Comments on: MYTH #5 http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/ "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'." Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:02:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: miss e http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-82 miss e Sat, 12 May 2007 01:13:00 +0000 http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-82 I used to be one of those people who believed in that myth - I certainly do not anymore, not since starting my regime almost a month ago. Honestly, I check out Jillian Michaels' biceps... oh dear god I WANT THEM!!! :D I used to be one of those people who believed in that myth – I certainly do not anymore, not since starting my regime almost a month ago. Honestly, I check out Jillian Michaels’ biceps… oh dear god I WANT THEM!!! :D

]]> By: McCormick http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-79 McCormick Fri, 11 May 2007 02:39:07 +0000 http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-79 Yes sir! I'm hitting the weight room 2morrow! Yes sir! I’m hitting the weight room 2morrow!

]]> By: Bama http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-75 Bama Wed, 09 May 2007 21:38:32 +0000 http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-75 PREACH! My wife has been lifting with me for 9 months now. The results have been awesome. Nobody would ever consider her "manly." PREACH!

My wife has been lifting with me for 9 months now. The results have been awesome.

Nobody would ever consider her “manly.”

]]> By: mcgheetraining http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-74 mcgheetraining Wed, 09 May 2007 19:30:20 +0000 http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-74 I agree Charity. I agree Charity.

]]> By: Charity http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-73 Charity Wed, 09 May 2007 18:09:33 +0000 http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-73 I have a rubber stretch band, 3 of them in fact. I adore them. They make my workouts so much easier and more fun than using the free weight, plus they're so portable, I can even shove mine in my pocket. I don't understand why it is that people are still stuck on that "manly muscles" thing. I've seen a lot of women who strength-train and only one or two of them looked manly, and that I believe was because they chose to do so. I have a rubber stretch band, 3 of them in fact. I adore them. They make my workouts so much easier and more fun than using the free weight, plus they’re so portable, I can even shove mine in my pocket.

I don’t understand why it is that people are still stuck on that “manly muscles” thing. I’ve seen a lot of women who strength-train and only one or two of them looked manly, and that I believe was because they chose to do so.

]]> By: mcgheetraining http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-72 mcgheetraining Wed, 09 May 2007 12:37:35 +0000 http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-72 Genetics play a huge role in how quickly a person builds muscle mass, and the shape of the muscle. Genetics play a huge role in many things, but that doesn't mean a person cannot develop over a period of time. There are four types of muscle fibers Type I (slow twitch fibers highly resistant to fatigue and injury, with low force output, aerobic pathway), Type II a (fast twitch, larger in size and much stronger than Type I, anaerobic) and Type II b (extremely strong but have almost no resistance to fatigue or injury) Type II c Fast and slow twitch fibers is what we all pay most attention to. These fibers vary from person to person and muscle to muscle. Thanks for commenting. Genetics play a huge role in how quickly a person builds muscle mass, and the shape of the muscle. Genetics play a huge role in many things, but that doesn’t mean a person cannot develop over a period of time.

There are four types of muscle fibers Type I (slow twitch fibers highly resistant to fatigue and injury, with low force output, aerobic pathway), Type II a (fast twitch, larger in size and much stronger than Type I, anaerobic) and Type II b (extremely strong but have almost no resistance to fatigue or injury) Type II c

Fast and slow twitch fibers is what we all pay most attention to. These fibers vary from person to person and muscle to muscle. Thanks for commenting.

]]> By: girlsdropbombs http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-71 girlsdropbombs Wed, 09 May 2007 09:50:41 +0000 http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-71 I've always found this funny/sad. Back in the day when I played softball, one grandmother said something similar to me and the other said something along the lines of "Well, us farm girls always were a little more muscle-ey than the uptown girls." Then my mother had to take a PE class for college credit and she picked out- weight lifting. As a 14 year old girl it was pretty awesome to have my Mom come home after a class and tell me she benched more than the skinny geek next to her as well as show off a well developed bicep. What was interesting was that she built mass pretty quickly for a woman it has to be something genetic, because when I lift seriously I build pretty quickly too. So I've always wondered how genetics plays a role in building muscle mass. I’ve always found this funny/sad. Back in the day when I played softball, one grandmother said something similar to me and the other said something along the lines of “Well, us farm girls always were a little more muscle-ey than the uptown girls.” Then my mother had to take a PE class for college credit and she picked out- weight lifting. As a 14 year old girl it was pretty awesome to have my Mom come home after a class and tell me she benched more than the skinny geek next to her as well as show off a well developed bicep. What was interesting was that she built mass pretty quickly for a woman it has to be something genetic, because when I lift seriously I build pretty quickly too. So I’ve always wondered how genetics plays a role in building muscle mass.

]]> By: mcgheetraining http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-70 mcgheetraining Wed, 09 May 2007 06:20:05 +0000 http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-70 I have two girls (8,7) and a boy (6), I can understand an old or outdated way of thinking but times have changed and this was something that she has learned before. Even though she had learned this, it goes to show how powerful myths are. I definitely don't want my girls (who are years ahead of boys their age) to think they are second class athletes and they have to use the pink dumbell racks and only tubing in their workouts. Bob J. over at EliteFTS once said in an article he wrote " Female athletes are my heroes because they do things with their brains and heart that the males need testosterone to do. They are fierce! This is all a good thing". I love that. That statement should go down in history as one of the most profound statements ever made. Thank you for commenting. I have two girls (8,7) and a boy (6), I can understand an old or outdated way of thinking but times have changed and this was something that she has learned before. Even though she had learned this, it goes to show how powerful myths are. I definitely don’t want my girls (who are years ahead of boys their age) to think they are second class athletes and they have to use the pink dumbell racks and only tubing in their workouts. Bob J. over at EliteFTS once said in an article he wrote ” Female athletes are my heroes because they do things with their brains and heart that the males need testosterone to do. They are fierce! This is all a good thing”.

I love that. That statement should go down in history as one of the most profound statements ever made. Thank you for commenting.

]]> By: amqcw http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-69 amqcw Wed, 09 May 2007 05:07:27 +0000 http://mcgheetraining.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/myth-5/#comment-69 My mom is 68 now...and when I first started training in the martial arts when I was 15, she was grossed out by the definition in my biceps (not like it was a lot)! I think it's just a generational thing where woman are supposed to look dainty and delicate and not have really defined muscles. My mom is 68 now…and when I first started training in the martial arts when I was 15, she was grossed out by the definition in my biceps (not like it was a lot)! I think it’s just a generational thing where woman are supposed to look dainty and delicate and not have really defined muscles.

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