I had no idea who Tracey Anderson was until I looked at this, but I officially hate her now. I mean... I can do like infinite reps with 3 pounders, and I'm a pretty weak guy (slight case of muscular dystrophy, I still function normally in every way, I just don't build muscle as fast or have as much as average people).

And that picture on the article he linked... by no means is that healthy looking or hot! Is this excersize supposed to make you weaker?! Because it sure doesn't look like it's making anyone fit. I'm not JUST attracted to muscular girls, but... for me to be attracted to someone they have to have SOMETHING on them.

Anyways, to sum this up... Tracey Anderson sucks and it's hard to believe that women would believe stuff like this...   

[Rage]

Second that and add my own RAGE!!!!

I think (certainly it's the explanation in my case) that we're raging here because of what you said - the pressure on girls is bad enough, then the likes of this woman come along, and, either through their own ignorance or (more likely, IMO) opportunistic tactics, take advantage of the reticence of most of these girls by reassuring them that, if they never work-out with anything heavier than 3 pound dumbells they won't end-up looking like "teh Ahhhnold" circa 1980.  In fact, if you look at the article linked-to by the personal trainer who is ranting about this, mostly the resistance isn't even as much as three pounds, but only gravity and air resistance.

I'd love to see photos of someone like Pauline Nordin offseason on billboards with a note underneath saying something like "I workout with heavy weights"  or  "Lifting heavy made me look this hot" as I think most girls think they'll look unfeminine and ugly if they pump iron.  The only thing that will do that is excessive steroid use (please note my use of the word "excessive").