From a fitness standpoint, that sounds like Men Are From Mars & Women Are From Venus but in this case, only one word is needed....SEXIST!!!!
During my workout this morning (260 Step Ups & 88 Ab Wheel Rollouts), things were rolling in my head and this was one of them. It's one thing to understand what an individual needs and how they adapt to certain things but to put two completely separate entities for different sexes is in certain cases, a crock of shit. Cardio is to get your heart rate up and keep it at a certain point. Most think cardio is using the treadmill or aerobics or spin classes but in reality, it's a little more complex than those things.
Conditioning in this day and age means different things but for those playing the home game, conditioning is able to last for extended or even short period of time with gas left in the tank, at least from my point of view. There's even a thing called Cardiovascular Conditioning which means a person's stamina and strength have a lasting effect that can go for quite some time. Think of it this way, in a fight, if you get winded quick and can't even go very long, chances are greater that you'd be down much faster.
Here's a simpler term of how someone "may" determine the difference between cardio and conditioning....30 minutes on a treadmill would be considered cardio but 30 minutes of step ups would be considered a level of conditioning. To me, if you can focus and control your breathing for an extended period of time or even for several minutes without a break, it's all relative to a certain degree regardless whether you're a man or a woman.
I'm sorry but here's my outlook on this....Women have every right to be in as top condition as they can at the maximum of their abilities and there are some crazy stamina that women possess and it's not always from steroids or PED's. Some women can even outlast men in a lot of areas and pound for pound can be crazy strong whether in the beginning or the end. Biologically, yes there are different factors due to body composition and strength ratios, that's really the only takeaway but in the end, conditioning is what a man or a woman has a right to possess. I don't give a damn who you are, if you can outlast an opponent or even yourself and have a solid percentage of gas left in the tank, you're a bad ass and don't let anyone tell you different.
According to some people, cardio is only meant for women because it keeps their weight down and are not meant to strength train because god forbid if a woman has any strength that is greater than a man (because not every man is as strong as some women), manliness goes right out the window yet a man needs conditioning and lasting strength because that was what he was born and bred to do and if he's weak in any way, he's not a man, he's a pussy. I say fuck those people. Everybody has a right to be in the best shape at their maximum as natural as possible. If both sexes were in great shape and can do great things, what's stopping them from reaching their potential.
I'm getting off track here and going into a rant. Everybody is different and whether you're a man or a woman or transgender, non-binary, they/them or whatever, being in shape is your universal right as a human being and depending on your condition, it takes faster times, it can take longer to be in shape but regardless, you are awesome and whether you see cardio or conditioning as different methods or you do both, it's up to you what kind of shape you want to be in. Strength relies in all of us and it's up to you to make the most of it.
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BEN i had seen many womens who are lot stronger than men...In ancient India where men used to do labourious work and wrstling ..women used to used to lot hard work like drawing water from well with rope pulley,grinding indian spices with heave clubs and big grinding stones everyday and also taking care of four to five childrens...my granny used to tell me they were so strong that with one solid punch they can break anyones jaws instantly...they were not bragging or overconfident but they know they can do it.BUT AS A MAN I MUST SAY WE SHOULD BEHAVE LIKE MEN AND WOMEN LIKE WOMEN.
I hear ya and understand what you're saying. Men have a role to play and so do women but it's not always that simple as history has proven in many areas throughout ancient times.
Women have ruled many kingdoms and there are female warriors throughout history that have dominated men in certain retrospect while men have had the majority of ruling and were taught early on to fight, protect and provide.
As to the alpha/beta rule, there's controversy there and it's not always as black and white as many choose to believe. There are certain things men and women are born with that traditional society would hate on them for (have greater sensitivity due to brain damage, can't bare children or have autism, add, ADHD or other forms) and have to learn things that traditional society can't.
The roles do vary but you can't rely on tradition in order to fix the roles that don't always apply to everyone whether you're a man or women, the biggest differences is the physiology and the construct of the anatomy.
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