before your husband leaves your fat butt with the baby for a exhibit B listed above.
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