Women Lifting Heavy and being Bulky....................

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  • sakuragreenlily
    sakuragreenlily Posts: 334 Member
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    I'm not normally an attention wh*re, but I'm bored today
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    What are you doing to get such gorgeous definition in your back? I feel like I always get a good workout in my traps but not much else... You look great!
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    I am looking forward to being able to adequately direct people towards the beach.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    On a side note, as someone who normally avoids cameras like the plague, how the EFF does one take these photos and get the muscles to make an appearance. I SWEAR I can see them in the mirror, but I'll be damned if they'll show up on screen.

    Lighting makes a difference. The downward angle usually shows the cuts as deeper because of the shadows. :wink:
  • _KitKat_
    _KitKat_ Posts: 1,066 Member
    On a side note, as someone who normally avoids cameras like the plague, how the EFF does one take these photos and get the muscles to make an appearance. I SWEAR I can see them in the mirror, but I'll be damned if they'll show up on screen.

    You need a phone post '07 :flowerforyou:

    Actually I have no clue, I thought I could multitask but I am just not that good :drinker:
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    I flex my arms all the time because I can see muscles that I've never seen before. My hubs then feels the need to flex his as well. We then have a flex-off. I also do this with my calves because the muscle is visible there too. The rest of them I try to flex but the flubber is still too thick to make it much fun.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    Hell to the yeah! I like having muscles and flexing them.

    I'd love my muscles to be bigger - I'm at a genetic advantage when it comes to muscles due to having a large frame, yet it still takes so much lifting and eating at a surplus just to add half an inch here and there to my muscles. Really, there's *no* danger of getting bulky by accident!

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  • _KitKat_
    _KitKat_ Posts: 1,066 Member
    I am looking forward to being able to adequately direct people towards the beach.

    Aaron, you must have some practice pics of the "over that way" pose.....come on post, we finally got to see your face :wink:
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
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    What are you doing to get such gorgeous definition in your back? I feel like I always get a good workout in my traps but not much else... You look great!

    Barbell rows, seated cable rows, one arm dumbbell rows and Pendlay rows. ETA: Make sure to hold the lifts at the top of the movement. That contraction and hold really helps.

    My back is also usually the leanest area. Posing practice helps because if your arms are too far forward or too far back or if you pinch your mid back or pull your lats too far out then it makes you look like you have no muscle.
  • Bustergirl14
    Bustergirl14 Posts: 69 Member
    I need to keep lifting (not a problem because i LOVE it) and lose more weight (it's going the right direction) before I will see the kind of definition in my arms like y'all are talking about. But my back and my shoulders are shaping up nicely so i have taken to wearing tank tops to yoga so I can flex my back and shoulders for the benefit of the people behind me because they are always so amazed that the old lady can hold a plank longer than anyone else in class. Love it. Love being strong.
  • QueenBishOTUniverse
    QueenBishOTUniverse Posts: 14,121 Member
    On a side note, as someone who normally avoids cameras like the plague, how the EFF does one take these photos and get the muscles to make an appearance. I SWEAR I can see them in the mirror, but I'll be damned if they'll show up on screen.

    You need a phone post '07 :flowerforyou:

    Actually I have no clue, I thought I could multitask but I am just not that good :drinker:

    Yes well, my money will be going to a power rack bench and weights before a new phone, so y'all are going to just have to deal with blurry crappy selfies.
  • greentart
    greentart Posts: 411 Member
    Hehehe... My boyfriend actually caught me flexing while I was kitchen. :embarassed: I hadn't seen that muscle before!! I was so excited!! When he asked me what I was doing, I turned and said "Check out my guns!"

    Yep, I went there.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    At this point I am looking no longer overweight which I am pleased about but I still fat covering my definition and low enough muscle mass that I am not particularly impressed by my flexed physique. Not that depressed by that, just something to work towards but yeah nothing really to share to speak of just yet.
  • Zaftique
    Zaftique Posts: 599 Member
    I want to be bulky so bad and yes, I spend a stupid amount of time flexing lol

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    ok, ma'am, you are going into my Liftspiration folder. ^_^ If I can get my bingo wings to look half that awesome, life will be sweet.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I sometimes like to flex my muscles and pose in the mirror (usually before my shower). My husband likes when I am moving around naturally and he can see my muscles flexing.
  • lockeddoor
    lockeddoor Posts: 103 Member
    I'm primarily a runner, but I also lift heavy (well, heavy for ME!), and I am embarrassed to admit that I stare at my abs in the mirror more than I should. I was a little bit flabby in the mid-section before, but now I have the beginnings of some muscle definition (which is HARD after 4 kids and an undying devotion to junk food and beer :drinker: LOL)

    I'm not as ripped as these ladies on this thread, not even close, but lifting has definitely improved the way my body looks. My stomach looks nicer NOW than when I was a teenager.

