STOP Doing Weightless Workouts?! | Blogilates & Emi Wong
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- Weightless workouts seem to have become increasingly more popular over recent years, with creators such as Emi Wong and Blogilates taking this market by storm. I've received a few comments recently asking about how effective these workouts are and I figured I'd give my input! Do they actually work?
I will credit Emi Wong for including some dumbbell movements in her workout, particularly the chest press as it's a fantastic movement.
Let me know your thoughts below :)
0:00 Introduction
1:46 TW
2:32 Weightless workouts
10:28 Who can these workouts help?
13:21 Cultural differences
17:31 Comment Question of the Week
18:54 Outro
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What’s your favourite muscle group to workout at home? :)
Shoulders.
Abs for sure! I really hate bodyweight exercises mostly, rather like to work with resistance at the gym but some core strength exercises are perfect for me at home and I find it a bit embarrassing to struggle with these at the gym in front of others
Abs! I don't really train anything else at home at the moment :)
harry, i recently joined gym after working out at home for two years so please please could you help out a gym beginner like me with some tips on how to use the machines? they are a bit overwhelming for me :(
My stomach and back for sure. I wish there was a gym near me, but I have a bowflex and some other small things to help me workout at home.
As a Chinese women who is a part of a community of Chinese women who enjoys weight lifting, it is very common for my friends to receive comments about their muscles, mostly negative, like your thigh is too big or you appear mannish. The main stream aesthetics is still very limited to three aspects, looking pale thin and young(or the word can also mean, childlike), so women who don't fit into that aesthetic are deemed unattractive.
And many of my friends have experienced very uncomfortable experience with men in the gym, like sexual comments or rude comments, which is one of the many reasons women are scared of going to gyms. (Hostile men are such a problem basically our group bans men from entering our group chat, because one of them tried to threaten and stalk one of the girls irl, there are some good men who were in the group and understand the genuine fear, so they decided to leave to create a safe space.)
Anyways, I think the main factor is many Chinese think it's their right to comment on random strangers bodies and gym culture (like pretty much the rest of the society) is quite misogynistic.
And one comment type I cannot stand is whenever a women appears to be muscular on social media, there will always be that dude who says "I can't overpower her if she is my wife". I'm like, she probably is doing it for her not for beating people up and why is domestic abuse the first thing that come up in your mind when you see physical power. (Apparently men keeps leaving comments like that under Weili Zhang's social media she had to clarify in a interview that she only beat up people if she is paid and those commenters should give it a rest, and she doesn't believe violence is the solution to any problem especially in relationships. She was a UFC champion btw)
People who are into "childlike" are just straight up p edos, nothing else.
Nobody should need to overpower anybody in a relationship and the fact that their minds go to needing to overpower/control their wives is… gross. You bring up something that hadn’t really occurred to me before, which is: why are they suddenly afraid of of violence when they see physical strength? Early into my relationship my bf asked me to flex and took a picture of me which he put on social media and all of his friends were reportedly worried for his safety, telling him that guys can get beat up too and that he should come to them if I start physically abusing him. It’s good to look out for your friends but you don’t see the same comments about women dating super muscular dudes that are way bigger than they are. The size differential and potential to be physically abused doesn’t seem to matter then, only when there’s a perceived “threat” to the man.
Chinese society hate women and afraid we will become powerful and take care of ourselves
Don't let anyone stop you. Keep going!💪
I am chinese and my parents grew up in Hong Kong / China. I think the reason why asian women especially from China don't do weight training and is frowned upon because it meant that they had a hard life doing the rural work like farming and raising the family and livestock and it is a sign that you are poor. Also the older generation want their daughter to be married off to a rich husband so want them to be slim and soft body which they think is more desirable to men. However this way of thinking is being phased out as I am seeing alot more asian women in the gym in Hong Kong.
I am a female Chinese-Canadian. I have Chinese friends who studied here and abroad. They tell me that they don't do weight lifting for fear of gaining muscle to make them look less feminine and hence, less attractive to a Chinese man. I see this view quite prominent among my Chinese friends and Chinese society in general. At my gym, I've seen Asian women working out and do so for lower body moves or using machines. I've not really seen many use actual weights. Being raised in Canada, I don't share the same view that gaining muscle makes us less attractive.
Bones aren't soft. Muscle tissue is. People are braindead.
You don't see fitness content with this much empathy, tact and understanding every day. So refreshing.
I could relate. I’m an Indian. When I lost weight everyone was appreciating me a lot for how my figure looked. Which was actually just thin and in practical life I had low energy and bad moods. When I started lifting and progressing surely I gained muscles and some fat too along with. And I was no more that thin and started looking a bit broader too in gym clothes. Everyone in gym started questioning my diet and workout plan. And now they advise me to lift less weight but more reps and eat less. Isn’t it ridiculous
I'm an indian guy and my family is discouraging me from getting into shape because apparently people from rich families should be fat to show their wealth. It's crazy and makes no sense
It is ridiculous indeed. You are most likely more healthy now. Do what you enjoy, not what they tell you!
@@daksharora6618 bro no. Im sorry to say but people hate to see you fit and healthy. thats some bs. eat healthy go to the gym
A lot of studies show great health benefits from lifting weights. Do not listen to these ignorant comments of people who think that having a thin frame is more acceptable than having a healthy body!
@@daksharora6618 it’s actually jealousy …. Being fit means that you are disciplined and are in control of your life … it’s a huge motivator and personally I have gained a lot of confidence myself ever since I started working out diligently… i cannot tell you on how many occasions family and friends have tried to derail me by trying to overfeed me and saying things like we have only one life so I should eat whatever I want … enjoy all kinds of food and all that crap … don’t fall for it !! 👀
I think weightless is a great option for people just starting out or who don't have the option of going to a gym. Weightless is a great starting point to develop form and technique first.
