Thursday, July 10, 2008
womens fitness
As a woman, I have really begun to realize that getting in shape is a lot harder for women than it is for men. I have to laugh at the cartoon commercials where the husband and the wife are on the couch and the woman starts saying her husband gave up soda and lost 20lbs, and she drank nothing but water for a year and nothing. This seems to be so true. I guess it is just the differences in a woman's and a man's physiology. I think that women, because they actually house other human beings need to be by design a bit more padded and I also think that the hormonal thing plays a lot into the weight thing also.
I really wish that they had more women's fitness geared programs available. I think this is an absolute necessity and I really feel that there are potentially millions of women who would get on board with a program that is specifically geared toward helping women lose weight and get more evenly proportioned. I am not just talking about women's gyms, but real overall fitness, diet and exercise programs combined and geared towards us. For years and years now my weight has gone up and down like a yo yo and I never seem to find the solution for me. I know that there must be tons of other women like this out there, and I just wish that I had the resources available to make this program happen. Being able to combine a whole body approach would insure that the results would stick, and combining it with support groups etc, would just solidify the health benefits and the bonding. Although many men like to work out alone, most females actually prefer to do it with someone else. I guess it is kind of like the women going to the bathroom together thing; we just don't want to go it alone. We look for the support and companionship of another person who is going to make us get out there and exercise even when we are too tired and don't feel like it. This is definitely an aspect of women's fitness that needs to be incorporated for the best results.
Mike @ 8:55 AM