I can understand what you are saying.
And didn’t you say yourself that in the bigger picture, no one really cares how much you can squat? People just want to see abs! 
Having a life outside of the gym is important too.
[quote]rcfromdb wrote:
And I do appreciate everyone’s opinions and input. It’s interesting to see the reasoning behind other women’s goals.[/quote]
I agree. Very few women outside of here are as thoughtful about their actual goals with respect to physique, strength or conditioning.
Never tried kayaking. Maybe now that I have some upper body strength, I might like it?
I loooove kayaking. you don’t have to be good at it to enjoy being out on the water amongst nature. It’s very relaxing.
sorry. haha
Makes me want to go right now!
Mom: That’s exactly what I mean. The average person doesn’t know the different between 225 and 315, so the only person you would do it for is yourself. Professionally, my look takes me a lot farther than my numbers.
Kimba: You would be fine in a lake I’m sure but if you are worried about it start by taking a kayaking trip on a creek or some type of slow moving water. That way you do more steering than propelling until you get comfortable with it. I love a lazy day floating down the river!
I hear ya, and I understand your point that pushing your lifts up does suck a lot of time/energy and can take away from other activities you want to do and make it more difficult to keep your bodyfat down. It is true that people care way more about looks than numbers. I just really don’t think any amount of strength changes the physique in a way that undermines femininity at all unless there are drugs involved and/or you have an absolutely freakish genetic potential, and I guess that was the point I was trying to make.
After being in Cali for a few weeks I have come to the conclusion that I can’t keep up any kind of serious lifting at this point. My lifting has given me an excellent base for my other activities (hiking, rock climbing, flag football, jiu jitsu, muay thai) but now I have to take some time off from that. I’ll still have a lift workout that I can do as I have time and energy. It’s been fun but now it’s time for a new path! Good luck to everyone in their lifting goals!
Bobbi, good luck to you in your new endeavors in California! I’ll miss you around here.
best of luck!
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