How To Get Your Girlfriend to Start Lifting Weights

[Anonymous]

One of my major pet peeves when discussing or working out with other girls is when girls are like, OMG, I'm going to turn into the Hulk if I lift weights or they can't seem to figure out that if nothing else, there is an internet that explains how to use every single weight machine on the planet or they go to the gym and use tiny baby one to three pound weights like that's doing anything (their gym bag weighs 5lbs, come on!)

I think women in particular need to really get over this hurdle that they seem to have with lifting weights. I mean the guy in the video is being somewhat sarcastic but behind that sarcasm is one hundred ounces of truth. You hear the whole, I wish I could look like that instagram or Pinterest or Facebook internet famous model, but then these women get in the gym and sit and talk on the phone or just do..a...lot...of...cardio...Even when they see youtube videos of these same women lifting weights proving that indeed, they aren't hulking up, still some women believe that if they lift anything heavier than their purse, people will think they are shooting up with steroids.

Some universal truths that continue to be ignored are:

1. You cannot spot train

2. You need a well rounded workout program that includes both cardio AND weights to see real and lasting transformations

3. Great workouts and poor diets do not a healthy body make

4. Muscle burns more calories than fat

5. Women do not have the level of testosterone in their bodies that men do, nor do they typically lift the heavy amounts of weights that men can or eat the amount of food needed to make hulk like gains, so its pretty friggin' impossible to bulk up, so therefore....

6. Women CAN and SHOULD lift!

I think in this world of increasingly overweight and obese bodies, there is nothing wrong with encouraging friends, or lovers, or friends who become lovers, to get in that gym and do a real workout! We seem to have forgotten in our modern sedentary lives, the importance of working up a sweat and maintaining our physical fitness. Despite what magazines would have you believe, it's not just about vanity. A lean toned body functions better than an obese or out of shape one to allow you as a person to do more with your life than sit on a couch. And yes, for some women (and men!), employing a little subtle psychological manipulation is needed, ha, especially if you've tried to explain number five or two to them for the billionth time. Rather than just complain about it endlessly or wish you had that better body, why not actually do something about it and get to the gym and lift, do your cardio, and work on getting into eating a healthy diet?

[Anonymous]

I think the bad diet is the main reason why people are overweight or obese. Sure, lack of exercise does contribute to obesity, but the principal cause is bad diet. The modern Western diet in developed and developing countries is high in sugar. Low-fat items are compensated by high amounts of sugar to sell well. If your diet is bad and loaded with sugars, then it doesn't matter how much you exercise. Sugar in any form, when taken excessively, is damaging to one's health. Sugar is so damaging that even non-overweight people can become diabetic (Type II diabetes), if they consume too much sugar.

[Phoenix98]

LOL seems totally legit.

Ugh I hate that so much when a girl thinks that lifting will actually make her bigger or turn her into the hulk lmao. Aggravating to explain to her otherwise.

[Vivaldi]

Even for guys, it is fucking difficult to build muscle. It takes a very long time. That's fucking stupid if a girl thinks like this :D That is very funny :D

[Phoenix98]

@Vivaldi Haha yeah especially since girls lack the testosterone needed to help build muscle.

[OhioNativeForLife]

@Vivaldi I build it very fast

[Vivaldi]

@OhioNativeForLife

Only muscle I can build is arm muscle.

[OhioNativeForLife]

@Vivaldi that's the most important for aesthetics

[Dtegesd123]

HAHA yes women always say , I don't wanna look like the hulk.
Don't they know , even on steroids Ronnie Coleman has to lift like 4 hours a day and eat like there is no tomorrow. https://www. google. ca/search? biw=1422&bih=1010&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=ronnie+coleman+weights&oq=ronnie+coleman+weights&gs_l=img.3...32545.33446.0.33573.8.6.0.2.2.0.96.332.4.4.0...0...1c.1.64. img..2.5.266...0j0i24. emk8hQbPkF4#imgrc=qrpYKkZos3IGiM%3A

So unless you are hitting over at least 225 on bench press, 300 on squats, 350 on deadlifts and on steriods. I do not see any female becoming she hulk.

The weights those instagram models be lifting is around 90 bench press, 125 squats and 90 deadlifts.

[Azara]

some women build muscle very easily. and for women who dont want to lift--who cares. a lot of guys dont lift either. people will do what they want. plenty of women lift though. its wrong and in my opinion obnoxious to present women as if they are stupid and unaccustomed to muscle and working out. i mean 'how to get your girlfriend to lift' can you get more condescending and sexist.

