Friday, May 24, 2013
Mens' goals versus women's goals
So today I posted this picture on facebook. I don't even believe in the ideology, since the pictures aren't exactly similar since the woman doesn't have muscle tone, she is just lean. Anyways, I merely posted it also adding how a guy has to eat 4000 calories, etc, just to kind of get an idea of how people view body image.
The results were interesting. Some said what I knew they would say, the typical "Oh, she's fit". And my response is "Not to the trained eye." Just because she's SKINNY, doesn't mean she's FIT, there's a difference. Without proper diet AND exercise, a woman will hardly ever look cut (unless it's in her genetics, which is why I said 'hardly ever'). Most women, if they want to look cut and have muscle definition, need to be on a regular weight lifting routine (doesn't need to be heavy weights, just some form of weighted resistance with medium to high intensity, depending on the goals). The woman in this picture merely had a diet where she ate less than what she exerted and possibly did some cardio, typical way to lose weight, but again, there is no muscle definition, so she hasn't trained with weights.
The point of this is women's goals are different from men's goals usually, so they have to train differently as well. Most men want to be fit- they wanna be able to lift heavy things, run faster, feel better, and also look good doing it of course. Now women that typically ask me to train them want to "lose _ pounds". Only a few have ever answered they want to feel better about themselves, and be able to do more with less physical strain. So when I put a woman with the "lose _ pounds" mindset on my regimen, they tend to quit fairly early. That's usually because when they see the work that has to go into getting fit (which is a LOT), they just want to focus on the diet portion. The women that do want to get fit however tend to stick with it, and so far I have someone right now who's doing awesome and feels great about it! There is a difference between being skinny and fit. And in a trainer's eyes, he can spot the difference, and I train people to be FIT.
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