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Journal tuxette's Journal: a top-twenty list for Sunday... 14

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While I find this list hilarious, there's a lot of truth to it. I'll give a few of my own comments at the end...but now, the list!

Twenty Reasons Why Women Don't Lift: (and what they REALLY mean), by By Cheryl Zovich, Posted on NaturalStrength.com on March 10, 2001

1. No time!
(I'm too busy eating and watching TV to lift.)

2. The gym doesn?t have responsible baby sitters!
(My kids are miserable brats and I couldn?t pay ANYONE enough to watch them.)

3. The gym hours are not convenient!
(They are open 24 hours a day. I really just don?t want to lift.)

4. I don?t know anyone who goes there!
(The guys are not flirting with me.)

5. I don?t want to get big!
(I don?t want to get BIGGER!)

6. I could never shower in a public place!
(I would rather die then let another woman see me naked.)

7. I don?t have any fashionable exercise attire!
(I look fat in everything I own.)

8. I didn?t like the attitude of the woman who gave me a tour of the gym!
(She?s in phenomenal shape, which makes me look bad.)

9. The cardio deck is always full!
(There is absolutely NO WAY I'm going anywhere near those free weight things.)

10. I question the hygiene of equipment others may have sweat on!
(Laying on that bench is going to wreck my hairdo.)

11. I can't afford a personal trainer!
(I have no motivation of my own and can't remember what to do when I get there.)

12. They don't offer the classes I want at a time I can take them!
(I can't be bothered making a commitment.)

13. I hate the music they play on the stereo!
(Chatting and gossiping over blaring music is complicated.)

14. There are no windows in the gym!
(I am surrounded by mirrors, which remind me how fat I am.)

15. I don't want to pay for equipment I don't use!
(I can't be bothered learning something new.)

16. There is never any parking!
(They expect me to walk HOW far?)

17. The lockers are too small!
(I carry a truck load of gear at all times just to look presentable.)

18. The machines don't fit my body!
(I'll be darned if I'm going to wreck my fake nails adjusting them.)

19. The cardio equipment really bores me!
(There are no good magazines to read or TV programs on)

20. Exercise just makes me MORE hungry!
(I can't resist buying the junk they sell at the juice bar.)

On #1: the biggest bullshit reason of them all. Make time, dammit. This means not sitting on your fat ass to watch some tv show or click "reload" every two minutes to see if anyone answered your online journal entry.

On #5: one of the worst stereotypes of them all - that women get "big" from weightlifting. You don't get "big" from weightlifting, you get "big" from eating that supersized meal.

On #6: what's with this prudishness thing anyways?

On #7: all you need is a good exercise bra, good shoes, and a t-shirt and shorts. You're in the gym, not on the catwalk. And don't think that people care about how you are dressed in the gym, because nobody cares.

On #18: forget the machines. Free weights are much better for you. And they're size-independent. No more excuses!

On #19: try some HIIT. Twelve short minutes and you're done.

On #20: then eat for crying out loud. You're supposed to eat after a workout! But stay away from that junk!

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    by bethanie ( 675210 ) *
    The gym doesn?t have responsible baby sitters! (My kids are miserable brats and I couldn?t pay ANYONE enough to watch them.)

    Sorry, but this is not a completely illegitimate reason for not going to a gym. No, your kids don't have to be brats not to want to leave them with strangers with VERY questionable credentials. I have left my daughter with a sitter ONE time in her 3+ years of life thus far, and that was with a trusted friend who has a son her age. It's just a parenting decision.

    There are plenty of
    • ...tell the husband/boyfriend/whatever: "Keep an eye on the kids, I'm going to the gym now."

      As much as I would like to do the home gym thing, I can't. Don't have and never will have the space for everything I need for starters, and when you do things like bench press your bodyweight or more, it's a very good idea to have other people around you. I also do as little aerobics as necessary to keep my 5K under 24 minutes (doing too much aerobics is *bad* for maintaining high muscle mass), so those videos are

      • OK, well, Hubby is gone from 6:30 am until about 9 pm during the week. The gyms close around 9 or 10. I'd rather have supper together as a family in the 2 hours that he's home and [mostly] conscious. That leaves the weekends, but *you* know that 2 days a week isn't gonna get you much of anywhere -- it'd be bare minimum to try to maintain.

        See, there are so many variables for individuals that criticism (even in jest) is often misplaced. Just like your workout requires you to be in a gym with other folks to
        • I am a dude, so forgive me for introducing my testosterone into this theme lol. BUT I live in Cincinnati and have a membership to a gym that has several 24 hours gyms, so going at 9 PM is totally possible. Cincinnati is a pretty average size city for the US so I cannot beleive having 24 a day gyms available is uncommon elsewhere. I personally prefer morning workouts, well, when I work out, we won't go there, but that is about laziness and I fully admit that. ;D but for many years I did my workouts pretty re
          • I live out in the sticks. Big-time rural. We're lucky to have any gyms at all. The whole town shuts down by 9 pm, 10 pm at the latest, except for the corporate Wal-Mart and grocery store (11 pm). Oh, and 98% of everything is closed on Sundays.

            Again, my reasoning for not going to the gym at 9 pm is that I'd like to spend some time together with my husband and daughter during the couple hours a day when he's home and awake.

            ....Bethanie....
            • And there is the fact that the... umm, oldest form of low impact aerobics burns about as much calories as anything you can do in a gym. On the other hand, it does require a 'spotter', though. But on the gripping hand, it has it's own reward mechinism in place...
          • I'm a dude, live in cincinnati (east side, where you from?), but also have a child.

            I work all day, and, yes, there are 24 hour gyms. When I get home, I want time with my wife and child. That takes presidence over any 'gym time.' A better solution (as bethanie said) would get equipement at home and do it early in the morning (before the kid wakes up) or late at night (after he's gone to bed).

            Family should take presidence over shape unless you have serious health issues.
            • Obviously there are many ways to solve this, but one of the ways is time management and setting priorities. I was merely saying for those of us who don't mind working out at night or extremely early in the morning, there are options.

              I just moved to Blue Ash, was living near UC...much happier in Blue Ash! heh.
        • That leaves the weekends, but *you* know that 2 days a week isn't gonna get you much of anywhere -- it'd be bare minimum to try to maintain.

          Two days a week is still better than zero days a week. Take a full-body weights routine one day, HIIT the other, and you'll be better off than most people.

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