But, won't I like get bulky if I lift weights????

YukonJoy

They will get gorgeous hair?

Shanna_Inc86

And can I just say by looking at some of the profile pics, you ladies look amazing!
Keep up the hard work, it's definitely paid off! :flowerforyou:

Shanna_Inc86

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aosMsYWzKzs&sns=em

This is a hysterical mockery of things women say to trainers at the gym
I was cracking up the entire time watching it....especially comments like "I think I just peed a little" while doing jumping jacks and how many glasses of wine are acceptable :laugh:

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

Seriously when I first saw this post I thought of giving an OP some "homily" sessions about weight lifting for women 101 but well I'm glad that it turned out the other way. In my experience, all I got from heavy weight lifting is a smaller body being able to fit into a size S clothes without losing weight & a sexy toned body. In addition, losing those stubborn unwanted fat on my hips & thighs. Although cardio is also necessary for the heart, lungs & endurance but I consider it more as a supplement workout while strength training as my main workout. I'll make it a point to always lift weights even if I'm old or sick & would only stop doing so when I'm already dead.

Laner07

Lol that's awesome

jessie_rose24

I love being strong, love lifting, love pushing my body to test it's capabilities. Muscles are beautiful and healthy, they create a better body composition and let your body burn calories more efficiently and greater duration during the day. Thank you for posting this pic, hopefully it will get more women in the weight room...lifting seriously!

addisondisease

Is it strange that i would totally let the Roided out "girl" do me? (very srs) I feel like that would be some hot aggressive lovin'

BecksgotBack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aosMsYWzKzs&sns=em

This is a hysterical mockery of things women say to trainers at the gym
I was cracking up the entire time watching it....especially comments like "I think I just peed a little" while doing jumping jacks and how many glasses of wine are acceptable :laugh:

so you know we can't watch youtube at work....but....i sometimes pee a little when doing jumping jacks. so stfu!!!

addisondisease

Just go to the bathroom before your do your jacks, or use a tampon.

vs1023

I love being strong, love lifting, love pushing my body to test it's capabilities. Muscles are beautiful and healthy, they create a better body composition and let your body burn calories more efficiently and greater duration during the day. Thank you for posting this pic, hopefully it will get more women in the weight room...lifting seriously!

Same for me. I have awhile to go before I start deadlifting 100+ lbs, but i'm getting there little by little. Mostly weight training and a little cardio does the trick, plus a whole foods diet. I love feeling strong! I can pick up my 6 year old with ease!

Kany

Damn right! Resistance training is defining my gluteus maximus muscles! I'm trying to bulk them up but I guess it doesn't work like that. It's more tightening and defining the muscles than bulking them. On a side note, my body is sore all over.

Shanna_Inc86

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aosMsYWzKzs&sns=em

This is a hysterical mockery of things women say to trainers at the gym
I was cracking up the entire time watching it....especially comments like "I think I just peed a little" while doing jumping jacks and how many glasses of wine are acceptable :laugh:

so you know we can't watch youtube at work....but....i sometimes pee a little when doing jumping jacks. so stfu!!!

I watch it on my phone lol
and squat thrusts...gets a lil dicey sometimes hahaha

DannyMussels

Don't show this thread to the 30+page thread last night where everyone was saying the fat movie stars were more attractive then the thinner ones. Then started bashing skinny/fit girls.

Or the one million page thread from weeks back where everyone liked the 'fat whale' in the story and said 'skinny mermaids' don't exist.

:glasses:

Shanna_Inc86

Seriously when I first saw this post I thought of giving an OP some "homily" sessions about weight lifting for women 101 but well I'm glad that it turned out the other way. In my experience, all I got from heavy weight lifting is a smaller body being able to fit into a size S clothes without losing weight & a sexy toned body. In addition, losing those stubborn unwanted fat on my hips & thighs. Although cardio is also necessary for the heart, lungs & endurance but I consider it more as a supplement workout while strength training as my main workout. I'll make it a point to always lift weights even if I'm old or sick & would only stop doing so when I'm already dead.

:flowerforyou:

BecksgotBack

Just go to the bathroom before your do your jacks, or use a tampon.

totally have a snarctastic comment about that....but i'm being nice today. i'll keep it to myself.

AndiJ2011

I love lifting... I am by no means an expert, but my husband has got in shape by changing his eating patterns, strength (lifting) training & about 1 - 3 cardio sessions a week, so he teaches me form and everything.

