Comments on: Lifting Heav(ier) Stuff Makes You Smarter. No, Really!

By: Great links for the weekend!

Great links for the weekend! — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:15:07 +0000

[...] Gentilcore really made my week by announcing that he is going to dedicate more material to women-specific training. I love reading Tony’s blog and it can only get better if there’s more information [...]

By: Lelli

Lelli — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:02:32 +0000

Yes the shake weight it all a girl needs.

Kidding. My girl has been addicted to weight lifting for a while now and she’s a genius! Coincidence? Egh, probably not!

By: Ammi

Ammi — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:12:37 +0000

Fantastic news that you’re going to write more on the women-specific stuff! Thank you. You write a brilliant blog anyway, but I’m always eager to see people writing women-specific material (I would do - I’m biased).

I totally agree on the cognitive function/strength training stuff. I used to have a memory like a kitchen sieve. These days I definitely face half a chance of remembering stuff. I’m much faster in general day-to-day cognitive stuff too but not sure how much of that is due to the amount of new information I read and learn every day about diet and training and the number of studies I consider, assess and compare to build my own programs (both gym and nutritional).

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:50:07 +0000

So are you telling me the Shake Weight is not the right approach to help my girlfriend get in shape?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S3C4AC908w

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:30:36 +0000

Yeah, what if the ham sandwich had seeded mustard on it or something? Surely, that would make it much smarter than Tracy Anderson…

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:28:13 +0000

Not altogether sure why you had to go and insult ham sandwiches like that…..

By: Kelsey Doucette

Kelsey Doucette — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:03:51 +0000

I like to pick up heavy things. Thank you for proudly showing off other women who do so too! It’s a mentality that needs to spread. (that we CAN lift heavy. Too many women short-change themselves because they think they can’t lift heavy without exploding with bulging muscles.) I followed your link and wound up on Tracy Anderson’s site. I’m going to do some dumbbell snatches (as heavy as possible) to counteract her philosophy (”no woman should lift more than 3 pounds” What is that?! So you’re saying you shouldn’t pick up your kids?).

By: Monica

Monica — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:34:08 +0000

I’m glad you’re adding this! Include some man candy ;) for the ladies…

Also, adding in heavy strength training has helped me drop 8% body fat over the past year, and more than 15 lb. I’ve never looked better. I wish all women knew that lifting HEAVY is the way to a better body.

By: Michelle Becker

Michelle Becker — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:25:48 +0000

Thank you! Women need to hear the truth, just the other day, I was lifting in the vicinity of the inner/outer machines. Only because that is where the cable row is located. There was a woman on the inner/outer and no kidding she was reading a magazine. I was doing a circuit of heavy cable rows, 1 minute jump roping and single leg squats to the bench. Later in the locker room we were clothed at the time) this same woman asked me about my shoes, I had vibrams on, then she said, You work out so hard, I COULD NEVER DO THAT. she didn’t believe she could be strong and work out hard. It’s such a shame so many women really believe they can’t be strong and train as hard if not harder than the guys and still be feminine.

By: Steph

Steph — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:50:33 +0000

God help us all.