Not really
Calisthenics is better than this. These women are trying to reinvent the wheel.
You can scale down nearly every exercise. Cassie is pushing garbage.
Weightless is bs. It does nothing. It has the same muscle building and cardio impact as an eye roll. 😂
Weightless is bs. It does nothing. It has the same muscle building and cardio impact as an eye roll. 😂
Video Notes:
You addressed the cultural differences bit with the empathy we always expect from you, an area you never disappoint in. Thanks for getting this message out there and always looking out for your audience!
Much love bro!
SO WHOLESOME AND STRONG, BOTH OF YOU!
My favourite fitness content creator. I genuinely don't know any other creator that is all of the below:
- Polite about other content creators
- Accepts everyone's goals are different (physical/ mental)
- Gives science backed information
- ALWAYS considers mental health
- Realistic about what people can achieve
- Honest about their own mental health etc.
I feel like you may have done so already, but you should do a unicorn, because that, you certainly are!
Ily
My main critique of these exercises for sure is the marketing !! Clickbait titles etc. I don’t get why these women market these workouts while most likely goin to the gym and diet is the driving factor for their results which they don’t openly tell their audience! This is so wrong and dishonest in my opinion!
Edit: wording
I love this vid! Super educational. Have you ever used Next Level Diet? I got a personalized build up muscle meal plan from them and I love it.
When it comes to physique, others opinion of me is none of my business lol. I'm an Asian woman, and it took me years to come to terms with my own fitness expectations. Now I enjoy lifting weights, working with bands and gym rings, and love seeing myself getting stronger and healthier everyday. Tbh a lot of ppl underestimate how HARD it is for women to gain muscles. My family made a comment on women back muscles, I was like, dude it takes years of consistent training and discipline to get them. I wish I had those shoulders lol just do what you enjoy ❣️
Weightless exercises for sure helped me get back into the gym after I was hospitalized, to regain strength and mobility in general. However it did not at all change my shape. As a former dancer, I know that the only way to change your perceived shape ( the skeleton indeed cannot change) is change in body composition (loss or gain of fat), stretching the muscles over a long period of time and weight bearing exercises to build the muscle. Thank you for the realistic information! :)
Your nuance and awareness around these topics is always so refreshing. You are literally one of my favorite UA-camrs.
When I started working out, it was at home because of Covid, Cassey was my go to fitness influencer, but I started going to the gym 2 weeks ago and I realized how weak those workouts were, and how strong I am. I’ve had more progress in these last 2 weeks than in the last 2 years i’ve been doing home workouts and I think constantly about how my body would be looking now and how much stronger I would be if I had just headed to the gym in the first place. You have to be aware on who you follow and if they have any certifications on personal training because, otherwise, they could be just delaying your results.
Perfect summary of the problem with weightless exercises.
First time watcher and I'm very impressed and appreciative of the compassion and knowledge with which you covered this topic. I was prepared for this to be another video where a man is basically hating on these women and using their popularity to garner views, but I was so happy to be mistaken. Your take was holistic and kind and actually really informative to me as someone who does occasionally follow these workouts. The point about certain moves targeting the shoulder more than any arm muscle really tracked for me. A lot of weightless arm exercises put a lot of strain on the shoulder joint, but I assumed it was just me and limited mobility issues. Thank you for using your platform to be a genuine educator and overall decent kind human being. Looking forward to checking out more of your videos! Amazing work!💖
I really appreciate that you break down issues and misconceptions that people new to working out may not understand. This kind of information is so helpful and gives me more confidence to get more into working out. And you always approach each topic in an educational and non-judgemental way that feels really welcoming. Thanks for all you do Harry!
I fell into the weightless arm workout trap and finally had to realize they weren't doing anything. I switched over to using weights and I'm getting some actual results now.
While I do agree that weightless workouts don't create the resistance you need for hypertrophy etc, I have to say that really focussing on contracting my muscles and pretending to press against a weight really helps with my mind body connection, balance and control (especially for dancing). But I do Pilates, not those weird workouts Blogilates posts sometimes lol
I view pilates similarly as mobility training so I can lift heavier and get more range of motion. It is a good active rest day workout to keep moving and recover.
@@elizabethvanacore exactly!
I really appreciate how you included cultural difference too! As a very short asian woman (150cm) with more of a skinny fat body type (~44,5kg), I used to do home workouts without weights only bc I was scared to look too bulky/ manly so I did blogilates and emi wong workouts and many more; I followed videos which emphasized on getting a petite body frame which just didn't work out bc it's impossible to change your body frame;
Furthermore I felt I didn't really made much progress - especially strength wise - like my arms were very weak so I decided to start weight lifting in a gym 8 months ago and I really wished I'd started it sooner! I love weight lifting so much, been going consistently 4x a week, and especially my arms became so much stronger!^^ the thing I learned is that it's so hard to get bulky as a woman so there's rlly nothing to worry about that xD
I think whats helping me is to maintain a balance with weight lifting and staying in a calorie deficit until my goal weight (~40kg) and then just maintaining my weight to prevent looking bulky but stay strong!^^
The thing is I also have very broad shoulders and a big head which used to bug me, since I felt I didn't look feminine enough (and sometimes I still feel insecure about them); especially when trying out clothes I have to get a bigger size or choose more flattering cuts T.T
I also envy taller people in genereal, bc as a short person any fat or bulk will be more visible which is not desirable for me but at least I've come to accept it and yeah just work on it (currently the nutrition aspect) >_<
All in all, seeing more muscular woman in media (such as Ellie in TLOU2 or Ihwa from the Webtoon Hero Killer) made me appreciate muscles on women and changed my perception that only 'petite/slim' frames are feminine UuU
I knew what was coming because you've said it before, but I always appreciate you talking about how gravity plays into movements. I've started thinking about the effects of gravity while I work out, and even if it doesn't impact what I'm doing at that time, it is still great to keep my mind engaged
Thank you for making this great video. As a Black American woman living in Taiwan for 17 years, I was so happy you brought up the Asian culture and its aversion to women doing resistance training. We have a growing LGBTQI+ community here and many women in particular don’t want to look like a ‘T’ (tomboy). It’s unfortunate because the exercises I see my Taiwanese sistahs doing are pointless, and I tell them so. But they say it makes them feel good, so who am I to say anything else? They understand my points that arthritis, cholesterol and many other health conditions all of us middle-aged women face could change if they decided to do different types of workouts, but in the end, they share (nicely) that although they think I’m pretty, they don’t want to be dark, strong-muscled and full-figured like me! Westerners would be offended by this, but I'm used to the culture and we laugh it off. The willingness to learn and an openness to change help move the dial in a different direction. Your video is the beginning. Most white men wouldn’t dare bring the subject up in this social media climate, but you had the courage to do so with finesse. Respect!
