I'm Sexy and I Know It - My First Year of Strength Training

sunshinenjjr

Wow you look amazing!!! I started strength training 3 times a week 2 months ago, and I'm just starting to see a small difference. It's really inspirational to me to see what I could look like after a year of strength training. Thanks for posting.

hesn92

congratulations you look very nice! way to go

catfive1

Congratulations. You look wonderful.

pusheen12

Good for you! Looks like you did it right.

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sgrmag99

Absolutely AMAZING transformation! Congratulations! Your hard work has paid off. Good for you! Fabulous… Keep it up!

littleandysmom

What I did:

Lifted heavy.
Tracked my intake and TDEE
Ate like a pig - I make room for chocolate, ice cream and most importantly steak.

What I didn't do:

Starve

Wow amazing!! Love what you did and didn't do!!

_TastySnoBalls_

Good for you! Looks like you did it right.

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TL;DR = Too long, didn't read

OP, WOW!! you look fantastic, i really needed this today, thank you! and you look amazing! :flowerforyou:

Crazy4Healthy

You look fantastic!! Nice work

lafilledelarue

My jaw literally hit the floor when I saw your final picture. Wow! What an amazing transformation! Congratulations!

Annice22

Total inspiration...

trialstyle

Thanks for sharing, I'm sure your story will inspire many. It has me and will share this with my wife and friends!

Serah87

Congrats, you look awesome!!!! :flowerforyou:

1 year lifting also for me!! Love lifting!!

davepearson86

You honestly look stunning now. I'm so jealous. I can't seem to get a trainer to show me how to lift free weights. They just keep pushing me towards the machines.

fire that awful trainer. Srsly

sun_fish

Holy cow, what a transformation! You are very inspiring, thanks for posting your story.

susanrechter

wow. great results.

strunch

Cool to see your hard work paying off.

teaparty75

so glad i decided to troll the boards today - this has provided me w/some serious inspiration/motivation !! i've been lifting for a few months now and while the scale hasn't really moved - i can tell "something" is working because i'm starting to see my waist again and my clothes are fitting much better !! i will keep at it and hope for amazing results like yours !!

kathleenjoyful

You are a fit and strong BABE and you look like a completely different person. I love stories like yours, food and lifting! Two of my favourites, and losing!

Slrajr

Fabulous success story!!:)

LivingtheLeanDream

fantastic job! your hard work/effort paid off - you look absolutely fabulous

89nunu

Awesome!! You look amazing!!

Nilasaurus

wooooow!!! u look amazing!!! I'm so inspired to lift!!

SpecialSundae

What a fantastic success story! You look great, your lifts are AWESOME (You love OHP?! I'm jealous!), and I love that you focused on being healthy and not depriving yourself!

I have to wonder, though: how did you determine your bf%? You look lower than 27%!

So happy for your success; good luck on your upcoming competition! Would love to see you talk about then after!

For some reason I was blessed with unusually strong shoulders for a girl, so OHP comes really easily to me (plus it feels so badass pushing big weights over my head).

The percentages are from a BIA scale. I know they're inaccurate but it's comparing like for like. Sara and SideSteel on ETP estimate me a fair bit lower.

SpecialSundae

Hey there, I'm wondering if you lifted every day? The gym I go to recommends lifting every other day and doing cardio on the days you don't lift. They also recommend taking one of two days "off" every week. I'm an all or nothing type of girl, so I desperately want to lift every day, but that's not recommended. What did you do?

I lifted three days a week when I was doing both my trainer's programme and StrongLifts. Now I'm doing four days a week on 5/3/1.

You need rest to get stronger. Pushing yourself everyday leads to burnout. I got ill or injured at times when I overdid it through over-enthusiasm.

Sarauk2sf

This is so full of win. You look fantastic.

Keep us posted on your PL competition.

SpecialSundae

so glad i decided to troll the boards today - this has provided me w/some serious inspiration/motivation !! i've been lifting for a few months now and while the scale hasn't really moved - i can tell "something" is working because i'm starting to see my waist again and my clothes are fitting much better !! i will keep at it and hope for amazing results like yours !!

The scale slowed a lot for me for the last few months, so I tried to focus on wins with the weights... And barely realised/accepted that I'd dropped another dress size!

Stick with it and focus on little wins/NSVs.

SpecialSundae

This is so full of win. You look fantastic.

Keep us posted on your PL competition.

Thank you so much! You've been a huge inspiration through the last year.

Can't wait to get on the platform. It's going to be so much fun!

StarChanger

And I look less like a man than I ever have!

QFT!


Nice job!!!!

AngelsFan91106

The scale slowed a lot for me for the last few months, so I tried to focus on wins with the weights... And barely realised/accepted that I'd dropped another dress size!

Stick with it and focus on little wins/NSVs.

Same story with me: I was so happy with making consistent progress in the weight room that I didn't notice the scale had stopped moving, or that my clothes kept getting looser.

Thanks for sharing your awesome story. You look great and you're moving some serious weight around. Congrats!

sandi117

This is the inspiration I needed! I've just started getting serious the past two weeks about strength training (still using machines while I read about free weights - I'm terrified to do them, especially since I don't have a gym buddy to keep me from hurting myself.) Obviously I'm not going to see results now, but I'm DYING to see what will happen when they do start coming through. You've given me a glimpse.

Congrats, all your hard work has definitely paid off!