Women In The Gym Myth

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Welcome to the safari? Men vs. Women in the gym
In today’s society it is very easy to forget that not all men and women are equal or have the same goals put upon them when they grow up. This plays a big factor when it comes to the gym; a very well known male dominated location, where the myth that if a woman lifts too much she begins to look too manly and lose that feminine physic. Due to this myth, I decided that I would go to the YMCA, located in the outskirts of downtown Phoenix. I wanted to make it look as normal as possible for everyone so it didn’t look like I was just staring at him or her for an hour. I wore the “proper” gym attire for men (basketball shorts and an old t-shirt). The sets of experiments I was going to be observing was …show more content…

Through studies on men and women such as that from the article Why do guys lose weight faster than girls? On livestrong.com it states, “Because men are generally larger and typically weigh more, they tend to burn more calories and lose weight faster.” (North) which I have always known. This to me is a reason why the women were on the cardio machines more then men because they have to work harder for the shedding of those few extra pounds. As I said in the beginning of this paper, I believe that the fact there is a lack of females in the “heavy weight section” is because women are afraid. Afraid of the un-feminine look they might obtain and that of feeling of being too manly. This is why women will usually try to stick to squats, core work and pick up the occasional curl bar because it will help tone the body. Another thing women know is that if they do enough squats, they can have that Jennifer Lopez booty and if they do enough crunches they can have that “flat tummy summer body” you see advertised all over the …show more content…

Because men need to focus on arms, chest, abs, and looking manly for all those women doing those squats on that smith machine across the room. Which is something society has placed upon man through the years. The reason there were more men then women in my observation is because for men it is what the safari is for lions. A test of male dominance, “You hit 220lbs on bench? Guess I’m hitting 220.5lbs today man watch!” it is a great place for guys to just come together and get in a good workout and then go play a pickup game of basketball or something. Whereas for females I see it, as they want to get in and get out as if they were never there, because guys know and girls know that the time guys aren’t lifting they are looking at the girls. Girls also know that if they go over to the squat racks and dumbbells they are just asking to be approached by some random guy, well that’s how majority who go to the gym see

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