Every other culture/country vilifies “Western” “White” culture. Well, news flash…you’re being racist. No one person is above another. In the eyes of God, we are all the same: sinners living in a fallen world. By God’s grace we can be forgiven through Jesus Christ who died for us all. All have sinned and have fallen short of God’s standard. Humility and faith in Jesus pleases God. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.
@@melissaculpepper7663 this is a fitness channel.
@@melissaculpepper7663 lol you're hilarious. Share what it is you are on please and then, let's talk about fitness :)
@@melissaculpepper7663 your comment makes no sense in this context at all. No one was “vilifying” white culture but also there’s no such thing as white culture. French culture doesn’t = British culture.
@@melissaculpepper7663 sir, this is a Wendy’s
Knowledgeable, good to watch and probably the nicest man on youtube. Way to go Harry 👏👏👏👏👏
I resonate with the comment on the Asian culture and the standard of Asian women needing to be smaller, shaming resistance training because it makes us “look like a man”. I really appreciate you acknowledging this, growing up I was always told I looked like a boy, I was too big to be a girl, I was a pig, etc etc. As a midsize Asian women, going back to China only made it worst as I was told I had an undesirable body and it just ruined my body image for the longest. And I think that’s why I followed Bioglates for tje longest because I wanted to look like her because shes Asian like me. While I still respect her, I feel like her videos aren’t for me anymore. It did take me a while to love my body again for what it is and go back into weight training.
While I dont really care what my family in China gotta say about me, I totally feel the pressure placed on young Asian women to look a certain way because of their family and Asian body/beauty standards. Anyway, I really appreciate you Harry for attempting to understand! ☺️☺️
With all due respect, I used to love the two youtubers mentioned in the video, but at some point they stopped being fitness youtubers and became just influencers
Asian woman here and can definitely resonate about the cultural differences! Growing up my mom and aunts would be like, “I was a size 0/00 before I gave birth” so it was always instilled in me that the goal was a petite figure. I’ve gotten more into resistance training, and overall more movement, and have gone from being the chubby kid to now generally more active, it shows in my body. there’s a lot more praise (which really made me nervous that one day I could lose that praise if I don’t keep it up), but also a lot of messaging of “you’re doing too much”. I could see why weightless workouts would appeal to our demographic; it often feels like a get-fit-quick gimmick to try to hack our bodies without taking the time to really do our research or be patient about making lifestyle changes.
A potential future video idea: mismarketing of HIIT workouts. It seems like nowadays as long as there’s an interval, it’s “HIIT” without consideration to high intensity. Maybe what does it mean physiologically if a workout is high intensity?
I have been lifting weights for two years now (started with Caroline and then started programming my own workouts, your videos helped a lot ). I was underweight before and I gained 12kg as well as a lot more strength and energy in my workouts and everyday life. I gained a very noticeable amount of muscle in my upper Body which I am very proud of but some relatives (male and female) made comments about how I should stop training because I looked manly and my mom said that my arms look fat when I'm not flexing and I should dial my training back. As a german girl can only imagine how hard it must be to cope with the more extreme beauty standards especially in asian countries where an underweight and unhealthy body similar to mine two years ago is desired, I even heard about K-pop Idols with an even smaller frame whose bodies are celebrated and seen as the ideal. Thank you Harry for producing videos like this.
You rock girl! Don't let others tell you weakness is the beauty standard for women. Strength is healthy! Keep going!
I love the ending of this video. You are such a good person. Everytime I watch your videos (as soon as you upload one), I repeat to myself that I love you so much 😂 We need more content like yours on the internet.
The comments are absolute gold, thank you for providing space for some real, deep reflection. Much love to everyone
Love the video Harry! I can honestly relate reg Asian Culture when one is being told “looking like a man” when lifting weights in the gym. I used to be told the exact same words from my older brothers back in the Philippines, but since living in the UK for more than a decade I learnt to adopt the western culture. Now I don’t even think about what my brothers would say to me when I pick up a dumbbell. I’m not disrespecting them but weight lifting makes me happy and supports my running.
Well thats just sexism coming from them, so it doesn't matter if they feel disrespected (and some ppl should feel slightly disrespected so they realize they are wrong) because they are wrong even tho ik ppl dont want to hurt their own family members and just because they have a sexist mindset it doesn't make them completely bad and i
understand that if you have had other good memories with them we try to ignore their flaws/sexism but not telling them will mean that their behavior to go outside and affect other ppls lives in society negatively similar to how it affected yours. And good for you that you pulled yourself out from their beliefs.
