REAL MFP women, weight training Befores and Afters

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  • Drunkadelic
    Drunkadelic Posts: 948 Member
    I'm now stalking this thread :love:
  • Libby81
    Libby81 Posts: 734 Member
    I would post mine on the thread but I'm not that confident. They are on my profile though if anyone wants to look. Still a work in progress. I'm under my target weight at the minute so am working on mixing things up and getting more lifting back in my routine
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    I would post mine on the thread but I'm not that confident. They are on my profile though if anyone wants to look. Still a work in progress. I'm under my target weight at the minute so am working on mixing things up and getting more lifting back in my routine

    I think you look awesome =D.
  • ginnerll
    ginnerll Posts: 10 Member
    bump :) i've only just started...but seeing all of this success is really inspirational!! I can't wait to have some great after pics :)
  • Libby81
    Libby81 Posts: 734 Member
    I would post mine on the thread but I'm not that confident. They are on my profile though if anyone wants to look. Still a work in progress. I'm under my target weight at the minute so am working on mixing things up and getting more lifting back in my routine

    I think you look awesome =D.

    thanks :blushing: I'm certainly a million times better than this time last year :happy:
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    I would post mine on the thread but I'm not that confident. They are on my profile though if anyone wants to look. Still a work in progress. I'm under my target weight at the minute so am working on mixing things up and getting more lifting back in my routine

    I think you look awesome =D.

    thanks :blushing: I'm certainly a million times better than this time last year :happy:

    You're welcome!

    Just truth though.

    :flowerforyou:
  • MariaMariaM
    MariaMariaM Posts: 1,322 Member
    Posting this again because the one I had was removed. I requested the deletion because the pics were so big.

    May 1 2010
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    April 24,2012

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    Sorry for the multiple posts.
  • cheerocracy
    cheerocracy Posts: 38 Member
    so inspiring! bump
  • lulabellewoowoo
    lulabellewoowoo Posts: 3,125 Member
    Bump
  • MrsLVF
    MrsLVF Posts: 787 Member
    I don't have an after yet, but I have a during.
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  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    MariaMariaM: You have beautifully sculpted arms and shoulders! jealous! But Im working hard at it... Mine are looking better and better all the time :)
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Holy crap... I just chest pressed 130#. That's about my body weight!

    My gym sucks (PF) and doesn't have barbells, just a couple of smiths that are always occupied, so I have to use the machines. But even if I can't bench press as much as I can using the machines... when I started, I struggled with 30#. I'm pushing 100 pounds more than that now!

    And even though it's the "no judgement zone" I couldn't help but smirk a little when I was doing the lat pulldown (at 95#) and saw a woman go on the chest press after me. She moved the weight pin to 30 pounds, tried one rep, then adjusted it down further. Not mocking her, because that was me a few months ago, but it still makes me feel all kinds of crazy powerful! Rawr!!!!
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    Holy crap... I just chest pressed 130#. That's about my body weight!

    My gym sucks (PF) and doesn't have barbells, just a couple of smiths that are always occupied, so I have to use the machines. But even if I can't bench press as much as I can using the machines... when I started, I struggled with 30#. I'm pushing 100 pounds more than that now!

    And even though it's the "no judgement zone" I couldn't help but smirk a little when I was doing the lat pulldown (at 95#) and saw a woman go on the chest press after me. She moved the weight pin to 30 pounds, tried one rep, then adjusted it down further. Not mocking her, because that was me a few months ago, but it still makes me feel all kinds of crazy powerful! Rawr!!!!

    That rocks Lorina....good for you =D!
  • numindan
    numindan Posts: 163 Member
    bump to keep track of the thread.
  • angelpie36426
    angelpie36426 Posts: 52 Member
    So inspiring!
  • Elizabeth_M
    Elizabeth_M Posts: 562 Member
    bump! i need some inspiration and to not focus on the scale so much. :)
  • MariaMariaM
    MariaMariaM Posts: 1,322 Member
    MariaMariaM: You have beautifully sculpted arms and shoulders! jealous! But Im working hard at it... Mine are looking better and better all the time :)

    Thanks Cheri!! Keep working at it and you will have awesome arms!
  • jsbpitch
    jsbpitch Posts: 19 Member
    Weight lifting is great... now only If I could beat my "pear" shape and tone my legs quickly
  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    I haven't been at in for nearly as long as some of the lovely ladies on this thread, but I've been following the New Rules of Lifting For Women program since March and I am so thrilled with the results! Heavy lifting is the way to go! I will finish stage one in a week and look forward to whats in store. Before I started lifting, I lost most of my weight... But thats for another forum post :wink:
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    great idea, Rae! These are old and not as many as I know I have, the others must be on my laptop, but here's a start...


