Female Figures

Now that I have your attention, let's talk science.  Researchers have been studying which female figures men find most attractive.  (Just think, scientists actually submitted a proposal that they needed to look at women to decide if they are attractive!)  The overall consensus is that a hip-to-waist ratio of .7 is most attractive. 

How do you develop a .7 hip-to-waist ratio?  You could follow the Hollywood plan, and go under the knife.  We have a better solution, compliments of Dr. Steven Platek:

"But in the real world, this optimal body shape is how women are designed through natural selection, through biology: We're not designed to sit around and eat Bon Bons and watch "Gossip Girl" and get overweight. And we're not designed to sit around and eat one carrot a day and starve ourselves. We're designed to eat a healthy diet and move around. To keep this naturally occurring WHR, which most women are born with, you have to move the way your body was designed to move. If you think about it, our cavemen ancestors never did bicep curls, but they probably swung an ax at a tree, which engages your core and hips and legs. There's a great workout program called CrossFit, which trains these functional fitness techniques and actually maintains the optimal female body shape."  Read the interview here.

The Venus de Milo, a statute of Aphrodite-the Greek goddess of love and beauty,  has a .7 waist-to-hip ratio.

Today's Workout

As Many Rounds as Possible in 20 minutes of:

• 20 Box Jumps (20"/24")
• 5 Dips
• 5 Pullups

Today's Endurance Workout

Swim: 10 x 50m/y with 5 times the recovery (if it takes you 30 seconds to swim 50m/y then you rest 2:30).

Bike: 10 x 1/4 mile with 5 times the recovery (if it takes 30 seconds to bike the 1/4 mile then you recover 2:30)

Run: 10 x 200m with 5 times the recovery (if it takes 40 seconds to run the 200m then you recover 3:20)

Row: 10 x 250m with 5 times the recovery (if it takes 45 seconds to row 250m then you recover 3:45)