@@kizryuver yes you’re kind of right in some respect however, ever since my brothers have been educated through me and being in the “West” I have also made them aware that lifting weight won’t make you “bulky” that easily and instead make one generally healthy. I don’t actually blame them for being ignorant in some ways due to our culture being pass down from generations before us.
@@shielavasquez7161 yeah i understand.. I k ppl that have been brainwashed with misconceptions due to social conditioning as well (and i m pretty sure we all have some misconceptions which we can always try to change)..
I was a bit taken aback because though our misconceptions arent our fault they can hurt the people all the same and since we wont always have ppl to sit us down and calmly tell us why we are incorrect it probably helps to realize what can hurt ppl and what cant on our own and try to develop a sense of universal conscience/understanding and learn
more on our own without having to rely on social conditioning and our mentality to follow other ppls opinions alone to judge whats right and not, obv we may need to have a base though, since we cant know right from wrong without inspiration but internet can pretty much help us get exposed to different mindsets as long as we r willing to search for them.
And not that it will make us all misconception less but may be it will make us more open minded and understanding of things..
but good for you that you told them and they were able to accept that and you didn't ignore their misconceptions since its good for them, you and everyone else.
(but again even if the exercises did make you bulky it still
shouldn't matter, since bulky women do exist and theres nothing wrong with that even if i understand that some ppl prefer to see a lean muscle mass (in either men/women/IS) that shouldnt mean bulky women should be discrimminated against either, even tho i understand
romantically ppl might try to be with ppl that have similar build/health habits as themselves but otherwise random ppl calling out a bulky woman without much context or polite explanation just feels rude (no matter the culture)which i do see online smtyms.
Anyway your brothers are lucky to have you,as lot of ppl have to learn on their own when they get harshly called out from outsiders which arent always going to explain kindly.
@@kizryuver yes I’m so happy that my family have change and evolve through what they know and more aware of the outside world if you like! I did mention “ bulky” but I didn’t refer it to others. I meant to say that I told them about my aim is why I lift weights. They are only concern and wants the best for me.
@@shielavasquez7161 yeah same is the case for my family,and they and me also evolve through what each of us knows and Sharing that knowledge..also yeah ik you didn't mention this about other ppl or mention bulky,i was talking about other similar top 60+ comments on this video below and above yours which can be sad to hear abt
that do mention bulk and other women being treated badly because of it. which also relates to your topic a bit even tho u didn't mention it,so I just remembered and wrote that similar stuff happens in general society too (not just refering to what you or your brothers may say so that topic is concluded and yeah
Lot of times family's/friends/aquatainces words and misconceptions can be hurtful but their intentions can be good (tho sometimes they just word it incorrectly so it may sound blunt),with exception of ppl that are abusive/bullies who just use their misconceptions and saying that they are being honest as a weapon without realising.(again I am mentioning many different situations,contexts in general which happen,and not your family's situation alone. So I hope you don't take it as a criticism for them).
Another fantastic, unbiased and respecful video! I, sadly, remember doind Emi's video at least twice but I quickly remembered my physiology and anatomy courses. I find her content dissappointing and possibly harmful. You're a breath of fresh air in this community. Regarding beauty ideales, I'm mexican and even though over 60% of our population IS obese the standard for women is to have hips, butts , full breasts and tiny waists. Look Up telenovelas, the struggle IS real .
VERY common Harry W - it’s so heart warming to hear how much you support others especially women and as a woman THANK YOU
Once again the empathy, compassion, and intelligence with which you approach the topic at hand is fantastic. Thank you for being so brilliant and for being yourself.
Love the hat 😂
Really enjoyed this video and the talk about cultural differences. Regarding the CQOW, you mentioned how it's been quite hot in the summer and honestly I've felt that... I am from France, and it's been horribly warm for the past 1.5 months and I've been close to having a mental breakdown more than once because of how negatively it impacted my sleep. It's nice to hear that it's not been just a "me" issue, thank you:)
I like these type of bodyweight exercises for when I’m sore and tired but need to move my body. While we can’t change our skeletal structure from it’s genetic expression, exercise or the lack of it dramatically changes our bones: from density to the amount of marrow within them; uneven muscle tightness or strength left for long enough will deform the bones.
I appreciate you explaining the functions of each muscle so that we can envision how they are built. Your videos are so informative, thanks. 👍🏽
I am training my arms every week and progressively overloading but my arms still haven't immensely changed how they look. I will keep going to train them but i cannot imagine how frustrating it must be to see no results with weightless arm workouts. Still, when i was a teen, Casseys videos made me work out for the first time in my life. It gave me confidence because it was not competitive. But at the same time, i hate the marketing around these
Well blogilates is full of bs cuz she lifts weights but pretends her arm flaps are the reason why she has defined shoulders. I love how you breakdown what muscles are used during each movement etc and the gravity stuff, my fav part of these videos
This!!💯
Right? She has a whole 90 day program where she went to the gym and lifted weights but then didn’t really translate that into her videos
I started off with Blogilates when I first wanted to start exercising as a teen. After consistently doing the 3 weeks out of 4 of the beginner workouts, I was just completely done with zero results. I was so disappointed and thought that I'm just that horrible at exercise. The flap exercises managed to make my limbs hurt a lot, and some moves were so difficult to execute that I did them wrong and probably did more harm than good to my body. Nowadays I have gotten actual results from weight training at the gym and better body weight moves, and happy to notice becoming stronger than before.
I feel like I saw results from her workouts, but not the arm ones (for obvious reasons). From her HIIT and other targeted movements my abs and legs definitely got stronger, I got better at cardio too. But the arms, nah bro lol
Another well done video! I'm a new fan. 💪💛
I'm doing some callisthenics workouts at the moment and really enjoying them. Bloody hard work!
Thank you for being so respectful in this video! once in a while I will do a blogilates video when I can’t make it to the gym. Even though her exercises look so easy, they can be very hard and make you super sore because you’re encouraged to make it hard for yourself by stretching and flexing to the max while you do the movements. So I think the most important thing you addressed is that no matter how hard you make it for yourself, and even if you flex and stretch so hard that you’re losing your breath, it doesn’t mean you’re doing an effective workout. Additionally, the moves she encourages are sometimes unconventional where you wouldn’t typically ever move your body in that way, so just by performing that kind of awkward range of motion makes you sore. But anyway overall I think ppl should at least try these types of exercises with an open mind and that it’s beneficial for people to not get stuck thinking that it’s good to move their bodies in just one kind of way.
I really love your content creation and all those things you discuss about fitness industry.Can you please make video about Vera LaRo? Are her workouts effective for advanced strength training?
I watch your videos every morning while doing my makeup 🥰
This comment is wholesome.
I agree with you, weightless workouts (especially arms) have done absolutely nothing for me in the past. I'm trying to get my arms tone and lean, but the information out there is so conflicting. Some say use lighter weights with more reps or heavy weights with fewer reps. I am curious as to what you think about Tracy Anderson's arm sequence. Some of it is without weights and some with added light weights. Have you ever reviewed her workouts?
That's absolutely a thing, my parents worried I get too muscular when I started lifting, and they always prefer me doing things like yoga, which I don't have the flexibility for and thus hurt my shoulders. Well I lift heavy anyway I am naturally a bit bulky + big frame to begin with.
Here's a question I've been having: am I doing enough in my workouts? I do my exercises until I can't do a full set anymore and go to complete failure on my last set or two. However, despite this I'm usually pretty fully recovered within a few hours. Am I not doing enough, or do I just have freak recovery? To be fair I used to be worked like a horse in construction work where even if you didn't feel like you could work, you had to find a way to push on until the job or day was over.
As someone who enjoys emi's workouts, I would never think doing her arm workouts would help build muscle. I've seen her try to throw a punch... It's not very convincing. However I have very weak arms, and doing them help me be motivated to someday incorporate resistance bands or weights into my exercises.
But mostly I'd do her exercises for the cardio and core exercises. She does those very well and I have seen results for it.
Alot of her watchers are persons who don't go to gyms and are dipping their toes into fitting workouts and fitness into their routine. I don't think anyone looking into building muscle is or should be doing emi's workouts.
I really appreciate your views regarding differences in culture and working out.
Looking forward to this one!
I am asian living and growing up in australia, love doing weights, and love being active. Mum of 2 teenage kids but to be honest people think i am one of them myself due to the fact that i am fit and looks much younger than most women my age. I am not trying to brag, my point is, it is true in our asian culture and community, being slim slender and toned (and somehow pale) is desirable hence receive good comments. And as a dancer in my background i do often received nice comments about my shape. And lately i gained abit more muscles because i train with weights now as opposes to bodyweight only (thanks to the pandemic) and people (the asians 😅) has stopped commenting on how i look. I guess they hesitate because i look abit more bulky? 😂and at one point, my own mum commented about my body and i just said to her," thanks mum, i am much stronger now.". There will always be a stereotype, not just in one culture, in any culture. And we cannot control what people think or says i guesd, however what works for me is to change my mindset and HOW we responds to their comment. We can use their comment (that was intentionally to be negative maybe) and use it for our gains? To let them know that we are happy about our body, feels great and strong (and mind their own business?) 😄
I just follow U at IG and sub U here. I like how u are gentle and logical in sharing your views and knowledge. Keep up yr good work, u deserve more subs!
I’d be interested to hear your breakdown of the following of Tracy Anderson method and other similar workouts like Megan Roup’s The Sculpt Society. They both tend to use no weight or less than 5lb weights. Obviously there’s no weight progression there, but Tracy says her method is scientifically researched.
First of all I want to say, I really respect the things you said, and I think that you have a lot of good thoughts. Especially knowing that everyone’s case is different. My story is a bit convoluted maybe? In 2014 my car was hit by a train, and my left shoulder was thrown forward violently out of socket, actually breaking the rib behind my collarbone with the force of it. After that happened, after a month of physical therapy, I started working out in the pool. I was unable to even lift a one pound weight. However, I kept working out in the pool, and I lost 30 pounds, got super toned, I even had ab definition. However, I started having s lot of health problems, first complex migraines that made it so I couldn’t drive, then severe chronic pain with fibromyalgia - I couldn’t (can’t) even walk sometimes. That all began in the same year, 2017. So my workouts pretty much ended. I stayed ok weight-wise until the end of 2019/beginning of 2020, when I started a medication that made me gain 20 pounds (hormonal weight gain, not too many calories). I started going to the pool again in January and was really seeing some toning, and lost ten pounds. But in March, the pandemic happened. And I have severe ocd, so I wasn’t going anywhere. I kept having chronic pain here and there, and depression, so I gained that ten pounds back, and even though I was eating 700-1000 calories per day (I even counted my coffee creamer), I could not lose the weight. I’m getting close to the end. So I finally started going to the pool again, and I was pretty excited, but now a new medication has given me bad insomnia and I fall asleep while I drive. So no more pool. Again. Anyway, I started doing the blogilates workouts, and I have to be careful with my shoulder until I start working out more (no weights, no push-ups, no planks, etc). I have mixed up her weightless arms workouts, doing one long-ish one every other day (I tried doing it every day, but my shoulder), and my triceps are super defined and hard as rocks, and my biceps are as well. I have lost the small rolls that were under my shoulder blades and at the sides of my waist. It really is quite remarkable. I can wear backless clothes again. Additionally, I do her lower body workouts as well, and my butt is fantastically toned again, and my legs are much, much slimmer than they used to be. I can wear my cool pants again lol. It is very true that as you get further into your fitness journey, you have to add more to it to see greater results. And as soon as my sleep gets worked out, I’ll be at the pool again. But for now, as someone who had gotten quite soft, I am seeing huge improvements from the blogilates workouts. Anyway, so I do agree with a lot of what you said, but I did want to tell you my experience with it as well.
I would also like to say that my body tones up really quickly and easily, so I can’t say that everyone will see the same results.
I discovered Hybrid Calisthenics' You Tube channel and it's a gem. Great and solid all the way around.
As a Singaporean of Chinese descent, I may never understand fully what East Asians perceive as the ideal Eastern Asian look. My brothers are advocates of building muscles. So they always remind me that it's important to be a strong slender person than a skinny fat person. Lol.
I'm far from being the typical East Asian woman, I do weights training 4 times a week and Pilates once a week if I can manage to squeeze in a session. Most of the women I surround myself with may not have the biggest muscles, but they are definitely defined.
Question: Does being sore after a workout indicate that it was more effective in microtearing muscle tissue for hypertrophy? Something I’ve learned from you is that “just because it hurts or is hard doesn’t mean it works”. (I should have realized that myself after doing many of these body weight workouts without much progress, with the exception of Chloe Ting’s.) Curious if that also applies to soreness after working out. Thanks!
I wondered the same thing a while ago!
The pain felt in muscles during exercise is likely due to some or other acid being released. (Not exactly sure why, someone can help me here) However, I know it does not idicate anything in terms of the effectiveness of the movement.
The pain felt after a workout is something called DOMS (delayed onset of muscles soreness) usually this happens when a movement pattern is new to you, and (maybe unfortunately?) does not indicate an effective workout either. If you do the movements more often, for a longer time (weeks - months) the pain(doms) should start going away.
This does not mean your workout isn't effective anymore, it just means that your body is used to the movement pattern.
Your main indicator of effectiveness is your ability to progress. Meaning, you can lift more weight, do more reps, or find the same weight/reps easier
Hope this helps!
Ps. Please correct me if I am wrong :)
@@emilyesnyman thanks!
@@emilyesnyman right on Emily, and you are referring to lactic acid there! 🙂
Additional note: I think that if micro tears are really micro, they likely won't be sore. If the tear is too big, it will certainly hurt a lot!
@@austinhenshaw2140 thanks Austin!
I used to be in the same trap and do these useless weightless arm exercises for months and would literally not get any results whatsoever, I now lift heavy and i'm super happy with results
Women are trapped in this stay weak bs. It is almost like ppl are afraid of physically strong women.
Women are trapped in this stay weak bs. It is almost like ppl are afraid of physically strong women.
I have a question for you or just anyone in general to answer. It's been on my mind for a while, I've tried to look it up on google etc but I couldn't find a specific answer. Anywho does portion size matter if the meal itself is low calorie and healthy? Like per-say I had some greek yogurt (220 grams) which was 100 calories, with 200 grams of strawberries 64 calories and 150 grams of grapes 99 calories, now the bowl it was in itself was pretty large and managed to fill it all the way up. I also had 2 slices of brown seeded bread which was toasted on the side (It was relatively healthy as well). Now I'm not sure if this itself is a larger portion but if so, the calories of together (For the yogurt, fruit and toast) is around 480 and manages to keep me full til 5-6pm when I eat dinner. So i'm not sure if i should cut down on the portion or what as it is healthy and the calories or the whole thing is pretty low.
CQOTW: I have wanted to ask you for a long time... Is it optimal to use only resistance bands for hypertrophy? Or is the muscle growth curve favoring using weights?
Why would you limit yourself to only resistance bands? Obviously weights can provide greater resistance
great vid! I was wondering do you have to have a low body fat percentage for muscle to be visible? I am fairly lean and I can feel the definition in my arms but I can't see it.
If you’re lean, you will see muscles. Maybe you have extra subcutaneous fat in your arms.
Very wholesome, informative, trauma and culture informed video. Keep doing the great work!
So my oldest brother is a strong man body builder (he doesn't compete anymore tho) and I mean, he's huge, his arms are far bigger than my head, he's all muscle. He works for the marines, and had 6 years in Japan, and he said he didn't meet a lot of friends really because people were scared of him. I felt bad for him, but now hearing about how the women are treated if they're muscular, really just is so sad. It's sad that people can't just do what they want to do, without getting other people's opinions.
You just have to not give af about what other people think. They are sad subhuman trash if they treat you badly for how you look.
The Japanese arent really known to befriend foreigners anyway. I hope your brother didnt take it to heart. 💙
@@Shvabicu People have misconceptions, doesn't immediately mean they are bad people. That's a bad mindset to have imo.
@@Elijah._.7 no it isn't. You need to tell assholes they're assholes. Your mindset is why they will never change.
@@Shvabicu Sure thing man
Thank you for great content! Would you consider doing video about working out in different phases of menstrual cycle? Kind of how women can work with the hormonal changes during the cycle.
Thank you! Definitely :)
Blogilates use to put out pretty good core/ab workouts several years ago, but now she's uploading a bunch of garbage "bodyweight" workouts. It's funny because I recall her blogging several years ago about the hypocrisy of some fitness influencers/trainers. Yet now, she's pretty much contributing to the BS she called out before.
People choose their fitness influencer according to body preference.
How do ballet dancers have such muscle tone and strength? Do they train with weights, in addition to body-weight only training?
