Lou Schuler – The New Rules of Lifting for Women (2007)

Автор: Lou Schuler
Название книги: The New Rules of Lifting for Women (2007)
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Культуризм
Страницы: 351
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

In The New Rules of Lifting for Women, authors Lou Schuler, Cassandra Forsythe and Alwyn Cosgrove present a comprehensive strength, conditioning and nutrition plan destined to revolutionize the way women work out. All the latest studies prove that strength training, not aerobics, provides the key to losing fat and building a fit, strong body. This book refutes the misconception that women will “bulk up” if they lift heavy weights. Nonsense! It's tough enough for men to pack on muscle, and they have much more of the hormone necessary to build muscle: natural testosterone. Muscles need to be strengthened to achieve a lean, healthy look. Properly conditioned muscles increase metabolism and promote weight loss — it's that simple. The program demands that women put down the “Barbie” weights, step away from the treadmill and begin a strength and conditioning regime for the natural athlete in every woman. The New Rules of Lifting for Women will change the way women see fitness, nutrition and their own bodies.

THE FIRST THING you ' ll notice about this book is that it ' s a
diet and workout guide for women, written by someone who isn ' t
a woman. In my career as a nonwoman, I ' ve written at least four
books for men. (I say “at least” because the concept of authorship
can get fuzzy in this genre.) I ' ve been fitness editor at Men '5
Fitness magazine and fitness director at Men '5 Health, and when I
wasn ' t writing for either of those magazines I did some articles
for Men '5 Journal. I write a weblog called Male Pattern Fitness,
on which I write primarily about health and fitness issues
affecting men.
And yet every time I explain the premise of this book to a
woman, the reaction is something like this : “Oh, hell yeah ! ” Or:
“About damned time ! ” Or: “How long do I have to wait? ”
Those responses have nothing to do with my charm or good
looks-I can produce sworn statements attesting to my
deficiencies in both areas-and everything to do with the quality
of information about strength training specifically targeted to
women.
At a certain point, just about every woman who ' s ever picked
up a dumbbell or walked into a gym reaches the same conclusion:
” I ' m doing what I ' m supposed to be doing, and it isn ' t working. ”
The reason:
What you ' ve been told to do isn 'twhat you ' re supposed to do.
In the quarter-century since the idea that women could benefit
from strength training kicked in, a powerfully counterproductive
notion rose in tandem. That ' s the idea that women should use
exercises and techniques different from those used by men.
It ' s a ridiculous premise, bordering on fraudulence