The New Rules of Lifting for Women Quotes

“...if you use a standard called "biological value" to rate protein sources... soy finishes far below eggs, milk, fish, beef and chicken. The food with the highest biological value ever measured is whey protein...”
― Lou Schuler, The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess

“If it’s what your body was designed to do, it’s probably not bad form. And if the exercise requires you to do something unnatural, you should think twice before doing it.”
― Lou Schuler, The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess

“Protein is to diets what black is to fashion: it makes everyone thinner.”
― Lou Schuler, The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess

“So if you add it all up, weight workouts give you two, and possibly three, important advantages over endurance exercise: 1. The afterburn, which might be an extra 50 calories. 2. A higher percentage of fat calories used for energy after the workout. 3. A possible increase in resting metabolic rate, in the neighborhood of 50 calories a day.”
― Lou Schuler, The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess

“Muscles grow for a variety of reasons, but the main one is strength. If you force them to get stronger, they will get bigger. If you start lifting 100 pounds five times, but train your body to lift 150 pounds five times, you’re going to end up with bigger muscles. But if you start off lifting 50 pounds ten times, and progress to lifting the same 50 pounds fifteen times, all you’ve done is increase the endurance of the muscles, which by itself will not make them bigger.”
― Lou Schuler, The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess