Friday, October 1, 2010

Lifting Weights Makes Your Heart Unhappy Says Trainer-to-the-Stars Tracy Anderson

For those of you who don't know, Tracy Anderson is currently one of Hollywood's most in-demand fitness trainers for women. She promises that strict adherence to her special method of diet and exercise will result in a "teeny-tiny" feminine physique. She is most famous (or infamous) for stating that women should never lift more than 3 pounds because that will create bigger, bulkier arm muscles. Instead she recommends all women work their arms like this: Teeny-Tiny Arms Series. In addition to traditional weight lifting, Tracy has also railed against yoga, running, pilates, and just about any other form of exercise that is not the Tracy Anderson Method because they all can cause unsightly muscle growth. Of course, it can be argued that muscle growth is a perfectly natural adaptation to training, but Tracy could always counter with the argument that callus formation is a perfectly natural adaptation to friction but who wants big old nasty calluses all over their bodies? So there you have it.

If the whole "bulky, manly muscles" thing isn't enough to deter women from ever lifting anything much heavier than a can of soup again, Tracy has now revealed in her newly-released, thoroughly unreferenced book Tracy Anderson's 30-Day Method: The Weight-Loss Kick-Start that Makes Perfection Possible that weight lifting is downright unhealthy for your heart. On page 28 she writes: "...you're building muscles that are more prone to injury. You're tearing down your joints. You're destroying your structure. And your heart probably isn't happy about it." And before you think that yoga is safe, consider this pertinent piece of information again from page 28: "...too much Downward Dog can lead to vascular damage."

And on that note, I'm going to start getting my affairs in order. I've been lifting weights and practicing yoga for close to 20 years; a heart attack is surely around the corner! I just hope they make caskets big enough to accommodate my bulked-up corpse...

;~)

7 comments:

Sanjeev said...

harumph ...

given the choice I would date this woman any day (I have a definite preference for blondes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB-eGVKhoW0&feature=related

LynMarie Daye said...

Wow, that's one strong lady! And for as strong as she is, she's rather tiny. She has visible and well-developed muscles, but she's not big and brawny, that's for sure!

Brandi said...

"given the choice I would date this woman any day (I have a definite preference for blondes)" - Sanjeev

You do realize that she's not a real blond right?

Like just about every other famous woman with blond hair, Tracy Anderson is a bottled blond.

In some of her photos you can even see her brown roots.

It also amazes me that any man would date her no matter how attractive they think she is, because it is so obvious that she is a two faces lier and scammer.

Just go and look into Tracy Andersons past before she came to Hollywood or had any famous clients.

Information about her past is all over the internet so it should be easy enough to find.

LynMarie Daye said...

Hmmm...I thought Sanjeev meant he would prefer to date the brunette woman in the youtube video in spite of the fact that she's not a blonde like Tracy Anderson. Now I'm confused...

I'm not sure of the details, but Brandi is right - Tracy got in trouble with the law because of some kind of scam. I remember seeing her mug shot online somewhere.

Anonymous said...

"Tracy has also railed against yoga"
Yet, in this December 29, 2010 YouTube video, Anderson says: "Yoga's amazing. [...] It's essential to how we move and how we connect to ourselves and calm ourselves and I'm a big fan of what they're doing here."

Anonymous said...

Here's the video I just mentioned:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZv8QJWu6tE

LynMarie Daye said...

Thanks for the link Anonymous! Too funny! How anyone can take this woman seriously is beyond me. A couple of "celebrity" endorsements and suddenly you're an exercise science expert? It's just sad how some people can be taken in by the aura of celebrity, but that's unfortunately the world we live in...