Want to be Toned but Not Ripped

ironanimal

@dana - Starting Strength or Stronglifts 5x5 preferably If you need to be shown form, pay for an hour and get the PT to walk you through each of the main lifts.

JoRocka

Surely there must be a difference between lifting heavy and lifting like a girl - if you are a girl.

what does that even mean??

if you lift heavy- you get stronger- if you are a girl- or a guy.

The style of lifting doesn't change just because you have a vagina- or not.

I am not really trying to be an *kitten*- I just seriously do NOT understand what that statement even means.

Achrya

Well maybe I think I'm bulging because I gain muscles but still like to eat a muffin, so there is fat as well? Or does that not make any sense.

Can someone explain why it is that when you check out what the models with the long lean muscles and the lady who trains Gwyneth Paltrow do, they all say they don't lift heavier than 3 pound dumbbells? And they do more aerobics and core exercise?

Surely there must be a difference between lifting heavy and lifting like a girl - if you are a girl.

Huh? Lifting like a girl, as far as I'm aware, means being a girl and lifting, right? Cause I do the same moves as my husband (though not quite as heavy) but because I'm a female I would imagine I lift like a girl.

I squat like a girl, deadlift like a girl, bench like a girl and so on, but I do it all with heavy weights.

Unless I'm misunderstanding? So confused.

francescajeanfox

Hey Everyone!
Hoping someone would be able to give me a little advice. I am currently working towards a weight loss goal. I would ultimately like to be toned, but not ripped. (Think pageant girl instead of body builder). Do I lose the fat before I start lifting weights or do both simultaneously? I don't want to have huge muscles once I've lost the weight.
Thanks

Metabolically, it's pretty damn near impossible for females to put on enough muscle to look bulky/ripped, without years and years of hard work...and tons of drugs.
Start lifting now. Do compound lifts and lift heavy. Continue to eat well. Look and feel awesome.

THIS!!!!

ILoveBreakfast671

I wish I could become ripped on accident like women.

I'm stuck at 16%. Sad life.

jacksonpt

Hey Everyone!
Hoping someone would be able to give me a little advice. I am currently working towards a weight loss goal. I would ultimately like to be toned, but not ripped. (Think pageant girl instead of body builder). Do I lose the fat before I start lifting weights or do both simultaneously? I don't want to have huge muscles once I've lost the weight.
Thanks

Metabolically, it's pretty damn near impossible for females to put on enough muscle to look bulky/ripped, without years and years of hard work...and tons of drugs.
Start lifting now. Do compound lifts and lift heavy. Continue to eat well. Look and feel awesome.

THIS!!!!

Except the fact that being "ripped" means different things to different people.

I agree with your point, but for some people, simple showing a bit of definition is too muscular.

deksgrl

Except the fact that being "ripped" means different things to different people.

I agree with your point, but for some people, simple showing a bit of definition is too muscular.

Well then those people can just be skinny fat and be happy. Except they are not, which is why they all want "tone".

jacksonpt

Except the fact that being "ripped" means different things to different people.

I agree with your point, but for some people, simple showing a bit of definition is too muscular.

Well then those people can just be skinny fat and be happy. Except they are not, which is why they all want "tone".

My point was that not everyone even wants to be toned... some people just don't want to be fat. Someone said it earlier in the thread... and to those people it's misleading to say that they are incapable of getting "ripped" - because ripped to them is very different than ripped to you and I.

Erica_theRedhead

deksgrl

My point was that not everyone even wants to be toned... some people just don't want to be fat. Someone said it earlier in the thread... and to those people it's misleading to say that they are incapable of getting "ripped" - because ripped to them is very different than ripped to you and I.

Well, this thread is titled "Want to be toned," so at least the OP is interested in being toned. And the posted you responded to is right--we see tons of people posting on here that they've gotten to their goal weight, but they still have arms/belly/*kitten*/hips/ankles/elbows/noses that are still problematic in their mind, and they want to know if anyone's invented a magic spot-reducing exercise, or if they need to lose ANOTHER five, ten pounds, and will it go away then please? The answer is no, they are not happy with their bodies because they were so afraid of having a tiny amount of muscle definition that they satisfied themselves with dieting away muscle mass and they're still not happy with their bodies.

Exactly.

mayflowermn

I must be the only girl in the world who actullly bulges really quickly, but that would be a different thread.

Nads1012 AND I must be freaks of nature then. :noway: No drugs & no 13% body fat either, but definition & popping veins. Apparently my legs never got the memo though....

deksgrl

Nads1012 AND I must be freaks of nature then. noway No drugs & no 13% body fat either, but definition & popping veins. Apparently my legs never got the memo though....

Wow, that is impressive! What is your body fat %, out of curiousity? I likely will never get there.

mayflowermn

Thank you!

My body fat at the time I took that picture in March was 18.2% using the Military Body Fat Calculator from the Fat 2 Fit Radio website.

Never say never.....you'd be surprised at where you get sometimes!

I never wanted to workout in public (ie gym) and swore I never would, but I've been going now for 1 1/2 years and am totally in love with weight lifting. Of course it helps that my guy is there to motivate me and workout with me.

So if I can do it, so can you!

deksgrl

I may need to join a gym in the future or buy more equipment for my home gym, but I'm not to that point yet. Thanks for the info! That military calculator has me terribly high because I carry all my fat on my stomach.