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    ETA: I started out in July 2011 120 pounds and 24% body fat and competed at 125 pounds and 18% body fat.

    Just wanted to bump this thread and point out how awesome you all look, especially this one. You're a gorgeous gorgeous woman!
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    Weird, some people look better in their BEFORE pictures.

    You understand that this is just RUDE, right? I mean, I hope your body is just perfect in every way that you feel it's acceptable for you to squat on other people's amazing achievements.

    Of all the jerky things I've read on this board, yours is right up there, 'lady'.
  • kealambert
    kealambert Posts: 961 Member
    Weird, some people look better in their BEFORE pictures.

    You understand that this is just RUDE, right? I mean, I hope your body is just perfect in every way that you feel it's acceptable for you to squat on other people's amazing achievements.

    Of all the jerky things I've read on this board, yours is right up there, 'lady'.

    you might be overreacting a tad
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    Weird, some people look better in their BEFORE pictures.

    You understand that this is just RUDE, right? I mean, I hope your body is just perfect in every way that you feel it's acceptable for you to squat on other people's amazing achievements.

    Of all the jerky things I've read on this board, yours is right up there, 'lady'.

    you might be overreacting a tad

    I don't think so. What she said was just rude and unnecessary. These women have worked hard for their acheivements, and while I'm the first person to tell others to grow a thicker skin, that comment served no purpose whatsoever.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    Weird, some people look better in their BEFORE pictures.

    You understand that this is just RUDE, right? I mean, I hope your body is just perfect in every way that you feel it's acceptable for you to squat on other people's amazing achievements.

    Of all the jerky things I've read on this board, yours is right up there, 'lady'.

    you might be overreacting a tad

    You think? I guess it would be ok to comment that you look better fat than healthy then, would it? Cool. While I'm at it, I'll offer you some commentary on unibrows... ?

    Wasn't it you who, just the other day, thought that a woman who was being slapped in the face by her partner was 'overreacting a tad' too, in describing it as abuse? Cause to be honest, I'm not sure I think much of your sense of personal judgement.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    A very long-term before and after...

    Me at 18-ish dressed as Axl Rose for Halloween. My mom drew my tattoos on my right arm and I drew the ones on my left with Crayola markers (which work FABULOUS, by the way) and I was wearing a wig because my own black, permed hair looked more like Slash's.

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    Me about 22 years later.

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    Every once in a while, I get self-conscious that my arms are kinda biggish for a woman (12" bicep). Then I look at the little Ramen Noodles my arms used to be, and I love my guns. :happy:

    (Tee hee... didn't realize the pun. Then I was Guns N Roses. Now I just have guns!)
  • lkt1970
    lkt1970 Posts: 11 Member
    Bump
  • Cmonnowguys
    Cmonnowguys Posts: 361 Member
    The ladies here on MFP were the reason I started lifting a little over a month ago.
    Here are a couple of my "during" pics. All of March I did a combo of running, Zumba and calisthenics using 7lb weights. My weight was 168.4 with close to 34% body fat. In a month I lost 6 lbs, but my body fat was still at 33%. I decided to cut back on cardio (elliptical or light running twice a week) and started the Stronglifts 5x5 power lifting program. Since then I have only lost another 3 lbs, but my body fat is now at 28%. Not to mention, I am much stronger. Here are my current stats:
    Squats - 115 lb
    Bench - 85 lb
    Pendlay rows - 90 lb
    Overhead press - 70 lb
    Dead lift - 145 lb

    I still have a long way to go, but hopefully my progress so far will also motivate someone to pic up some weights! :)

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  • shell3986
    shell3986 Posts: 98
    Bumping...love this!
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    The ladies here on MFP were the reason I started lifting a little over a month ago.
    Here are a couple of my "during" pics. All of March I did a combo of running, Zumba and calisthenics using 7lb weights. My weight was 168.4 with close to 34% body fat. In a month I lost 6 lbs, but my body fat was still at 33%. I decided to cut back on cardio (elliptical or light running twice a week) and started the Stronglifts 5x5 power lifting program. Since then I have only lost another 3 lbs, but my body fat is now at 28%. Not to mention, I am much stronger. Here are my current stats:
    Squats - 115 lb
    Bench - 85 lb
    Pendlay rows - 90 lb
    Overhead press - 70 lb
    Dead lift - 145 lb

    I still have a long way to go, but hopefully my progress so far will also motivate someone to pic up some weights! :)

    inze36.jpg

    TWO MONTHS ladies. This is the kind of results you can expect.

    Awesome work!
  • workshy000
    workshy000 Posts: 90 Member
    Thanks to everyone who posts their pics - great to see!
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