There's a lot of cardio in ballet, it's very intense as you train for hours regularly just doing pliés at barre for example in order to strengthen the necessary muscles, before you then move to floor work which is constant cardio and balance. It can take years to go en pointe as you need super strength. Also the set positions for your arms alone are surprisingly exhausting to hold for a long time! 🥵 That might just be me though! 😂
A lot of pilates, stretching, and lighter weights but with more reps also really helps. TrainLikeABallerina has great workouts actually, I highly recommend them? 😊❤️
Omg🤣🤣🤣 so I have a large chest, im a DDD cup. I cannot stop laughing thinking about simply moving my arms slightly, and expecting my boobs to have a lifted effect🤣🤣🤣
I have a question, not necessarily related: why do I have stretch marks? I've been doing weight lifting and resistance training alongside dieting. Yet I've still got shaggy arms and stretch marks on my arms, why is that? Should I have been doing more massage or something? I use oil, collagen, and vitamin E + A cream.
No cream or massage will change stretch marks. They’re caused by stretching of the skin at some point. Some people are more prone depending on their skin, but rapid changes in weight are s factor.
It's usually due to gaining and ironically also losing weight, as they often become more obvious due to weightloss? Exercising the back of the arms and shoulders may help give a bit of support, and stretching regularly helps in general. Pilates with Moving Mango and Anna Mcnulty has helped me a lot. Can also try TrainLikeABallerina?
I will say, stretch marks do heal and fade, they go from that purple/red to white translucent. Drinking water and looking after your skin will definitely help, but also it might just take time.
The best routine I have found is applying a butter, like cocoa butter or oil, after a shower or bath in order to lock moisture/water in. The butter/ oil creates a barrier that helps prevent immediate loss of hydration, which gives the skin time to absorb the water and goodness. Hyaluronic acid helps lock in moisture too? Ethique has really good balms that contain good ingredients and work great. I haven't found collagen helps however? Hope this helps? ❤️
Same, I'm from Mexico and I do remembered that saying to my mom my goals at the gym and she was like: not so muscular.... Since as well here women "shouldn't" look so muscular like a man. But it's my body my choose like you said :D nothing but good vibes Harry
"if I stand there like that.... My arms do that... follow gravity" made me smile haha. Probably better off getting some closed chain movements in there to work the muscles more effectively, but I do think there's a place for these simple movements in that it can get a sedentary person to start moving more. Granted, telling people it's going to change your body dramatically is misleading for sure. Thanks for another interesting chat today! P.S... have you considered clip on earrings yet? 😜
You know what I find really cool to think about?
There is a muscle or group of muscles that helps the body with every movement it can do.
It's pretty cool imo
I started out with blogilates but haven't gone back to any of that unless I'm on my laziest days. I feel like it's good for the mindset and consistency or recuperating/getting back to training sometimes.
I do Pilates as a warm up or cool down for my weights.
Yes! I get so bored with Pilates if it’s my main workout. I like it as a cool down as well!
As someone who's realistically never going to go to the gym regularly throughout my life, I'm happy to do weightless exercises to build muscle to a limit and then maintain. It's similar to yoga and the benefits of that from an anti aging and mobility perspective are studied and experienced. I think this video is a good warning for people looking ti grow aesthetically, but beyond that I think majority of these ladies viewers are fairly intelligent enough to not believe wild promises through clickbait and titles.
I am a 76 yr young woman who has been working out for about 45 plus years. I am still doing weight routines and cardio, but am including routines just using body weight and enjoying them as an addition to my daily workouts. I am wondering if you have heard of Lucy wyndham Read and what do you think of her routines. I think we need to do workouts that we enjoy and also can see results, or we will tire of them and not do anything. Enjoy your videos and you make many good points. Thank you Moe (Maureen)
Wouldn't these workouts increase muscle endurance instead of muscle strength?
What’s sad is people expecting changes to their bodies doing these weightless workouts. Usually, people have so much unrealistic expectations doing these exercises. They’ll wonder why nothing is happening and like myself before. I blamed my genetics for not being able to build as much muscle as I want. I discovered the truths about lifting through you and other fitness UA-camrs who shed light to these so called “Weightless workout”. It wasn’t me who has the problem. It’s these people wanting more views and money. Their greed is more important than us.
Weightless workouts definitely work.
My body has benefited so much more from bodyweight workouts than anything with weights. Lifting weights just makes me hungry and want to eat more, which just leads to weight gain (and not just muscle either). Bodyweight workouts help me lean out
@@nicolestar91 Same here. Weights just exhausting me and my muscles don't even grow
@@snowwhitebeautyful Actually calisthenics work.
These workouts do work, though?
I read about Rachel Attard and she didn't like the way she looked after lifting weights so she switched to weightless exercises because she wanted to have slender look even though she did admit she was not as strong as used to be. She looked great when she was lifting weights! Not bulky at all ..but then again that's my opinion and not her taste. Everyone's goals are different. For me lifting weights has huge health benefits especially for women going in to 40's/50's its part of the reason i do it aswell as for aesthetic reasons.
I’ve wondered about calisthenics…could you maybe do a video looking at Hybrid Calisthentics and Browney? Browney in particular due to how he structures his content/approach.
I have a question, I would like to have slimmer arms but I don't want them to be muscles so I did these types of workouts, so what do you recommend me?
Spot reduction of fat isn't possible, it's going to come from your body overall through a caloric deficit. I wouldn't be afraid of gaining muscle on your arms, it is far more difficult to "get too bulky" if that is your concern than people realize, and more muscle will increase your basal metabolic rate so you can burn calories quicker, if that is your goal.
