To gain weight, women should focus on consuming more calories than they burn. This can be achieved by incorporating nutrient-dense foods like nuts, avocados, whole grains, and lean proteins into their diet. Eating more frequent meals and snacks, along with strength training exercises, can also help build muscle mass. It's important to do this in a healthy way to ensure balanced nutrition.
Men put on weight up front, on the stomach. Women tend to put on weight, ahem, out back. But in both cases, the solution is the same - more exercise and a better diet.
Weight is still a taboo subject for many women
The regulation weight is 8 lbs, but some women like the challenge of using a 12 lb. shot. The right weight is 8.8 pounds or 4 quilograms !
Pregnant women put on weight around the hips and thighs to provide nourishment for the newborn. They also put on weight on the breasts of course but this will go when you stop breastfeeding, or if you don't start. To get rid of the hip/thigh weight you have to breast feed.
The women's shot weighs 8.8 lb (4kg), and the men's shot weighs 16.01 lb (7.260 kg)
Wikipedia says that "In open competitions the men's shot weighs 7.260 kilograms (16.01 lb), and the women's shot weighs 4 kilograms (8.8 lb)."
Yes, women, or anyone for that matter, can lose weight at any age.
The Olympic weight class charts?æshows seven categories for youth women sports. Junior and adult women?æsports show seven categories for weight class.
Only inasmuch as you are not very mobile for a few weeks and therefore will not have the benefit of much exercise. There is a tendency because of this to put on weight but with correct diet during your recovery you should still be able to maintain or lose weight.
The regulation weight is 8 lbs, but some girls prefer throwing a 12 lb shot.
Yes some women don't have any signs of being pregnant they still have a period and don't put on any weight :)
The women's shot put event has been part of the Olympics since 1948. The shot put used in women's competitions weighs 8.8 lbs.