A little annoyed by this weight training recommendation.

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  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    I thought this was going to be a post about your annoyance at advice to lift heavy.

    Glad it's not. Don't listen to them. Keep that overload going.

    I have gotten bigger while lifting weights. But guess what...I was lifting heavy *kitten* weights while eating like an *kitten* hole. Imagine that. Eat too much and you get bigger??

    But eat at maintenance or a deficit while lifting...you gonna look lean and fine.
  • RoseGranz
    RoseGranz Posts: 4 Member
    Ps: These weights are what are heavy for me at the moment. If I could do heavier I gladly would. I'll state again I DO NOT FEAR getting "bulky" because I know it won't happen and I'd gladly add muscle anyway. Was just annoyed that people keep telling me to go down back to my 5lb weights.
  • ccruz985
    ccruz985 Posts: 646 Member
    A blank stare til they move on is the best explanation you should offer. This is 100% untrue. Women do not have the testosterone to bulk up like that. You're doing perfect. I alternate between lifting heavy and bodyweight exercises just to keep my muscles limber but personally, bodyweight is what really toned me up and I weight a lot more than a 15 - 20lb dumbbell!
  • gvizzle74
    gvizzle74 Posts: 123 Member
    RoseGranz wrote: »
    Yeah I figured they were wrong and I have no fear of getting "bulky". Just get tired of explaining myself because then it turns into "What do you know? You're fat". And I 100% plan on increasing my weights as I go. I want to be strong.

    Here's the great thing...you don't have to explain yourself. Smile and nod.
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  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    Yeah, I totally love it when my obese friends try to tell me how I should be eating, which they feel compelled to do, a lot, why they feel the need is just beyond my comprehension...I just say "I'll have to do some research" when they start on the latest you-should fad, and they generally shut up...<sigh>...keep doing your own thing, you got this!!!
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  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    heytimsla wrote: »
    Yeah any reps after six and boom instant bodybuilder. It's science , I read it in Shape magazine.

    I thought it was any less than 15-20?
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    MistressSara wrote: »
    tcunbeliever wrote: »
    Yeah, I totally love it when my obese friends try to tell me how I should be eating, which they feel compelled to do, a lot, why they feel the need is just beyond my comprehension...I just say "I'll have to do some research" when they start on the latest you-should fad, and they generally shut up...<sigh>...keep doing your own thing, you got this!!!

    I have the opposite problem: because I'm carrying about 20 pounds of extra weight, people assume I don't know anything. It was worse when I was 60 pounds heavier.

    That was a problem for me, right up until I showed otherwise(see my profile pic for an example).
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    You don't have to lift heavy as long as whatever you do you lift to fatigue in the sets. It is actually good to mix lifting heavy and lifting light with higher reps so you activate all muscle fibers, building strength and endurance. The lighter weight and higher rep lifting works more toward Type I fibers which allows definition without as much size gain as lifting heavy which activates type to fibers more that have greater hypertrophy. But as mentioned, unless you really REALLY hit it hard you are not going to bulk big.
  • deputy_randolph
    deputy_randolph Posts: 940 Member
    I lift heavy...I compete in powerlifting. I'm a size 6. Not sure one could be "bulky" at this size.

    I do have to tell you that my butt is HUGE though...I've had no complaints.
  • HoneyBadger302
    HoneyBadger302 Posts: 2,086 Member
    Bulky, as in look like a dude? No, that won't happen unless you're doing something other than lifting weights (as in steroids or similar).

    That being said, you may have to adjust where you shop and take a little more time looking for clothes. I DO find a lot of off the rack, main-brand clothing doesn't fit great. Arms and shoulder too small (I have naturally wide shoulders for a gal), and I can struggle to fit my arms into sizes that fit my middle. Thighs, too - by the time jeans fit my waist, my thighs don't fit.

    BUT, that doesn't mean there aren't clothes out there, it just means I can't just grab anything off the rack, or if I really love it, may need to buy in a bigger size and have the body altered to fit.
  • Davidsdottir
    Davidsdottir Posts: 1,285 Member
    Yup, I'm with the majority here. I lift heavy, am 5'5"ish, 134 lbs, and a size 2. Not bulky.
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