Females only - lifting/weight training results?

marilync1266

Bump for inspiration!

dixiewhiskey

i posted this in the "supah bulky" thread, but here it is for you again...

I'm in month 7 now, but here are my 6 month photo updates...

(before photo shows me *almost* at my heaviest)


(first photo shows me 2 weeks before i first started weight training)


(post 30-day Squat Challenge plus 30-day Bret Contreras Glute Challenge)


(current side view)

You look great!

dixiewhiskey

This is the first time I have posted here - I really never thought I'd ever be able to post a comparison photo! I have been weight training since November. My progress has been quite slow because I spent months making sure my form was right with a trainer. I really want to do Stronglifts 5x5 as I think I would see better results in a shorter space of time but at the moment I am sticking to the plans my trainer writes for me. I took the most recent photos this morning and can't believe how different I look now!

As well as lifting I do a circuits class once a week and a pole fitness class once a week.

You look so tiny now. Definitely see the effort you've been put in! Great job!

Karabobarra

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KylaDenay

You all look amazing!! Such inspiration on here.

I just started lifting and this is great motivation. Thank you all for sharing!

Welcome2theHellmouth

Bumping for inspiration! Would love to see results of people only training with Dumbbells. If that exists lol. That's all I have right now to start out with.

quellybelly

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1971MLJ

Bumping for inspiration! Would love to see results of people only training with Dumbbells. If that exists lol. That's all I have right now to start out with.

My before and afters - all done with dumbells and bodyweight training.

Welcome2theHellmouth

Bumping for inspiration! Would love to see results of people only training with Dumbbells. If that exists lol. That's all I have right now to start out with.

My before and afters - all done with dumbells and bodyweight training.

Wow that's awesome. Can I ask what weight you started with and what you worked up to?

Achrya

I remember this thread. I saw it and thought to myself 'I want to be one of the women in here.'

Last May, about 165, before I started New Rules of Lifting for Women (I started back on MFP on April 27th, started lifting about 3 weeks after that, have logged in every day since)




After New Rules and starting StrongLifts! (Imgur says this was 10 months ago so August 2013)




Now, 1/3 of the way through Strong Curves






AND sometimes I actually wear clothes. But rarely.

JGonzo82

I've never posted pics in the forums on here before, so here's hoping I don't F this up...













OK let's see if any of that actually worked correctly...*fingers crossed*

loriemn

I've never posted pics in the forums on here before, so here's hoping I don't F this up...













OK let's see if any of that actually worked correctly...*fingers crossed*

OMG!!! I sooo want your abs!!! maybe next year this time I will be closer..

JGonzo82

OMG!!! I sooo want your abs!!! maybe next year this time I will be closer..

well thank you ma'am; I appreciate that!

pssst...anyone...how do you make photos not HYOUGE when you post them? (not trying to hijack the thread here, apologies in advance to the OP)

1971MLJ

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Wow that's awesome. Can I ask what weight you started with and what you worked up to?

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No problem, I'm still on pretty low weights compared to some but my sessions are pretty intense. My workout is basically a full body weights routine with plyometric exercises between sets, sometimes with treadmill intervals sometimes not.
My trainer changes everything up every few weeks and my current program is all based around press ups with and without dumbells and mountain climbers/squat thrusts with treadmill intervals. It's tough but amazing. I've just started doing Metafit classes in the last two weeks, all bodyweight routines but fast paced and again amazing workout in only 30 minutes..

Here are some of my weights/exercises.
Squats - SW 8kg - CW 12kg
Squat press - SW 6kg - CW 8kg
Wide row - SW 6kg - CW 10kg
Inner row - SW 6kg - CW 10kg
Dumbell curls - SW 5kg - CW 7kg
Lat pulldown (machine) - SW 25kg - CW 34.5kg
Squat jumps - SW 0 - CW - 10kg plate or dumbell
Tricep press - SW 5kg - CW - 7kg
Chest flyes - SW 6kg - CW - 8kg

Welcome2theHellmouth

Wow that's awesome. Can I ask what weight you started with and what you worked up to?

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No problem, I'm still on pretty low weights compared to some but my sessions are pretty intense. My workout is basically a full body weights routine with plyometric exercises between sets, sometimes with treadmill intervals sometimes not.
My trainer changes everything up every few weeks and my current program is all based around press ups with and without dumbells and mountain climbers/squat thrusts with treadmill intervals. It's tough but amazing. I've just started doing Metafit classes in the last two weeks, all bodyweight routines but fast paced and again amazing workout in only 30 minutes..

Here are some of my weights/exercises.
Squats - SW 8kg - CW 12kg
Squat press - SW 6kg - CW 8kg
Wide row - SW 6kg - CW 10kg
Inner row - SW 6kg - CW 10kg
Dumbell curls - SW 5kg - CW 7kg
Lat pulldown (machine) - SW 25kg - CW 34.5kg
Squat jumps - SW 0 - CW - 10kg plate or dumbell
Tricep press - SW 5kg - CW - 7kg
Chest flyes - SW 6kg - CW - 8kg
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Thank you! I have a ways to go! But I'm gonna push hard !!

sunseeker100

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perfect10isha

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JCLondonUK

Just wow!

Thank you for posting. Your pics are really inspiring. Can I ask how long you've been lifting and what programme you follow?

I've never posted pics in the forums on here before, so here's hoping I don't F this up...













OK let's see if any of that actually worked correctly...*fingers crossed*

laineybz

January 2013





After 10 months with a bulking and cutting phase:








Lifting has made me feel more awesome inside and out!

You look fab! Defo inspirational!

laineybz

I do not have any proper before pics as I was very very camera shy due to the weight I had gained. However, I did find one taken on holiday just before I started on MFP at the age of 44.




I lost 37lbs through a reasonable caloric deficit and lifting over the course of a year. Since then I have done a bulk and a cut and am now reversing back up ready to bulk again. A couple of my most recent pictures, now at 46 years old:

You look amazing!