Monthly Archives: September 2012

North Korea’s Jong Sim Rim competes on the women’s 69Kg

If I was a weightlifter, an Olympic weightlifter at that; a female olympic weightlifter who is being watched by millions of people around the world while I squat and try to lift 300 lbs over my head, I would want to look cute, not just for myself or the few million male admirers but for endorsement deals as well because you know that female athletes are judged based on their looks more than their male counterparts.

Holley Mangold’s “struggle face”

I would also be self-conscious about the faces that I make. But that is certainly not the case for these courageous women who are not interested in how they look; they are strictly focused on lifting. From the looks of these shots, there may not be many mainstream endorsement deal offers for these ladies. It’s unfortunate.

Luisa Peters holding her breath

Armenia’s Meline Daluzyan competes on the women’s 69Kg.

North Korea’s Jong Sim Rim competes on the women’s 69Kg

If I was a weightlifter, an Olympic weightlifter at that; a female olympic weightlifter who is being watched by millions of people around the world while I squat and try to lift 300 lbs over my head, I would want to look cute, not just for myself or the few million male admirers but for endorsement deals as well because you know that female athletes are judged based on their looks more than their male counterparts.

Holley Mangold’s “struggle face”

I would also be self-conscious about the faces that I make. But that is certainly not the case for these courageous women who are not interested in how they look; they are strictly focused on lifting. From the looks of these shots, there may not be many mainstream endorsement deal offers for these ladies. It’s unfortunate.

Luisa Peters holding her breath

Armenia’s Meline Daluzyan competes on the women’s 69Kg.

Athletes don’t go on diets; they live by rituals that cater to their particular sport. One main ritual crucial to an athlete’s performance is their diet; however the eating habits of an athlete is not a “diet” per say, but a lifestyle choice they rigidly stick by.

Protein shakes, water, Metamucil. Yes I said Metamucil for fiber enhancing purposes, chicken, complex carbs, and typically foods containing high protein are a part of the weightlifting diet with 2000 calorie requirement for each day.

According to Livestrong.com, female weightlifters consume an average of 2,000 to 3,000 calories or more depending on their lifting stats.

So the more an athlete lifts, the more they need to consume to prevent the loss of muscle mass, but don’t be fooled, although the eating habits are rigid most female weightlifters do not have a lean muscle mass build because of the high calories that are consumed to feed muscle growth and lack of testosterone to assist in their bodies in fat burning like men do, so they’re more likely to put on weight when weightlifting or not lose much weight if they are already over weight.

Athletes don’t go on diets; they live by rituals that cater to their particular sport. One main ritual crucial to an athlete’s performance is their diet; however the eating habits of an athlete is not a “diet” per say, but a lifestyle choice they rigidly stick by.

Protein shakes, water, Metamucil. Yes I said Metamucil for fiber enhancing purposes, chicken, complex carbs, and typically foods containing high protein are a part of the weightlifting diet with 2000 calorie requirement for each day.

According to Livestrong.com, female weightlifters consume an average of 2,000 to 3,000 calories or more depending on their lifting stats.

So the more an athlete lifts, the more they need to consume to prevent the loss of muscle mass, but don’t be fooled, although the eating habits are rigid most female weightlifters do not have a lean muscle mass build because of the high calories that are consumed to feed muscle growth and lack of testosterone to assist in their bodies in fat burning like men do, so they’re more likely to put on weight when weightlifting or not lose much weight if they are already over weight.