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      Women: Breaking The Size Barrier

      by Cheryl Zovich

      There seems to be an alarming problem on the horizon:
      women and their perception of body size. The more I
      work with women and assist them with their lifting
      issues the more I recognize the need for my gender to
      understand how we have evolved into a society with a
      growing confusion regarding size, strength, and
      weight.

      Women today want to be small. Not short mind you, but
      smaller in total body mass. They want concave bellies,
      long, lithe legs, slender hips and stick-like arms.
      Pick up any woman's magazine or clothing catalogue
      marketed today and you will see advertising at it's
      manipulative best. If you don't possess the perfect
      body to fit the clothes, the clothing itself will
      conform your figure to fit them by means of pads,
      under wires, Lycra, inflatable air bladders and
      elastic panels.

      A seemingly simple trip the local mall bombards most
      women with a variety of clothing that varies in size
      from store to store and even rack to rack within a
      given store! Imagine then, the confusion for those
      women who once sought security and comfort by wearing
      a specific size? Women may as well throw their
      physical dimensions out the window. What one clothing
      manufacturer construes as size 2 another might
      categorize as size 6. Rarely is there mention of true
      measurements nor are there reliable standards for
      sizing women's clothing. Jeans, for instance are
      frequently classified by "cut" and/or size! We are
      left guessing to whether we are "classic," "relaxed,"
      "baggy," misses, petite, or woman's size! It's enough
      to drive a sane woman to the brink of despair!

      In contrast, when men buy clothing they seldom deviate
      from pants, shirts and suits and their clothing is
      often sized according to true measurement. A 32-inch
      waist, a 17-inch neck, a 34-inch inseam, and a 42-inch
      chest are all precise guidelines not vague guesses.
      Men know what size they are and they expect the
      clothing they select to correspond with their current,
      accurate measurements. Alas, it seems the simplicity
      of this concept escapes woman's designers!

      Today's fashion with the highest visibility and
      marketing priorities are often the most trendy and
      physically challenging for women to wear. Revealingly
      tight Lycra tops, mini skirts, cropped and cut out
      shirts and dresses, and skin tight jeans all call for
      the owners of such fashions to have the utmost perfect
      body with which to display the clothing at it's
      intended best. In response, women in quest of cutting
      edge fashion have justifiably become increasingly over
      attentive to body size and weight related issues.

      So how does this affect the average female weight
      lifter? Women often arrive at the decision to train
      under the guise that it will bring about positive
      changes to their body despite years of neglect. They
      appear at the gym eager to convert themselves into a
      5'10", 110-pound model of perfection. This goal rarely
      has much to do with reality or truthful expectations,
      yet women continue to operate under the conviction
      that they can increase the mass (and therefore,
      visibility) of their muscles without changing their
      size or shape.

      Seldom do women consider the most basic facts
      surrounding lifting, rather they persist in the belief
      that weight training will be a means to an end: to
      transform them into someone smaller! However,
      progressive weight training (if applied as intended)
      will do nothing of the sort! Realistically speaking,
      weightlifting typically delivers results at the
      opposite end of the spectrum. If women wish to diffuse
      the training myths that continue to delude them they
      must re-examine and acknowledge the fundamental facts
      regarding the end results of weight training:

      1.) Muscles are an outcome of progressive weight
      lifting. 2.) Muscles weigh more than fat and
      therefore, should eventually make your overall
      bodyweight somewhat higher than it was prior to weight
      training. 3.) Muscles will ultimately increase your
      body mass. This means you will most likely become
      larger and your muscles will take up more space in
      clothing as your physical girth changes in response to
      weight training.

      What does this all mean for women who want to strength
      train to any degree of success? In order for women to
      persevere in lifting they must learn to focus less on
      body size changes and more on strength progress. Women
      must be willing to concede that progressive,
      goal-oriented weight lifting will almost certainly
      generate a physical response or alteration of their
      shape, some of which may not initially seem welcome.
      At onset, these changes can be easily confused with a
      body fat increase given this is the type of weight
      gains most women have generally experienced up to this
      point and are familiar with.

      I enthusiastically urge all women who are sincere in
      their desire to make permanent, positive, physical
      changes in their body to forge ahead, despite this
      initial trepidation. Body composition is a far better
      method of gauging overall physical health than body
      weight. Learn to measure your lean body mass and
      educate yourself so you fully comprehend the
      implication of the results. By all means, weigh
      yourself, but use the bathroom scale judiciously and
      bear in mind muscle weighs more than fat! Be prepared
      to replace certain articles of clothing as your
      dimensions change and be encouraged (rather than
      despair) that this indicates you're making upward
      progress in the gym! Refrain from comparing your body
      with that of women who don't engage in the sort of
      physical pursuit you have chosen. Realize you are in
      control of your mass gains and have confidence in your
      ability to manipulate your size by small degrees when
      necessary.

      Women generally find weight gain contradictory and
      against their nature to embrace. As a rule, women have
      been taught from a very young age to be at war with
      their bodies and to treat anything that constitutes an
      increase in dimension as just cause for alarm. As our
      bodies change in response to lifting it can become
      most difficult for some to resist the urge to curtail
      any activity or practice that encourages an increase
      in appearance. Some women retaliate by decreasing
      their caloric intake while increasing their cardio
      training in hopes to eliminate or control their weight
      fluctuations. This is contradictory to the most basic
      principles of weight lifting!

      Women must be prepared to confront their skepticism
      when their weight rises in response to weight
      training. Instead, expect this increase as a
      by-product of lifting and resist the instinct to
      oppose your body thereby limiting your progress.
      Concentrate on directing your focus toward strength
      related lifting goals while shifting the significance
      of bodyweight to the back burner. Keep the emphasis of
      your training on health and progression and remember:
      your motivation for weight training should not be
      aimed exclusively at achieving visual perfection.

      At some point, women who weight lift for reasons
      beyond simple light exercise must make a choice: they
      can spend the rest of their lives chasing ambiguous
      standards set by those who stand to profit from their
      observance or they can learn to place trust in their
      power to create their own physical destiny.
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