Stay Away From Heavy Weights

[Sue B]

Originally Posted by Eibhinn

Ellen Barrett also wrote a whole book about working out according to your Zodiac sign, so I've always taken anything that came out of her mouth/keyboard with a big ole grain of salt.

I had to quit working out because my blood type said "cardio" while my zodiac sign said "weights."

[marya]

Originally Posted by Sue B

I had to quit working out because my blood type said "cardio" while my zodiac sign said "weights."

Don't Miranda Esmonde-White and Teresa Tapp claim one shouldn't use weights at all?

I tend to tune out absolutists of any stripe.

[bfit]

This is so ridiculous! It's bad enough that there's a persistent myth that women shouldn't lift weights at all, but to have a professional fitness instructor say something like this about "heavy" weights is doubly bad. I remember years ago when I first started running that people told me that running would cause my reproductive organs (and my breasts) to "fall". I didn't believe it, but it's too bad some women will be scared off by ideas like this.

[buttons11]

Originally Posted by Dorothy J

Hahahahaha...

Originally Posted by bubbles76

The only thing that article is good for is playing a drinking game with how many times she says ligaments/tendons.

Originally Posted by eyefit

Ellen, if you are reading this, please put a sock in it. I beg you. Seriously.

Originally Posted by CharM

LOL
Well, I just threw my 30s out the window immediately after reading this, and I scared the hell out of a cat in the process.

Originally Posted by rhbrand

Can't carry my purse cause it usually weights a lot more than 5lbs.

Crap.

Originally Posted by CoolGirlinFl888

Now I can squat 200 pounds so I told him nicely with a smile on my face what he can do with those 5 lbs dumb bells, slowly and walked away.

Originally Posted by Sue B

I had to quit working out because my blood type said "cardio" while my zodiac sign said "weights."

Originally Posted by marya

I tend to tune out absolutists of any stripe.

Well whatta buncha hoooey. You're right...just long enough for me to forget the Skinny hogwash to look at a couple of her workouts this past week. whew...that was a close one. She would expect me to crumble in heap with 80lb farmers walk. Except I don't Thanks for the laughs...

[Demeris]

Originally Posted by marya

Don't Miranda Esmonde-White and Teresa Tapp claim one shouldn't use weights at all?

I tend to tune out absolutists of any stripe.

No, they don't. And I, too, tend to tune out absolutists.

Teresa Tapp doesn't use weights in her workouts, and she suggests they aren't necessary for building muscle, but, in the 15 years I've followed her, I've never heard her say or seen her write that one 'shouldn't' use weights.

Miranda Esmonde-White doesn't use weights in her workouts, and she also suggests that one needn't use weights for building muscle, but she has never, in the 8 years I've followed her, asserted that one 'shouldn't' use weights.

[Demeris]

Originally Posted by Sue B

I had to quit working out because my blood type said "cardio" while my zodiac sign said "weights."

My enneagram number suggests I take 4 days off a week from all physical endeavors.


I had to give up all of Ellen's fusion workouts. They twinged my knees and my back.

I do, however, really like her WW walking kit. Her upbeat encouragement is great for indoor walking workouts--not quite so manic-with-bonhomie as Leslie (whom I also love for walking workouts).

[AsSweetAsSugar]

That was a sad read! But, most of your comments made me laugh so much! I can't believe some instructors have the nerve to write these kind of articles. I guess she thought she would get new customers?!

Originally Posted by CharM

LOL
Well, I just threw my 30s out the window immediately after reading this, and I scared the hell out of a cat in the process.

LMAO!

Originally Posted by CoolGirlinFl888

First thing he said was we can use some 5 lb weights for squats.

Wow, really?! lol He probably can't pick a pair of 10s himself!

[Taiga]

Originally Posted by bfit

..... I remember years ago when I first started running that people told me that running would cause my reproductive organs (and my breasts) to "fall"....

Haha----when I was a kid I loved lifting heavy. Always surprised people by how much I could lift for being so scrawny. I can't count the number of times I heard "oh honey, you're going to tilt your uterus". I always pictured a carnival ride in there. The "tilt-o-wheel" of my nether regions

[Taiga]

"On top of this, the ligaments and tendons have very little blood flow ..."

Apparently they have a lot in common with Ellen's brain lol


I threw her workouts in the trash (didn't even donate them) after the whole "skinny is the new wealthy" debacle. She comes off so ignorant and SHALLOW. Hello Helen!!! Do you weigh more than 5 lbs? Cuz bodyweight exercises are HEAVY WEIGHT exercises and they do rely on those good old tendons and ligaments.....

No doubt this is an article designed to provoke people so she can squeak out another 15 minutes of fame. Probably should just ignore her and let her blow away in the wind.

[Jane P.]

My cat weighs at least 10 lbs and she does get shoulder pressed from time to time. If you weigh 100 lbs and do push-ups, you are lifting at least a quarter of your body weight. That's definitely more than using 5 lb weights.