I feel $exy when I am lifting. Like yeah I am cute but yeah I can lift this 12 lb dumbbell also!!! lol.. silly i know.

I also find that times goes by much faster when I lift and do circuit training. I go for the minimum cardio. I do 40 minutes about every other day. But I split that 40 into 20 minute sessions...

ETA: I also like lifting because it seems that many women can weight more but be more tone. I was 127 pre-pregnancy. Super skinny for my frame, not flabby at all but I was not toned.

I want to be about 135 - 140 this time around and cut up!

sbb4406

Just go to the bathroom before your do your jacks, or use a tampon.

That's... not how tampons work :P

FaithHopeBELIEVE

I love when women understand they wont look like Arnold when they lift! When I am asked that question by women, I send the Jamie Easons website ...... www.jamieeason.com · she is the epitome of womens fitness and lifting weights.

Great post Shanna!!! :drinker:

Just checked the site out and I wanna look like her when i grow up!!! (I'm 38)

elg1982

Lifting weights causes women to get their hair done and wear full make-up to the gym?

Apparently I missed the perfect eyeliner application tutorial at the gym.

addisondisease

Just go to the bathroom before your do your jacks, or use a tampon.

That's... not how tampons work :P

duct tape a balloon down there?

Shanna_Inc86

Just go to the bathroom before your do your jacks, or use a tampon.

That's... not how tampons work :P

duct tape a balloon down there?

:laugh: :laugh:
omg almost spit my water out when I read that...really?? That makes me giggle a lot

dad106

I like when guys see me lifting and they think oh no way.. that girl can't lift all that. and then I do.

Even my trainer said during our last session, I never realized how strong you're legs were... We def. need to increase the weight we are using!

addisondisease

I can totally relate^

Whenever i do snatches or C&J all the curl bros just watch and wondering why I am able to gain more than them

grapenutSF

Let's face it. Neither one of those is going to happen.

I lift heavy. I will get healthier and stronger, and burn more fat, but which compound exercise exactly will give me those boobs and hair?

TeresaC79

So, just to be clear...when new people come to the site and don't know all the in's and out's of exercise and fitness, and said new person asks a question...they can count on being mocked. Check. Got it now. Thanks.

bahacca

Lady hulk is pretty hot! By this time next year I hope to look like picture #2 in the original post. I should print her picture and put it on my fridge.

LorinaLynn

So, just to be clear...when new people come to the site and don't know all the in's and out's of exercise and fitness, and said new person asks a question...they can count on being mocked. Check. Got it now. Thanks.

But... the OP started this thread a few minutes before you posted about not wanting to bulk. It's not about you!

It's a topic we see a lot. It's a very common misconception that a lot of people here would like to dispel. I felt the same way... I had big arms and big legs and thought that heavy weights would make them bigger. I'm very happy to have been proven wrong.

DizzyLinds

The thing is i actually feel my body is getting bigger and 'bulkier', the scale is up too. I've been told my arms are bigger and i'm more muscular to look at. I don't want to look big...i'm only 5ft. It's starting to get me down a bit even though my strength, power and recovery rates are improving.

engineman312

The thing is i actually feel my body is getting bigger and 'bulkier', the scale is up too. I've been told my arms are bigger and i'm more muscular to look at. I don't want to look big...i'm only 5ft. It's starting to get me down a bit even though my strength, power and recovery rates are improving.

The thing is i actually feel my body is getting bigger. It's starting to get me down a bit even though my strength, power and recovery rates are improving.

The thing is i actually feel my body is getting bigger. my strength, power and recovery rates are improving.

my strength, power and recovery rates are improving.

i'm focusing on this sentence.

15in8

There are different types of exercise you can do. If you use a lighter weight and high reps you won't put on as much size. But putting on muscle requires a lot of effort. Arnold said it best, when people are learning how to play golf, they never say "I want to be good, but not as good as Tiger Woods", but when they work with weights they say "I don't want to get too big". Firstly, it takes a lot of work to bulk up to a point that would be unsexy, and second if you train correctly you can avoid it. Muscles need to be continually stressed at higher and higher weights to get bigger, they are adapting to a stressor. Don't increase your weight, your adaptation will slow and plateau. The gains you get initially, and the rate of those gains don't continue in a linear way.