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So now I've posted the intent to start strength training on Facebook, Tumblr and Blogger. So maybe I'd better actually do something about it, eh?
I have my handy old The New Rules of Lifting for Women, which is great but not perfect. Also it's written by a man, who has his own stupid manly thoughts about women's motivations in fitness and desires for aesthetic. Blech.
I just bought a Kindle copy of Starting Strength, which is not geared toward a particular gender, and focuses on only a few full-body lifting moves, but goes into extensive detail on how to do the lifts and why, which should make the physiology geek in me VERY, very happy.
I have some basic lifting equipment at home:
Simple weight bench that includes a lat pulldown bar
Barbells (~20 lb, not the Olympic 45 lb bar, and two handheld)
80 or 100 pounds in plates
Plenty to get me started. I look forward to the day that 100 lb is not enough.
Since my final straw was a moment of pure hatred at the culture that tells us women are weak and can't do pull-ups, my summer of 10 chin-up strength (I guess a chin-up is when your grip is palms-in and a pull-up is palms-out grip, which I didn't know then. I don't know how many pull-ups I could have done if I'd trained for it) was at 114 lb. If I pair that with my running-fit summer (though admittedly bulimic, unstable, and unhealthy) weight of 118.5-123, I come up with 114-123 as a goal weight range. I'm only a few pounds from that now, and I'm so low on muscle that I'm sure a few months of training will shrink me down considerably. I think that I could be sort of happy at a fit, strong 114-123.
So now I've posted the intent to start strength training on Facebook, Tumblr and Blogger. So maybe I'd better actually do something about it, eh?
I have my handy old The New Rules of Lifting for Women, which is great but not perfect. Also it's written by a man, who has his own stupid manly thoughts about women's motivations in fitness and desires for aesthetic. Blech.
I just bought a Kindle copy of Starting Strength, which is not geared toward a particular gender, and focuses on only a few full-body lifting moves, but goes into extensive detail on how to do the lifts and why, which should make the physiology geek in me VERY, very happy.
I have some basic lifting equipment at home:
Simple weight bench that includes a lat pulldown bar
Barbells (~20 lb, not the Olympic 45 lb bar, and two handheld)
80 or 100 pounds in plates
Plenty to get me started. I look forward to the day that 100 lb is not enough.
Since my final straw was a moment of pure hatred at the culture that tells us women are weak and can't do pull-ups, my summer of 10 chin-up strength (I guess a chin-up is when your grip is palms-in and a pull-up is palms-out grip, which I didn't know then. I don't know how many pull-ups I could have done if I'd trained for it) was at 114 lb. If I pair that with my running-fit summer (though admittedly bulimic, unstable, and unhealthy) weight of 118.5-123, I come up with 114-123 as a goal weight range. I'm only a few pounds from that now, and I'm so low on muscle that I'm sure a few months of training will shrink me down considerably. I think that I could be sort of happy at a fit, strong 114-123.
i'm gleeful that you're trying for this. it sounds so perfect.
ReplyDeletehonestly, i'm so far from goal now that I'm not even considering lifting weights just yet.
but I will be monitoring you closely ahahaha. I want to see how it goes for you! by the end of this, you'll definitely look tinier than me for sure (if you don't already, which I doubt!) xxx
a fit, strong 114-123 also sounds ideal. ah, you're perfect...
-Sam Lupin
Sounds like a great idea! And a fit strong 114-123 lbs sounds like an amazing goal to have.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with everything hon! I can not wait to hear more about the results :)
("i'm a doctor in training. i can say fancy things like "anterior superior iliac spine"" Sammy, you know how to turn me on.)
ReplyDeleteoh? *slight smirk*
"Yes, junk food is good for the soul. I just came off a post where a blogger was upset that she'd gained 10 pounds since getting her new job because her new boss openly disparaged people she thought were fat and refused to hire them - on the basis that in their profession, they needed to be super thin or they weren't qualified to help people improve their own health. It's disgusting, and it made me so angry. It was lovely coming from that to your post, understanding that there are other reasons to eat that are ok (soul food) and ultra-"healthy" isn't always healthy."
when i see someone eating very healthy and refusing to eat certain foods, and even believing that they shouldn't, especially if they eat the same foods and deliberately refuse to eat anything else, i believe that they are very close to orthorexic if they aren't already. i genuinely think that orthorexia should be in the DSM, because it is just as bad as any other ED. i suppose it would fall under the EDNOS category, but still...
i adore you too <3
-Sam Lupin
"Take care of yourself, wherever you are."
ReplyDeletei'm somewhere familiar and beautiful. i can see things changing. i do not know if they are for the better or the worse. i just know that they are going to change.
<3 <3 <3
-Sam Lupin
I need your resolve!
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