When we see images of slim women on treadmills every day, is it any wonder that everyone "accepts" the "fact" that endless cardio is the best way to get into shape? Understandably, an image of a woman lifting weights carries a certain stigma or fear of masculinity for many women.

Let's stop and take the image on the left with a pinch of salt. How many times have you also seen images of ripped, buff guys using tiny dumbbells or promoting the latest home ab crunching machine? The reality is these guys didn't get their physiques using the products they are associated with in these pictures.

Most women cannot expect to look like the one on the left by doing what she is doing in the photograph. She is a model and she has been paid for her good physique to run on a treadmill for a photo.

Forget what you think you know and think about what you have seen in real life. Endless rows of overweight or saggy women running on treadmills. You know that they are "trapped" and locked into a cycle and that they have to devote a ridiculous amount of time to "going nowhere".