Originally published January 10 2006
Researchers study how gender influences the perception of changes to the body
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
While evaluating the attitudes of men and women engaged in a 12-week strength training program, researchers discovered that men measured their improvement by perceived changes to their body, while women measured theirs on the weight scale and by their increased weight-lifting abilities.
Why do women need the scale for positive self-esteem and men just need a glance in the mirror?
Researchers had sedentary men and women participate in a 12-week strength-training program.
At the end of the program, all participants had noticeable differences in their appearance, weight and strength.
However, men saw improvements by perceived changes in their body, while women depended on the scale and weight-lifting improvements.
Researchers said that all the participants were able to see improvements in physique over a relatively short amount of time, proving a little hard work can go a long way.
The study had 28 men and 16 women participate in the program.
They completed body image questionnaires before and after the course.
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