[myTake Owner]

Trust me when I say, this was meant to be tongue and cheek. This guy makes fun of men and women equally and all types of sports and gym topics. If you or other women don't want to or care to lift, then don't. Problem solved. I don't control what you or anyone else does with their life, but I can talk about it.

[Mayamoon02]

How do I stop myself from getting bored?
I actually really enjoy physical exercise (used to bike everywhere for hours in Italy and California but the weather doesn't allow it here).
It was interesting cause I had my surroundings/nature to keep me active.
In the gym there's nothing interesting and I just want to fall asleep ha
I am not a big fan of music to keep me pumped as it not good for a peaceful mind.

[Anonymous]

I would never lift. I gain muscle way to easily. Just riding my bike and regular jogs make me get muscles in my legs which I hate. I tried sit ups for a while and my stomach became hard in a very very short space of time. Just within weeks. I don't like a hard body as a female, I like to be softer. I was always kinda solid anyway, even as a kid, so maybe it's my natural body that I'm fighting against, but I just don't like it and definitely don't like the look of muscles on myself as a female.

[myTake Owner]

I think there is a bit of difference though. It's one thing to be like envious of these women one sees with those muscles but then complain about not getting that body but yet never doing anything to get there, and saying hey, I just like either the soft look I have or like you, like I've been there, done that, you don't like it. It's more annoying when it's women who complain about their general lack of fitness and someone's like hey you can do this or that to help you get to your goals, but then rather then try it, they just complain non stop and wish they could look like xyz.

[somebodysaycheese]

this obsession with lifting is out of control. Want to be healthy take your ass out side run, go hiking. Get in cardio , people spend way too much time in the gym and not enough in nature.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately I used to be one of those girls who thought that. For years I just did cardio and I ignored the advice to build muscle. I have a masculine face and I was terrified to look more masculine. I associated bulky muscle as masculine. Five years ago, I decided to get a personal trainer. I love it and my fears were stupid. My body actually looks nice and feminine. This is a good take for the girls who think that.

[taldaana]

I don't lift but I use elatics which are the equivalent of 10 Kgs and do exercises with my body weight.

[YourFutureEx]

The only problem with girls lifting weight is that they overcrowd the gym, nothing else.

[myTake Owner]

Not at my gym. Though there are no specific rules or areas that are men or women only, there is this imaginary line at my gym where there are lighter weights on one side and heavier weights on the other and neither sex seems to cross over to the other side except for the more hard core women who can lift much heavier, and then on the heavier weight "guy side," those women get a lot of respect.

[YourFutureEx]

Lucky you. I have to go to the gym late because of that.

[Anonymous]

It's so narcissistic to think they'd be able to get so much muscle doing so little. Even for guys it takes a couple years of dedicated lifting to get shredded and girls think they can do it within a month of lifting tiny weights?

[myTake Owner]

that is a very true point. I feel like today with so much information right on the internet at our fingertips about health matters and gym matters, people, men and women, should do their research and find out the truths about their own bodies and what they are capable of or not capable of. There is so much myth and legend about how fast things can be done and magical pill solutions, but it takes time and effort to get a great body plain and simple.

[Anonymous]

I love working out, and I never saw an issue with other women thinking they can't/shouldn't lift weights. It doesn't make you any less feminine and is quite sexy in my opinion. In a relationship it's always nice to have someone there who can support and challenge you. I have this running joke with my friends that you should never date a guy who has smaller biceps than you.

[BelleGirl21]

I loooooooove lifting! Won't ever give it up. 💪

[EllieLexis513]

Lol, I lift and go to the gym and I haven't met a guy who cares at all.

[Xfitchick]

I lift and still look very female.

[ConsultantIsBack]

Hell yeah! Ya I only date girls that work out

[JustheretoChill]

I was expecting you to write this.

[ConsultantIsBack]

@JustheretoChill lmao yup I'm reliable

[Anonymous]

I'm lucky it's not a trend in my country. It's ugly to be a girl and have muscle.

[SuitAndTie]

I wouldn't mind if my girlfriend didn't want to lift weights. I prefer softer women anyway.

[BelleGirl21]

Well take your chimichanga and 😜.

That totally makes sense right?

[Ghassan]

I think Freeletics is way better than lifting for women.

[redeyemindtricks]

Amen sister!

[Anonymous]

Guilty of the "I'll turn into the Hulk" mentality myself... :(

[Zorax]

I love girls who lift :D