Why copying men’s workouts backfires
To all women who gym, lift weights, take protein. The scale barely moves, the body feels heavier instead of stronger. That’s where the confusion begins. Why? Well, the goalposts are wrong.
Women unconsciously striving for benchmarks never designed for them. Be it work or workouts, men remain role models. By the age of forty, a woman’s body is no longer metabolically symmetrical like men. 50% fat mass tissue that’s metabolically inactive. The muscle % = 40%, BMR = 1200.
Pushing that limited muscle mass hard in gyms does not magically burn the fat sitting on top.
Men succeed because they have more muscle = 70%, BMR = 1800 kcal/day.
Golden rule: While muscle needs food fed..Fat doesn’t. Trying to do both through intense daily workouts while managing children, careers, commutes, hormonal shifts, and approaching menopause is rarely sustainable. What’s sustainable is learning when not to eat.
Not as deprivation/punishment. But as a skill. Many women discover that once they stop eating without hunger the chai breaks, the habitual sweets, the emotional snacks the body finally responds. This is not about willpower... It is about respecting physiology.
Courtesy: Dr. Malhar Ganla
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