guys intimidated by women's muscles
chuck waterman
helping out unexpectedly when you have to do heavy jobs - I've had that
experience too.
Just out of curiosity - and because I'm a little contemptuos of your ex-
Did you not only out-bench him, but beat him arm-wrestling as well? I can just
imagine that. :)
One thing puzzles me though, how did it happen that you two found out you could
out-bench him if he doesn't work out? Were you showing off? Tsk-tsk! No wonder
you scared him off! Or on the other hand did he want to prove your working out
wasn't really making you stronger and then get bent out of shape when you
showed him it was?
Chuck from Albany
Eric Alter
are in. Guys too. It really doesn't matter if you think about it because
these folks are trying to improve themselves either in health or in
look or some other combo.
I'm not intimidated at all and in college, there were a few women
who worked out with as much weight as I did. Today, that is the case
only in the leg strength area. I have problems with my knees and have
been taking it easy on them for about 1.5 years.
In a previous post, I mentioned my ex gf was into powerlifting. She is
much stronger than I in the lower body strength area. She is doing well
in the bench press too! I'd like to mention that she gunnin' for 210.
I'd like to see her do 225 (in competition) by year end!
Although she still fairly new at powerlifting, she's done very well. I've
been very impressed with her ability.
I will say that I'm 5'8" about 145lbs and that she is bigger than I.
I've never had any problem with that or the fact that she is as strong
or stronger than I in many areas. Does that indicate that I have
self-confidence? I hope so.
Now, if she just had access to the net and would read this, maybe she'd
take me back :-)
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Eric Alter ealter@.vnet.ibm.com
Unknown
Hi Chuck. To answer your question, I wasn't showing off. I have found out
that people are very interested when a girl can put on a little muscle.
Often when my ex and I would go out, I'd often get asked how much I can
squat or bench press or about the gains I had made. Before when I worked
out, my ex did not really care. He liked it actually because I was keeping
in shape and I was keeping a good figure. When I decided to put on a
little muscle, he said it did not mind. But I think once my exercise
regimen came up so frequently when we would go out, he became annoyed
Unknown
I almost forgot to mention. I never arm wrestled him but once I did arm
wrestle a fraternity buddy of his and beat him quite soundly. I wasn't
showing off but he had challenged me and since we were all friends I didn't
think about it too much so I accepted. I guess I underestimated the
ribbing that goes on among fraternity brothers. My ex wasn't too crazy
over my public display of strength, especially since this guy I beat was
probably stronger than him.
Also to Eric: There should be more guys as secure as you out there.
Bye
julie
Diane Lin
misc.fitness would be intimidated by women who are muscular or even
stronger than the men they are dating/married to. However, if you
take a wider view, I've run into *lots* of men who have such fragile
egos, who hate to be bested by a woman in any competition.
When I was single, I used to play racquetball five evenings a week,
and my partners were almost always men. As a way to "weed out" a
date, I would sometimes ask to play a couple of games of racquetball
with him. It didn't take very long to figure out which men were
secure and which weren't. Those who made excuses or threw temper
tantrums when they got beaten were not called again :-). Those who
enjoyed playing with a woman of my caliber met at least my minimal
standards of inner security and belief in egalitarianism.
I'm married now to a wonderful man who is much faster than me, and
can beat the pants off me in basketball, but he doesn't work out in
the gym. I've got much better muscle definition than him, and once
I recover fully from my trapezius injury, I'll be bulkier again too.
My muscularity doesn't threaten him in the least, and in fact, he
finds it sexy.
Diane Lin
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Diane C. Lin "Give a little love to a child, and
dl...@weber.ucsd.edu you get a great deal back."
(Dylan's mom, 3.25 years) -- John Ruskin
Scott Wilson
>Also to Eric: There should be more guys as secure as you out there.
There are lots of guys out there who share these opinions (as
I think you've noticed from the responses your post has gotten!)
Furthermore, there are lots of men who'd be quite proud of you for
the accomplishments you've made in your training career. I
hope you hook up with one soon! (I suspect if you attached
a phone number to your posts, you'd have no shortage of misc.fitness
men asking you out!)
Regards,
Scott
BTW: What a great thread! Good luck, Julie, in your training and in
finding a new man.
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Thomas Griffin
The following newsgroup just showed up in the alt hierarchy
alt.amazon-women.admirers
Ron, what have you been up to?????
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Tom Griffin, University of Washington
Internet: gri...@u.washington.edu
>>>>>20 years of school and then they put ya on the day shift<<<<<
David Shorten
> alt.amazon-women.admirers
Umm, actually I first noticed this group several months ago (6-9?).
Dave S.
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(d...@unislc.slc.unisys.com)
Disclaimer: I speak for me (as do my girlfriend and most of my cats).
And none of us speak for Unisys (unless otherwise noted).
Ron Cecchini
> It had to happen.
>
> The following newsgroup just showed up in the alt hierarchy
>
> alt.amazon-women.admirers
>
> Ron, what have you been up to?????
Hey, don't blame me - I didn't create it. I've been lurking there... er,
I mean, I've known about it for a long time. At least, it's been at my site
for a good while.
There's not too much going on in there from what I see. Like I said, a
bunch of really tall people talking about whatever. From time to time,
someone posts pix of female bodybuilders.
I don't even know what an amazon is. Does the female have to be tall,
or just muscular? Would my ex, at 5'2'', be an amazon? I don't know.
Who cares. (oh yeah, BTW, she's in this month's WPW)
Hasta
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Ron Cecchini - ro...@arnold.ndhm.gtegsc.com
Discipline - Desire - Determination - Dedication
I'm Tonya Harding's #1 fan - so watch it!