3/13 - bench -- P90X3M D60 Eccentric Upper
Finally, a good 'mainstream' article on women's training, health and fitness. - 1,200 Calories | HuffPost - Sophia Herbst:
""Toned" is MUSCLE, goddammit, just call it by it's effing name! Muscle.
When women want to get "toned" they are saying the female word for "muscle." They often don't know that "toned" actually means "muscle," and they would never actually say, "My health goal is to build muscle." But what is a round, shapely butt made out of? Muscle. How does an abdomen stop being jiggly? Muscle. How do you get a back that doesn't produce bra-bulge? Muscle.
Women want a body that looks "toned," unaware that this "toned" look is achieved by building muscle.
I have never seen any weight loss campaign targeting women that informs their audience that muscle is more dense than fat...
Women are, for the most part, unaware that if they are exercising right they will be building muscle and their weight might not change very much. In fact, if they are doing everything right, their weight might even go up! And that's totally OK...
There is no reason women should strength train differently from men. Man muscles are not alien tissue. Man muscles and woman muscles are the same. They are human muscles. They respond to the same fuel and the same stimulus. This is why women's workouts bother me. Women should be shown the same fitness routines as men. We should be exposed to the same messages of eating nutritious food, with lots 'o protein, and enough calories to build our bodies into goddess-like proportions. We should not fear muscle. We should not shy away from the weight room because it is perceived as "odd" and out of place when a woman approaches the squat rack. This is why I had to write a whole goddamn blog post complaining about the misinformation that is spread to women..."
"Finding the positive today #transformationtuesday over 62 lbs down, so close to end goal! (Left side; Feb 2013, right side; a few days ago, March 2014)"
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