xero_ wrote:chocoholic you should learn to read, as i've said earlier women do not get "MUSCLY" because they tend to have very low testosterone. the least that could happen if you do 5x5 is become lean and lose all the fat while maintaining real strength. and real strength is good because stronger people are usually harder to kill.
now go to any gym and see the fat people training daily on the treadmill, then go and see the people training with the heavy weights and you will see the which training produces actual results.
now if your purpose is to be fit in a fight or in emergency situations, it does not require your body to be exerted at 150% for 120 minutes but rather 40 seconds or less. this means doing exercises that mimics power such as the snatch, clean and jerk, etc... honestly if you were to drown in a flood will you be swimming for 40 hours? no, you will be finding the nearest tree log for 20 seconds.
it seems you are a cross-fit nazi, if raidah wants to be thin, lanky, and weak then go ahead and teach her your 40k 2 hours marathon fat loss technique
Hmm this makes sense habibi. But depending on individual genes I reckon estrogen argument notwithstanding women do bulk up! So while I agree that workouts need to progressively get harder I'm more in favor of body-weight exercises or resistance bands as opposed to weights.
But I don't see what's wrong with a little muscle. It's $exy as hell!
An excerpt from Women. An Intimate Geography "
Women need muscle, as much as they can muster. They need muscle to shield their light bones, and they need muscle to weather illness… And being strong in a blunt way, a muscleheaded way, is easier than being skilled at a sport. It is a democratic option, open to the klutzes and the latecomers, and women should seize the chance to become cheaply, fowzily strong, because the chance exists, and let’s be honest, we don’t have many. Being strong won’t make you happy or fulfilled, but it’s better to be sullen and strong than sullen and weak.-- Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:38 pm --
raidah wrote:so this is what i do. i eat only raw food for a few weeks, vegetables, salads, fruits and a bit of fish here. i actually have a lot of energy, i dont miss warm cooked food as much as i thought i would. this detox cleans out the boddy really well and though i cant tell i have lost weight, the clothes started to fit better.
Detox diet? Pourquoi? Well I guess once in a while like once every 6 months a 3 week detox diet routine would be beneficial. So keep us posted!
