Am I saying that this is a natural state-of-being for males? Absolutely not! But the cultural conception of “masculinity” pushes these “hyper-masculine” (at least *they* think they are) muscle-bags to disdain the idea of safety. It has been my experience that women are more likely to lift unsafely, unless it’s out of sheer ignorance (and when that’s the case, they’re much easier to correct).

Um. Anyway.

These are absolutely my favorite shoes for the weight room, too, because they’re totally flat. You heard correctly; any time you’re in a squat position, you don’t want any lift in your heels at all, because you want your body weight back in your heels. Most guys say that switching to flat shoes automatically adds about 10% to all their lifts.

I know I am too late to win the book but I more have a question for you:

I really like your blog and wonder why you are always promoting other people’s books?

I actually have the Rules of Lifting for Women book, but I confess I haven’t read much of it yet, though it did intrigue me. I bought it when I bought several other books so it got shuffled to the bottom of the pile and then forgotten. I’ll pick it up again postpartum.