@@austinhenshaw2140 thank you for answering 😆
Good work for the funky head piece. Not sure how it was secured to stay put, but good job 👍
What do you think of madfit's workouts
Very nuanced video, especially your commentary at the end
Weightless is great for recovering from an injury or just starting out new trying to learn to build that mind body connection but ultimately for me it's not my main coarse since my body type tends to respond better to heavier weights to see more results
Asian but not woman, afab here.
Personally i'd say, the only thing worse than whole-heartedly believing your worth equals to how thin you are...is to know clearly that this is bull, but still have to starve yourself nonetheless. Just because it has to be done, whether it's to fit in or simply to not become disadvantaged.
If it's even possible to occasionally find SOME gratification in the first scenario considering the human weight can indeed fluctuate downwards, I think anyone that ends up in the second situation will just feel like a nearly-dead mouse trapped in a maze with no exit.
I think you're right. We can't live forever and it'll really be a pain in the ass if one can't even be happy with their own body during the little time they got.
Random fact:
When I started my fitness journey i got told that women (and afabs lol) can't get big (naturally). I have a lot of conflicted feelings on that half-truth. I called it half-truth, since its truthfulness really depends on what you define as big.
Is it competitive bodybuilding level (i wonder how many bodybuilders are honest with being natural), or does it mean "anyone with a wider arm circumference than the image of a faceless woman on a popular but shady weightloss drug ad"?
I feel like a lot of women felt disencouraged by that statement, if they want to get big. I also guess that a lot of women thought "well then i'm just gonna fuckit and pick up heavy weights" and discovered that yes, they can in fact, get big and ditched those weights in horror.
But i also guess that, there may also be a big group of women somewhere who started with heavy weights, thinking it wouldn't make em big anyways, then found out that they can, but embraced that and continued.
Would love to see a video analysing some ballet-inspired workouts that claim to develop ‘long’ muscles..😅
I enjoy doing weightless workout hiit. I dont enjoy lifting weight...i feel bored when i do that. I dont want to work out to make myself look certain way or grow butt. Not interested. I want to work out to get endorphins and feel happy.
My favorite is usually the opposite of whatever I happen to be working currently. Upper body always looks better on leg day 😂
Suggestion: maybe you could review the effectiveness of celebrity workouts vs the claims they make. Ex. 30 day shred by Jillian Michaels.
So True ! :D haha
I'd LOVE that. Jillian is one of the OG. My mom and I would workout together with her videos and it was so fun. I no longer follow her or listen to her advice but would enjoy Harry's commentary on her old content
This is such a good idea!
These exercises were great to get back into working out. If I do theses now I add wrist weights.
Pilates changed my body composition and shape , I personally don’t like the muscular body aesthetic.. so I’m pretty satisfied with what I’ve achieved with Pilates
i see a lot of people here are asian and i just need an opinion on how to skin down legs thick from football/soccer. douyin and chinese media is kind of misleading i really need some help. at the moment, i’m trying leg workouts + stretch and foam roll at the end. anybody have experienced this and have found solutions?
Basically , you aren't going to get a body like these weightless work out ladies bc they built their muscles in the gym, then switched to weightless and pilates for work outs that give less inflammation so they can appear more toned....but without the work on their muscles before, they would not have this appearance. People going into stuff like pilates as beginners with no muscle might not achieve their physical goal.
If people want body weight only.just do Caroline’s body weight workouts 🤪
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she is the holy grail of weighted workouts. I will never not be grateful to caroline for her amazing workouts. i've never felt stronger!
@@nitujha8801 me too, I thought I was in good shape years ago when I was doing heavy weights. I could not have finished her workouts back than. I’m not as skinny and two kids later I’m feeling strong. Can’t lift as much as back then but I’ve only been working out with carline since February this year. I so grateful to her too. Her workouts make me feel good.
Not me thinking it would be “easier”. 😂
I think a lot of people are misled by the idea that, if they follow these videos, they can look exactly like the instructor in the video. But logistically, it doesn't make sense to regard the instructors as the same type of body or skill level as yourself. And so, while it is disingenous of them to market these exercises as they do, the issue is largely the part of their fanbase that believes that they don't need to learn anything about how these exercises affect their bodies. And i think that's an issue that extends across the entirety of diet and exercising, where people will prey on others who don't want to do the research on what makes their individual body look the way they want, and they will serve as an easy scapegoat for when these methods don't help them in the end. There's a lot of work that has to go into knowing what your body can do and what are its limits, and I think a lot of people don't want to do that work. They just want to easily and quickly achieve their ideals, because it seems like it was achieved easily by people who match these ideals.
basic training is mostly weightless workouts... doing 100 counts matters 😅 repetitions, range of motion, and there is science in small muscle development in longer (even if not higher) calorie-burn and overall tone, muscular endurance
“I’ll be talking about something *probably* relevant to the title of this video” what a mood 😂
This is a big problem in asian cultures. It's a cultural thing that you being white, ridiculously skinny (almost a chopstick) is considered to be beautiful. Also it's ridiculous, but it happens pretty often things like "if you're 155cm height your ideal weight would be around 50kg, but your ideal 'beauty' weight would be 40kg". Bc of these things diets/starvation (sometimes pretty unhealthy ones) are constantly promoted as a essential thing.
Like c'mon asian people usually are skinnier, it's a ethnic thing but those standards are symply ridiculous.
Also in Asia is very common comments like: "you've gained weight, do some dieting", "you're fat" or "nobody will love you bc you're fat".
But they work grtt for overall fat loss , especially emi wong. Followed her along with healthy diet, went from 115 kg to 91 kgs in just 6 months.
Austin at it again ⚡️
Always.
Bahahha the hat is top notch! Where did you get it? A hat shop for ants?