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Can women lift weights without getting broad shoulders

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  • Posts: 9,812 Member
    As others mentioned, a lot of it will come down to your bone structure. Obviously you can build mass in the shoulders, but typically this takes years and very focused training to build muscle. In a deficit you will mostly be maintaining what you have, but you can avoid excess shoulder work if you feel things are not going in the right direction.
  • Posts: 758 Member
    Omg I did not mean to hurt anyone’s feeling , I just personally don’t like broad shoulders because it makes ME look less feminine. Most women can pull of broad shoulders and I’m not one of them . That’s because I’m still overweight and imagine overweight + broad shoulders + really tall . Not a good combo right ? Exactly 😭

    Broad shoulders and tall sound beautiful to me! Also, a strong woman is beautiful because she exudes confidence.
  • Posts: 299 Member
    If only this was the 80s! Remember dresses those enormous shoulder pads?
  • Posts: 1,670 Member
    edited January 2019
    Broad shoulders has much to do with bone structure/clavicle. I am somewhat confused why either male or female would not want broad or big shoulders; weight lifting takes years-decades to add just a few measly inches to the deltoids. Generally look great on both males & females & are a very sought after bodypart in terms of size & shape (roundness/capped look)

    When they look not so great (blatantly apparent) is when people inject synthol into the delts
  • Posts: 14,261 Member
    Broad shoulders has much to do with bone structure/clavicle. I am somewhat confused why either male or female would not want broad or big shoulders; weight lifting takes years-decades to add just a few measly inches to the deltoids. Generally look great on both males & females & are a very sought after bodypart in terms of size & shape (roundness/capped look)

    When they look not so great (blatantly apparent) is when people inject synthol into the delts

    Everybody has their own preferred aesthetic. Nothing wrong with that.
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  • Posts: 940 Member
    I have big shoulders. I hit shoulders twice a week (1st: heavy with moderate volume and 2nd: lower weight/higher volume).

    Don't do this.
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