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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think as women, we all are simply conditioned to equate beauty = a slim figure.

It starts w/playing w/Barbie dolls…..those dolls had the type of bodies that us little girls all hoped to grow into when we grew up.

Plus we have seen through the years how most of the women we admire, both in real life as well as celebrities tend to be slim.
And we also see how desirable 
women become when they lose a lot of weight.

Like when Nicole Ritchie became skinny she suddenly became hot ➕ pretty famous, right??[/quote]

I didn’t have Barbie’s or skinny celebrities when I grow up, and everyone still wanted to be thin. Being thin meaning you can go for long walks, dancing in the parks, climb mountains with ease. I was shocked at half the fitness class here who can’t jump, despite most still being in their 30/40s.

Life is more enjoyable when you are thin. [/quote]

I think you don't understand why women of that age "can't jump". I'm fit, but I make a point not to jump. See if you can figure out why.[/quote]

Then you are not as fit as you think you are. Again, limiting basic human movements is not “fit or healthy”, at least not mentally. [/quote]

DP but I'm as fit as I can possibly be but I avoid jumping a lot of the time. I've had knee issues since I was a kid. And I'm assuming the PP was referring to pelvic floor issues post-kids that can result in women having trouble controlling their bladder while jumping. My pelvic floor is okay but not perfect and while jumping during an exercise class would not result in me peeing my pants, I wouldn't volunteer to get on a trampoline either.

You can be fit and healthy and still have limitations due to age or disability. And a 50 year old body is never going to work the way a 5 year old's body does. One of the ways you stay healthy as you age is being smart and selective about the kinds of exercise you engage in. I'll probably need a knee replacement eventually, but I'd like to keep my knees healthy as long as possible before that happens, thus I'm not going to do exercise involving lots of vertical jumping when I could instead do exercise involving slow, controlled strength building and more sure-footed movement.[/quote]

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