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Getting Girls to Lift Weights

Paul Cassell blogs about the problem of ACL injuries in female athletes.  I have a simple solution that will never work.  Make girls lift weights.  It's really that simple.  It's banal to those in the know to note that load-bearing exercise (i.e., weights; none of that pilates or Yoga stuff) strengthens ligaments.  But have you ever tried getting a girl to lift weights? "I don't want to look like a guy" or "I don't want to get too muscular" in all their various forms is all you'll hear.  As someone who has lifted for years, I only wish it were that easy!  It actually takes years to build a muscular physique.  I beat my head up against a wall having that conversation with my wife...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on June 12, 2008 (boomark / email).