my city has excellent bus , metro , and even public bikes . i wouldn ' t mind a scooter , but you don ' t need it <| sep |> I ' m not a weightlifter , so not the best person to ask , but I think I got you now . My point was there really doesn ' t seem to be a reason for the average woman to have a desire to lift weights . What would be the objective ? I ' m scrawny and not very athletic so I ' m more comfortable in front of a computer than being in a gym , so I genuinely have no idea what the purpose of pumping iron would be other than to acquire muscles . It is an efficient way toward general fitness if we a talking moderate weightlifting . Efficient in terms of time and money spent . A gym membership , or even a weight set is inexpensive compared to a lot of other fitness equipment . A lot of men do it , not just for strength and body building but also as means of attracting the opposite sex , it can be used as some sort of mating ritual . That doesn ' t really apply to womenMany people men and women would be considered more attractive by looking more toned and defined . I know many women I ' d have to say that apply to . Anyway , I can understand why athletes and construction workers of both genders lift weights for strength and endurance , but what would be the logical reason for the average person be ? When I think of weightlifting I ' m talking bench presses , power lifting , etc . Not those people who jog with those 12 lb dumbells or whatever . Most of us don ' t do physical jobs and a little weightlifting would be a somewhat easy way to increase our general fitness . So other than for bodybuilding and strength building , but would be the point of weightlifting ? You can stay fit with exercise and doing simple things like jogging , pushups , situps , etc . No iron required . Those things take more time than lifting weights . If you enjoy jogging or bicycling that ' s great , but they do little for upper body strength . If you added a little weightlifting to your workout , you could concentrate of your specific needs .