Originally Posted by
Smallwheels
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.
No offense, but your claims don't sound very believable. For personal and professional reasons, I try to keep up with the latest research on weight loss, and I've never heard of the "women who exercise with intensity have too much testosterone and need to slow down and walk to lose weight" theory.
Do you have any links to the research behind these claims? (Note: John Gray is not a scientist/researcher, and pointing us to similar claims on his website does not constitute "proof").
FWIW, there are plenty of women who train at high levels of intensity, who don't seem to have much trouble losing weight and/or maintaining a low bodyweight without "slowing down and walking" (e.g.,
Deena Kastor runs 70-100+ miles per week, and won the women's Olympic marathon trials a few weeks ago).