Originally Posted by
velocycling
That is very sexist. "They" used to beleive women could not run marathons, too. They would died. This was common knowlege into the 70's. I see women racers who trained big hours and are thin. Under that theory they have super high testosterone levels. I do not think so. People (Men and Women) under stress do have elevated cortisol levels which can cause excess weight gain.
Don't argue with me. Argue with the doctor who did the research. Look up his web site and read the science. If it weren't true then why did the women he studied loose weight when they got rid of their physical and mental stress? They stopped their strenuous exercise programs and walked. They lost more weight faster than when they were doing tougher workouts.
Anybody burning more calories than they take in will loose weight no matter how strenuous they exercise. Female athletes doing strenuous exercise all the time will burn fat. For women, having less testosterone makes it much easier and faster to burn fat.
The physiologies of men and women are different. There is nothing sexist about it. It is no slight to women to say that. It has nothing to do with mental ability or capability in life. It is about the different responses chemicals have on women compared to men.
Cortisol is a stress hormone and when women have too much of it their bodies hold on to fat.