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[-] 768@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Women aren't interested in doing that for the upper body.

Source?

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Obviously it's painting with a broad bush but it's a reasonably good estimate of what most people do.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I think there’s a strong generational divide on it. I remember seeing gen X worried about looking too muscular meanwhile on the young millennial and older gen z end a lot of women my age want to look at least a little buff if they’re the type to go to the gym and lift weights.

[-] VicentAdultman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Location is a big variable. I live in south america, women are praised for their big butts. That's what they train the most.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That’s a good point. Here in the US, butts are the primary targets (myself included) but many women also do upper body targeting for a variety of reasons

[-] 768@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

True. I just don't think it's the place of someone to tell that 'women aren't interested in that', because even if people hold the opinion or lack the motivation behind that, those statements would not be the reason that women are not to have interest in muscles.

[-] VicentAdultman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

-> what I usually see -> my gym

My experience pretty much. That's the source, the territory that I am in. Women want to have big butts (((here))) where I live, upper body aren't their most interested area to build muscle.

[-] VicentAdultman@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Judging by what I seen. Counterpoint it or read it straight.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think that is what's going on. I work upper body plenty, just don't eat to bulk and that gives me shape not size. Probably most women who do lift are working upper body, and just not bulking.

[-] 768@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I'm too lazy to look up actual studies, but I know that inferring from a singular POV will not yield meaningful enough info to claim that a whole gender is not supposed to or doesn't do something regularly unless there is a reason that you can infer something as bold.

[-] LufyCZ@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

He was very explicit about it being his experience. No study can affect his experience

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