FIT BOMB description and a rant for you all. Bad download of video so no title/ no WOD description so here it is: 100 squats 100 push ups 100 box jumps 100 Romanian dead-lifts 100 dips Now read my rant! One of the most difficult things to fight as a coach is the thought that “Lifting weights is going to make me ‘bulk up’” from women. My first response is to shake my head and bite my tongue (sometimes) … BUT why do they ask it? The first thing you need to do is look around the gym at girls that have been CrossFitting for a long time. If we created “bulky bodies”, you would see them here, myself included. I honestly like the way CrossFit makes my body look. Am I bulky? To begin, we need to address some misconceptions about how the body works… *You cannot “tone” a certain portion of your body. Your body will not lose fat in one spot at a time, it will only lose fat. Thus, you must reduce your overall body fat percentage to see results in the area you want. This is why the “ab-(insert attention-grabbing verb)” you see on TV won’t work to help you get a better midsection. *Lean – having little to no surplus fat – Lean and skinny are almost synonymous; Therefore, to look “lean”, you need to have low levels of body fat. *Toned – seeing muscle definition on a human body. Toned, lean and skinny are almost synonymous. To look “toned”, you need to have low levels of body fat combined with having enough muscular development that you can see the shape of the muscle under the skin. This is usually accomplished at below 20% body fat on women, and below 10% on men. You see where Im going? *You will never “bulk up” overnight, except from maybe an ice cream and beer binge. You will never wake up one morning, look in the mirror, and realize that you just built bulky muscles in your sleep. Good luck if you think this is you. Most people can agree that they want to get “toned” and “lean”, but have you ever asked someone that was “toned” and “lean” what they have done to get that way?? You should, because almost every athlete I know that looks “toned” and “lean” has spent years working to develop strength, power, speed, endurance, and stamina for a sport. They move HEAVY weights quickly. Train like an athlete… Look like an athlete… Lastly, you will never be able to create muscles like a man lifting weights. A WOMEN THAT LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS MUSCLES LIKE A MAN HAS LIKELY TAKEN SUPPLEMENTS (some hormonal help)! This is the truth, a woman’s muscle development is much different than a man’s. Unless a woman has a very different genetic make-up (a very, very small portion of the population), or does bodybuilding type workouts, specifically designed to increase the size of the muscles, it is almost impossible to build muscle like a man. (And, as much as you might think it is true, you only have a 1 in a million chance of being the 1 in a million that has the different genetics, so stop saying and believing it. I MEAN IT. STOP!) This is because males have 20-30 times the testosterone of women, resulting in deeper voices, more body hair, and more muscle development. Women just physically cannot build muscle like men can, sorry but it is a scientific fact. So, just to clarify, “bulky” means fat. Which does not happen when you work hard at Cherry Bomb garage Gym! Nor at CrossFit Ville Marie! Or Caveman Strong! So go ahead and add some weights to your routine. If youre still hesitant, start with some body-weight exercises. Like this one: Halloween Killer (Body-weight workout) 100 squats 100 push ups 100 box jumps 100 Romanian dead-lifts 100 dips Complete all 100 reps of each exercise before moving on. Or Check out FIT CLUB every Tuesday and Thursday evenings, here at Cherry Bomb Garage Gym. Cardio and some weights. Nothing too intimidating or scary. I promise. No serious. We have a 12 year old girl in our class and shes doing just fine. Be you . Be strong. Be awesome!
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:39:15 +0000
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