When I met my wife, she was a total gym rat. Sure, she ran for the college cross country team, but she wasn’t the stereotypical wispy, rail thin beanpole of a woman. Instead, she could throw a barbell around, wasn’t afraid of a bit of steel, and didn’t leave me with a feeling of dread for my life when I asked her for a spot. No wonder I wound up marrying her.
Anyways, there’s just something about women who lift, isn’t there? As a matter of fact, I can think of 5 things I love about women who lift. They’re all C-words (and don’t worry – they’re all good C-words). Let’s jump in.
1. Curves
Most women naturally have curves. Women in general have higher body fat percentages to support hormones and babies, wider hips to support childbirth, and bigger butts to make them more attractive to males and to offset the biomechanical weight of boobs. I’m not trying to sound sexist. These are just facts of life – take ‘em or leave ‘em, ladies.
But women who lift don’t just have round and soft curves. They have defined, sculpted curves that make a curvaceous woman who lifts vs. a curvaceous woman who doesn’t lift look like a Prius vs. a Ferrari. Sure, they both have curves, but one is just way sexier.
And by the way, you can’t get curves by running, doing Hatha Yoga, or working your core. You get curves by throwing weight around, recovering well, then doing it again.
2. Confidence
You can just see the steely look in the eyes and the set jaw of a woman who has had to lift more than her bodyweight off the ground or who has suffered under the crushing weight of a loaded barbell. See, there’s a hardcore stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system when you’re forced to handle a significant load, and this results in a big dose of stress resilience.
I’m not saying that riding a bike for a hundred miles or completing a marathon doesn’t breed confidence, but I’d say that endurance is more skewed more towards perseverance, while strength gives you more of a “I’m me and I’m not changing – take me or leave me” kind of confidence. And guys dig that.
3. Control
I’ll admit it: I like a woman who can throw me around in the bedroom. A woman who can take control. A woman who start on top, then barrel roll me from one side of the bed to the other and wind up on the bottom. A woman who can leave biceps, shoulders, hips and butt sore in the morning.
If a woman has ventured beyond elastic bands and body weight exercises and is instead used to tossing a kettlebell, hurling a medicine ball, moving a barbell, and throwing around some significant free weight, she’s going to be able to do all that and more in the bedroom.
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