I know a lot of people use their blogs to rant about this and
that. Initially, I did not want my blog
to be a place for ranting, but I can change my mind. If you don’t like it, stop reading and go
clean your house or something, haha, just kidding, keep reading.
So here it goes: 1st rant:
I recently read an article entitled “Why Women Can’t Do Pull-Ups” on the
NY Times webpage. If you would like to
read the article in full, here is the link.
Or don’t waste your time, because it is a horrible article…. The
comments are pretty good though.
I will summarize the article for you.
Women cannot do pull-ups because a study was completed in Dayton, OH
with 17 normal weight women who for 3 days per week for 3 months lifted weights
to try and strengthen biceps and the latissimus dorsi, and at the end of the 3
months, only 4 could do a pull-up, so the obvious conclusion here is that all
women cannot do pull-ups. I think the
most hilarious part of the article is the quote from the professor who
conducted the study: “I look at a volleyball player and wouldn’t expect her to
be able to do a pull-up, but I know she’s fit.”
Hahahaaa, sorry Mr. Professor, when I look at people, I automatically do
not think about whether or not they can do a pull-up.
The worst part of this article is a woman wrote it! Oh and the picture that headlined it. The two women on the end look as though they
are in agony!
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| Picture for the article "Why Woman Can't Do Pullups" |
Here is a novel idea. If you are
a woman and want to do pull-ups, start practicing pull-ups. If you are a man and want to put your foot
behind your head, start doing yoga. The
point is there are many goals you can accomplish if you set out to accomplish
them. I do not look like a runner, and
the aforementioned Mr. Professor may look at me and automatically think I am
not a sub 4-hr marathoner…. BUT I AM!
Why? Because I trained for it,
had a goal in mind, ran in the sun and the rain, ran with sore muscles, woke up
when I wanted to stay in bed, and oh yeah, ran a lot!
Can we stop telling people what they cannot do, fitness related or
not? Whenever I tell people I am completing
the Paleo challenge and I do not eat grains or dairy, their first response is
“Oh, I could never do that.”
Really?!?! If your life depended
on it or if I was going to cut off your leg, you would still stuff your face with
a pint of Ben and Jerry’s. Come on, that
is not true! For the record, I am not
going to cut anyone’s leg off for eating Ben and Jerry’s. Seriously though, take can’t and cannot out
of your vocabulary!!
~ Savannah FitNut aka Morgan McNeal
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