> > Regarding lifting- 10 pounds against your "old" belly was 10 additional
> pounds
> > of back force. 10 pounds with your arms out two feet is 20 pounds of
> > back force. Non pregnant people can make a bit more of a choice of
> > how close they keep things to their center of gravity, as babies grow out
> > everything is a bit more "total" work when you look at energy
expenditure.
> >
> >
> You overlook men with humongously protruding beer guts.
> You sexist! <G>
> xponent
> rob
Nope, I give everyone the same lesson with one non-sexist sandbag.
Most guys do not put weight on as fast as a pregnant woman though,
and the change in center of gravity is pretty wild for women. In both
cases people wind up with a bit of extra weight on the front of their
feet (as opposed to both the front and back).
Julia-
> If a guy with a gut picks up a laundry basket and the edge digs into said
> gut, the gut gives at the spot where the top of the basket meets it. A
> pregnant belly *doesn't* give like that -- and if something starts to dig
> in like that, it *hurts* a bit.
Still a change in center of gravity if it is squishy or not. Although
malebodies
may have had a bit longer to adapt. I can't recall the specifics, but a
woman's abdominals lengthen something like 7 times their original length in
less than a year (is it a wonder there is a bit of slack afterwards).
Dee
