Is there a right way for women to get ripped abs?

            The Los Angeles Times article explains the life of a famous bodybuilder named Sandra Bueckert. Sandra is a 45 year old mother and has two kids, she is known as one of the best personal trainers. Her body is extremely muscular and she is extremely ripped. Majority of the people love and appreciate her look, however others don’t. The article explains how in the past years body builder competitors have been asked to take steroids in order for them to be more “fit”. Of course, some decided to do it to stay in the competition. Unlike Sandra, she decided not to take steroids when she was competing in the national level. Sandra explains that she left the competition because she wanted to have kids. The importance of functionalism in her life was putting her family first. The conflict theory between the body builders is that some competitors starve themselves and don’t have enough fat to have their menstrual cycle. The power that the judges and the body builders competitors have over them affect them physically and mentally. There is no reason why the women competitors have to stop having their menstrual cycle because their taking steroids, the importance of them having the best abs or body includes them being in a perfect health condition. One of the messages that I think this article is sending out, is that there is no reason why women have to starve themselves to feel beautiful. All women are amazing in their own way; the media should have no influence towards their body. 

By: Jenny Sanchez

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-fitness-women-abs-20120130,0,5949957.story