Episode 28: Pink Dumbbells and the Shrinking Female Body

Movement Logic: Strong Opinions, Loosely Held

Welcome to Season 2 and Episode 28 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah discuss how women have been hoodwinked into believing that strength training is not for them - when in fact it’s the most protective and valuable training for women to do, in particular for bone density for women post-menopause.

• The history of weightlifting and bodybuilding in the US, including the influence of Jack LaLanne and Arnold Schwarzenegger
• How the myths of “lifting weights make you bulky” and “you’ll injure yourself if you lift weights” are deeply detrimental to women’s health
• The importance of your training environment and how many gyms are off-putting to women and other people who have been subjected to somatic dominance
• How weight lifting has a PR problem
• That women’s muscle mass and bone density both benefit from heavy lifting
• What are the parameters for heavy lifting and why is there so much confusion around the terms

Jack LaLanne

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