A female friend asked me this question just this morning.  The answer is simple and didn’t take me more than a few seconds to answer.

If you just want to lose weight and look “thin“, the answer is no.  But if you want to look “sexy“, the answer is a definite yes!

If you just want to look thin like the marathoner below, all you’ve got to do is take long walks or jog around for a few hours everyday and watch what you eat.

But if you want to have shapely butts and thighs, toned arms and you want to look sexy and healthy like the athlete below, you need to do some olympic lifting and other types of resistance training.

IMHO, having a really flat butt (see below) can be as unattractive as having a flabby one.

Our perception of beauty has changed and thin is the new fat..but fat is still fat No excuses! Now hit the gym!

This idea came from Mark Limbaga

Here in the Philippines, this pair of gloves is commonly known as “kargador gloves”.  It is being used by construction workers, carpenters, electricians, fishermen, garbage collectors and men in other jobs that require heavy lifting or carrying rough objects.

They usually last for more than 2 months and are usually washed once a week.  They only cost around 10-20 pesos a pair from hardware stores and approximately  30 pesos if bought from Ace hardware or Handyman.

This pair of gloves is ideal for really heavy lifters who keep busting their expensive leather gloves or for people who just aren’t willing to shell out that much for leather gloves that will smell like dead rat after a month.