Dear MNHQ, please can we have a weightlifting topic?

Also there has been alot in the news about young girls not wanting to do sport and exercise for many social reasons. The best way to get girls into it is for them to see the women around them actually doing it. Imo there should be a lot more focus on exercise, than there currently is. Especially since this forum has such a focus on weight loss. Imo its an unbalanced view.

It's an image / cultural issue, I think

100% agree with this.

And agree entirely with Agressive sports and exercise should have a topic of its own with sub topics within it.

Maybe do a bit of a reorganisation to establish a sports and exercise category with sub topics underneath it- currently exercise is in "health" so hard to find, whilst weight loss has a whole category to itself with sub-topics under it. My proposal would therefore be

New category: Sport and Exercise (with catchy title natch)

Sub-Topics: Running, Lifting, Home exercise (shred, insanity, Davina etc), Gym, Triathlon, ball sports, could bring the tack room under this category as well if they wanted. Not saying this is definitive but these are the sports I see talked about most.

Threads then created within these topics.

I'm interested in this too

I'd be interested in this as a topic too please. I'm on bodybuilding.com and recently joined reddit because they have an active fitness forum, but haven't participated there because it's pretty intimidating to have to learn a whole new set of rules. It'd be good to swap notes on form, routines etc. And there should generally be more strong women around too!

why not a thread on sport?

A weightlifting topic might also make lifting a bit more mainstream for Mumsnetters.
I organise the 5:2 exercise thread and although I posted lots of info about lifting and its health benefits, most women seem more comfortable with running, swimming and yoga. It's an image / cultural issue, I think.

I'd love more visibility and acceptance of strong women doing proper pressups and thinking beyond girlie pink dumbbells, together with advice & encouragement for those just starting out on weights.
Yes, a specialist topic could get more women lifting.

I find it a bit confusing when people wander into a thread asking for a new topic to say why they think mn shouldn't create it.

Does it really bother people if a new topic appears that they don't use? There are loads I don't use.

I'm interested in weights thread!

Yes please!

Yes please!

OR moderately...

There are many topics that exist but no one uses them. So why the hostility towards the weights, which I'm sure it'll be be used either frequently by few moderately by erm, moderate amount of people Or both.

Thanks Dawn. It would really appreciated, I think it would help us who feel there aren't places on the internet for us and even lead other members to try it for themselves.

Great idea

Ive been wanting to get into weights for a while now, but haven't a clue where to start. Would be good to ask for advice (TBH hadn't thought about starting in sports and exercise) as Im too nervous to use the free weights in the gym in case Im doing it wrong and people look at me and think "what is she doing - another woman who doesn't know how to lift a weight"

So Im in.

There are loads of topics/threads to get rid of. Perhaps if a topic hadn't been used in a year it should be scrapped. Have an annual cull MNHQ?

Me too please!

FatherJacques?

I lift too but apart feom bodybuilding dot com I found nothing. I followed few pages on twatbook but they are inactive!

Aye!

I would support a weights room topic too. I've been on weight lifting forums before Iall the male dominated ones) but a MN one would be ace. People could then start a thread, post their progress and lifting stats and others could encourage/help and give advice etc.

I'm more of lurker than anything but would join in with a weights room frequently. I too struggle with advice for women on the net with lifting. I'm quite new to it, and always keep an eye out here for people discussing weights etc. I like to see what others are doing and get any advice.

Another vote for a Weights Room please. I agree with those posters saying that there's little provision on the net for women to discuss weight lifting, yet plenty to say that would require more than a single thread.

(I say this as someone who normally thinks less is more when it comes to forums).

everyone just puts everything in AIBU anyway