    If only I could convince my husband to start lifting with me... I tried playfully teasing him, that his tiny 5'3 wife can outmuscle him, but he just thinks that hot, instead of accepting my challenge LOL
  • levitateme
    levitateme Posts: 999 Member
    I still have too much fat on my arms to have impressive biceps or triceps, but that doesn't keep me from flexing all the time.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    My arms are super veiny (abnormally?) so I love to curl in the mirror and watch the veins pop.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    My arms are super veiny (abnormally?) so I love to curl in the mirror and watch the veins pop.

    Veiny forearms are the easiest way to spot some one who is fit. Biceps, shoulders, legs are generally hidden by clothing, but forearms... Me likey.
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
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  • lucygoesrawr
    lucygoesrawr Posts: 184 Member
    I do, with my arms at least. I'm doing what I can, but I don't lift anything as heavy as others seem to... but just being able to see MUSCLE there that I didn't even know how to tense before is brilliant :D Quite proud, really...

    And to the people who posted pictures - you look wonderful :) Very inspirational.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I don't flex after working out (I don't lift for hypertrophy specifically), but I do get a kick out of certain muscles showing - my obliques and delts are a couple of examples, (I would like a better tricep cut) but my favorite ones are my tensor fascia latae (I think itss that one and am not sure of the plural for it). Possibly oddly, I hardly ever flex my biceps unless specifically taking a pic of them or joking about them being 'bulky'.
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
    I spend more time flexing in the mirror than I should admit to. I'm also a bodybuilder and spend lots of time practicing the poses.

    Girl, with abs like those, you can flex as much as you want. :love:

    As for the OP -- I don't specifically flex a lot, but I do love the pumped feeling in my biceps and triceps after a good arm-related workout.

    I've also loved my calves and thighs my whole life. I don't carry much fat in my extremities, so my calves are nearly all lean. When I still lived on a rather steep hill, my favorite time was when I was shaving my legs, because it really showed the definition I had in my calves. :glasses:
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    Flexing is definately an art form...to get them to show in their best "light" so to speak...

    I am not an artist..not many pics of me flexing...I have a body builder friend who is suppose to "teach" me some stuff the next time I see him...but until then...mostly mirror for me...until I take my one year of lifting pics...

    I will have to remember the tip for "downward" angle with the camera...

    ETA: was flexing in my office at work:blushing: ...checking my tricep which I wish looked better...
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    My arms are super veiny (abnormally?) so I love to curl in the mirror and watch the veins pop.

    Veiny forearms are the easiest way to spot some one who is fit. Biceps, shoulders, legs are generally hidden by clothing, but forearms... Me likey.

    I like them as well. Definitely not complaining. Chics seem to dig them. My calves ( or bulls, as I call them) have a ton of veins as well so I like looking at those, too. Now if I could just get rid of the remaining belly fat!!!! Argh!!!!
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
    I'm not normally an attention wh*re, but I'm bored today
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    /drool

    It's pics like yours that make me consider taking up body building or competition fitness modeling, instead of "just" powerlifting. I'm still a looong way off from that, though. I'll get there if/when I can get some underlying endocrine/metabolic issues tamed. *fingers crossed*
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    I know some women worry about being bulky, this will NOT happen without testosterone and much more work than most are willing to do.

    Um actually genetics DO play a role. It IS possible (without testosterone), just unlikely based on the majority population.
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
    I spend more time flexing in the mirror than I should admit to. I'm also a bodybuilder and spend lots of time practicing the poses.

    Haha I would never leave the mirror if I had your physique!

    ^^^^^This I have to admit also :love: :blushing:

    I'm confused. So are you saying women can't get bulky?

    They could but it would be extremely difficult and require hormones most likely. It is extremely hard for men to bulk, for women (we lack a significant percentage of the testosterone men have) it is never an accident. On MFP we hear women all the time stating they won't lift because they may bulk up...... look at usmc or alloutofbubblegum, they lift heavy and are tiny (not flexed), hot and feminine. Same with the other women posting here. Look at Sarauk2sf profile, she lifts extremely heavy and is very feminine and not in the least bulky.

    Don't forget JoRocka!
  • _KitKat_
    _KitKat_ Posts: 1,066 Member
    Don't forget JoRocka!

    Now I have to go stalk someone :noway:
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
    Hell to the yeah! I like having muscles and flexing them.

    I'd love my muscles to be bigger - I'm at a genetic advantage when it comes to muscles due to having a large frame, yet it still takes so much lifting and eating at a surplus just to add half an inch here and there to my muscles. Really, there's *no* danger of getting bulky by accident!

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    I think MFP is screwing with the encoding of the space in your file name. Here's the link for the image:

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    ETA - Haha! I was able to fix it! (Pro tip -- if MFP borks an IMG and you know the link is correct, look for that "%20" and replace it with a space. "gun%20show" becomes "gun show")
  • WillLift4Tats
    WillLift4Tats Posts: 1,699 Member
    Don't forget JoRocka!

    Now I have to go stalk someone :noway:

    If you're gonna go stalking, MireyGal is where the inspiration's at!

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