Female Weight Training - Roll call!

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  • meeulk
    meeulk Posts: 246 Member
    I've been lifting for almost a month now... can already feel some biceps developing!

    I'd love some more lady lifters as friends! all please feel free to add me!!
  • anastasiaBH
    anastasiaBH Posts: 268 Member
    I'm in the middle of Stage 3 of NROLFW; it's my first go-round with heavy weights. Learning proper form, learning my limits & when to push them, loving all of it. I also do a little cardio, a little yoga, and I'm a former P90X-er.


    Please feel free to add me, OP or any other posters here..... :flowerforyou:
  • DixiedoesMFP
    DixiedoesMFP Posts: 935 Member
    Me I love lifting heavy stuff!
  • smlamb33
    smlamb33 Posts: 342 Member
    I do cardio and strength training but I am still a newbie at strength training and could use friends that have experience in the strength training area. I want to be fit and actually have muscle tone. Any help and advice would be welcome!
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    Me!!! I try to mix cardio and weights. I'm a totally newbie to weight training though, so I still post a million questions about it! :)
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
    For those of you doing the 5X5 - how are you liking it so far? Have heard great things about it and may definitely consider trying that out!

    I've been doing it for 3.5 weeks now. REALLY like it. My squats were stuck at 95lbs for like 2 months. Now they are up to 115lbs.

    I personally love it - I'm also in the middle of my third week (next workout is workout 12 and I just did 115 too, tomorrow is 120 - dang rae, why aren't we friends yet). I don't think its a good program for someone who is not focused on lifting though, I can't imagine trying to do any other kind of high intensity workouts and lift these amounts. In the beginning I was still running sometimes but now I feel like I can't expend ANY serious muscle power outside of the lifting because I don't want to "waste" it. I still do some cardio but its light easy non-strenuous cardio.
  • mznisaelaine
    mznisaelaine Posts: 2,262 Member
    I strength train 4 times a week, 2 of the days being cardio and strength training. After I lose about 15 pounds from that I plan on increasing my weight days to 5 days a week :)
  • megmay2591
    megmay2591 Posts: 621 Member
    I can't claim to weight train YET, but I begin a weight training class on Tuesday. I am really excited to finally figure out how to do this. I'll continue weight training once school is finished by finally getting a gym membership!


    I'm about 50% through NROWLFW but I'll have someone to guide me as I'm doing workouts so it should go well.
  • TheNewo
    TheNewo Posts: 239 Member
    Hey I try to weight train about 3 days a week. I really like the difference it's made in my body.
  • deninevi
    deninevi Posts: 934 Member
    I have been lifting since September 2011-love it! Did NROLFW, now I'm doing my own thing.
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    Right now i'm working on more fat loss but still incorperating strength training but once i get lower on the scale I'm gonna be doing some hardcore strength training I wanna look strong, lean, and toned :D

    Add me if you want, i could use the push, and i'll return the favour :)

    Start training now, it helps! I swear! My body is firming as I go, and while my loss is slow, it's steady and I get a lot of comments on how much smaller I'm getting.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    I lift! 4 times a week.
    It's always great to see other women who lift weights! Feel free to add me :)
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    I train to compete in bikini, did my first this past November and my next is in September -awesome on the figure competing!
  • Meggles63
    Meggles63 Posts: 916 Member
    I'm finishing up stage 1 of NROL4W, and lift 3 days a week. I'm doing Couch to 5K the other 3 days. Can always use more lifting buddies!
  • Squidgeypaws007
    Squidgeypaws007 Posts: 1,012 Member
    I'm trying to work more and more weights into my routine, and it's paying off - can finally see my abs again! xD (actually put pics up to prove it, lol).

    Feel free to add me XD
  • Stepmom1
    Stepmom1 Posts: 155 Member
    Hi! I love weight training too!!
  • EllaScarlet
    EllaScarlet Posts: 165 Member
    I do a bit of weight training sporadically and really want to commit to it and see some results :) Would love some training buddies!!
  • callikia
    callikia Posts: 226 Member
    I used to lift primarily...even though it goes against all the old "rules" about "how to lose weight" I was brought up with. It made me feel powerful and sexy no matter what the scale said. I got away from it for a while and just starting incorporating ST here and there in my cardio (love circuit training!) while I tried to train for a race...and found myself on this huge plateau with a bunch of injuries from running and Zumba and the like. Just decided I'm going back to lifting, especially while my foot heals up (PF), and I'm restarting JE's LiveFit program next Monday (4 weeks of blissful no-cardio-lifting-only based workouts!!). I'm ready to feel strong and sexy again, so COUNT ME IN! (And I'm going to laugh in the face of all the people in my life who told me cardio is the key if this breaks my never-ending plateau!)
  • suztheq
    suztheq Posts: 168 Member
    Currently I'm doing 3 days a week cycling and 3 strength training. My boyfriend bought a power rack for the basement, so I finally started lifting heavy a month ago doing a full body routine 3 days a week. Now, I'm in my second week of Starting Strength. I never thought I'd like lifting so much -I was afraid that I would get too bulky (yes, I was that girl...). I know better now. :smile:
  • melanieparker13
    melanieparker13 Posts: 110 Member
    I lift 3 days a week... would love some new friends,..
  • MrsLVF
    MrsLVF Posts: 787 Member
    HI!
    I'll be 41 in a few weeks, I lift 4x a week at home. Using Olympic weight/bench & tower of power.
    I :heart: lifting friends.
  • margieward82
    margieward82 Posts: 406 Member
    I spend my free time picking up heavy stuff, then putting it down.. and repeating! :)

    Feel free to add me!
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    yo! feel free to add me (: <3
  • ablykins
    ablykins Posts: 200 Member
    Heavy lifter here! :-) :happy:
  • margieward82
    margieward82 Posts: 406 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/151-fitness-competitions

    there's also a group for competitors :)
  • savvystephy
    savvystephy Posts: 4,151 Member
    I love lifting heavy things!

    I am currently doing NROL for Abs. It's an interesting workout program because it involves strength with a core focus, so sometimes I wonder if I look really odd with my lifts. haha. But it's a great program and definitely hard. My core has never felt so strong. I do that 3 days a week and then some kickboxing, aerial acrobatics (new to that), rock climbing, boot camp, etc for cardio. I like to keep up some cardio to allow me to do obstacle runs as those are so much fun. :)
  • staceyseeger
    staceyseeger Posts: 778 Member
    I've been working with a personal trainer 3-4 days per week since November. I try to get a good 10-miler in once or twice a week & just got back on my bike to get ready for a Century ride in May.
  • coolauntiekelly
    coolauntiekelly Posts: 9
    Been consistently weight training for 2 months now. Still getting in the swing of things. Could use advice and training ideas from the more experienced. :smile:
  • LovesGG
    LovesGG Posts: 241 Member
    Bump
  • Victoria2448
    Victoria2448 Posts: 559 Member
    ME!

    I've been lifting for years. The last few years I've been working out smarter,not long drawn out sessions... and the results have been unbelievable!
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