As Seen on TV: The Essential Workout for Women

by Lou Schuler on Apr 18, 2008 9:59 AM EDT in News

Some bald-headed guy is out there offering fitness advice to women:

A lot of women are intimidated in the gym by machines and free weights, but they should be using them, especially the weights, according to Lou Schuler, a strength training expert and author of the book, The New Rules of Lifting for Women.

First, Schuler wants to dispel the myth that strength training means building bulky muscles. He offers himself as living proof.

"I'm 51 years old. I started working out when I was 13, and I'm still waiting for the day when I look in the mirror and say, 'Gosh darn it, I'm so bulked up, I've got to stop lifting weights,'" said Schuler.

The interview was for the ABC affiliate in Philadelphia, and if you click around you can see the video clip. But I wanted to highlight that quote as proof to my friends and former colleagues that, yes, I really did say "gosh darn it" instead of the more typical expletives I'm known to use. My brain really does have an editing function, and on some occasions it actually works.

Speaking of former colleagues, Adam Campbell is helping Good Morning America's Chris Cuomo get in shape. The main ABC website has this story, written by Adam, called "Five Reasons You're Still Fat."

Reason #5: "you don't lift weights."

Couldn't have said it better myself!

Friday blog meat

Rannoch Donald suggests that this would be a good party trick.
Another from Rannoch: Scientists in Sweden have discovered a spruce tree that's essentially as old as civilization itself. The tree was taking root about the same time that humans in the Middle East were getting the hang of herding and farming. Put another way, the tree is more than 3,000 years older than the heavens and the earth, if you go by a literal reading of the Bible.

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Awesome!

It was so cool to see your bald head on tv! Yeah!

by Redwifey on Apr 19, 2008 11:38 PM EDT 0 recs

Priceless

Lou,

Hadn't even crossed my mind that the tree was infact "more than 3,000 years older than the heavens and the earth".

Can't wait for the next time the Fundamentalists come knocking.

All the best

Rannoch

by Rannoch on Apr 21, 2008 7:13 AM EDT 0 recs

just picked up your books.

Lou-

I picked up your "new rules" books the other day, mostly because they came in tandem mens/womens editions and preaches that the workouts for the differing sexes are not really different.

My girlfriend came to the conclusion that she is weak. She has also decided that most of her physical ailments come from this and they could be remedied by lifting weights. (Yes! Her physician and I are starting to make headway.)

After reading most of your mens rules, I was glad to find that my current work out shares a lot of the same concepts that you prescribe so transitioning will be pretty easy for me. I was wondering if you have any advice for starting someone out and working out with someone that has a totally different stregnth level.

Thanks man. Good books...

-BJM

by BigJawnMize on Apr 21, 2008 8:34 AM EDT 0 recs