What size weights to tone with?
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Imo, a woman with large and muscular arms who has little or no boobage to balance them, looks bulky. I'm trying to avoid that, but it's hard to get a good idea of what lifting will look like on someone with no implants.
I think it's ugly when a woman has a man chest or even looks like a man. If a woman lifts like a man, she will eventually get a body like a man. Breast is fat and fat can shrink in that area, leaving women with men breasts and that's why so many bodybuilder women get breast implant.
I think it's ugly when you talk
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Define "man chest"....
Go!
Didn't you know that lifting weights heavier than 3 lbs makes you grow hair on your chest and makes your boobs shrink?
I lifted 5 lbs for just one week and had to start shaving my chest! And my boobs are innies now.
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Lol you went so hard on her I couldn't help but laughImo, a woman with large and muscular arms who has little or no boobage to balance them, looks bulky. I'm trying to avoid that, but it's hard to get a good idea of what lifting will look like on someone with no implants.
I think it's ugly when a woman has a man chest or even looks like a man. If a woman lifts like a man, she will eventually get a body like a man. Breast is fat and fat can shrink in that area, leaving women with men breasts and that's why so many bodybuilder women get breast implant.
"woman has a man chest"... you mean, small tits?
My large A cups have remained intact since I started heavy lifting nearly 3 months ago. My 1RM deadlift is 20 lbs heavier than my body weight (150 lbs).
My husband loves my "man chest" very much, btw. As did all the men before him who ever had the chance to see them bare.
If I wanted to say small breasts, I would have said small breasts. I have said man chest.
I deadlift 110% of my body weight and that is on the rise. I squat 150% of my body weight and I'm working on that. I don't in any way shape or form resemble a man, you toad. You want to start getting insulting, I can start getting fing insulting. You have no fing idea what you're talking about. So why don't you go hit the all purpose tae bo and stfu when it comes to lifting, at least until you find something intelligent to add to the conversation that isn't some crazy *kitten* anecdotal bull ****. I'll give you a hit, science goes a long way when it come to true understanding.0 -
I CrossFit and I lift heavy! I deadlift 150# and don't have a "man chest"; Jus' Say'n!
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I CrossFit and I lift heavy! I deadlift 150# and don't have a "man chest"; Jus' Say'n!
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Man do I ever wish I lifted heavy so I could have half the man chest you guys have and be able to beat some people on this thread up with my huge man rack0
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If I wanted to say small breasts, I would have said small breasts. I have said man chest.
You know, at first you REALLY annoyed me with your typical inability to see any reality but your own.
However, I also feel the need to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being the catalyst that nudged all of these women to change their profile pictures to their man chests.
/hail Azackery!0 -
I think this is the best thread I have ever read. Thanks for the laughs!
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OKay, I posted the original 'shoulders & implants' question. I am sooooo sorry for giving AZackery an opening.
All you beautiful woman with enormous, juicy "man-chests", I can only wish I was as blessed as you are! Y'all look amazing.
I still don't know how lifting heavy will work for me. Yes, it's about my personal definition of feminine. I admit that. I'm afraid to look in the mirror and feel like I'm looking at a skinny boy.
But I am going to start a program this week just because AZackery is a douche, so thank you for helping me make up my mind.0 -
I admit that. I'm afraid to look in the mirror and feel like I'm looking at a skinny boy.
I used to look like a skinny boy... when I was skinny when I was young and didn't do any lifting. Strength training added curves where I didn't have any before. My bum is higher and rounder now at almost 40 than it was in my 20s! And more muscular shoulders just makes my waist look tinier.0 -
But I am going to start a program this week just because AZackery is a douche, so thank you for helping me make up my mind.
Oh wow, there is a purpose for her after all!! It's like the definition of reverse psychology!
OP: I would say try it. We all know that it's much easier to go back to being soft and round than it is to look the opposite. So, you could always change your mind later, eat at an excess, and get back to what you were looking for.0 -
OP: I would say try it. We all know that it's much easier to go back to being soft and round than it is to look the opposite. So, you could always change your mind later, eat at an excess, and get back to what you were looking for.
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no fun allowed. :grumble:0
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that just might be crazy enough to potato*Make outlandish claims and then tell people you're ignore-buttoning them or to find the answers themselves when they ask for you to back up said outlandish claims.*
Azackery principles to live by.
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I lift as heavy as possible (low reps/high weight), and I hardly look bulky or manly. And btw, I'm 47. So this works. Just sayin'.
Can I be just like you when I finally decide to grow up? You look AMAZING!
OP: Now if you lift heavy and get in amazing shape, a certain poster can rightfully claim that you got that way thanks to her. So I say, don't do it!
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Kidding, of course. Go kick some *kitten*.0 -
Hey - I had to chime in on the boob thing. Nice boobs ladies, by the way.
I lift heavy and my boobs are gone! Well, there wasn't much there to begin with - although, what is left is higher, muscle has replaced fat and I think my husband's boobs are now officially bigger than mine. :sad:
With that said, I wouldn't change it for the world!!! Along with my boobs, everything else has also gotten smaller, while the weight I lift has gotten heavier. Do it up girls!0 -
I don't want to build bulky muscles by using too heavy of weights. I would just like to tone my arms and get a little definition. What size hand weights would u recommend in achieving this?
You don't have to use weights to get tone arms. You can do body weight exercises and get tone arms. If people watch the Insanity infomercial they will see what I'm talking about. Any size weights can tone a person's arms, if it was not so, then professional trainers(Jillian Michaels, Chris Freytag, Terry Simpson, Billy Blanks, etc.) wouldn't make workout strength dvds having people use smaller weights, such as 3lbs or 5lbs weights. A person can use a heavier weight if they want to, but I know that a person wouldn't use 20 or 50 pound weights doing a cardio/strength workout. I know that people wouldn't use 20 or 50 pounds weights trying to do Billy Blanks Cardio Sculpt workout. They would not last a few seconds using those size weights.
Since you want to sculpt your arms, what kind of workouts are you looking to do? Workout dvds or gym?
Those are cardio DVD's that use light weights, those videos are not strength training.0 -
to the OP-sorry so many sarcastic comments about your use of the word BULKY. I know exactly what you are saying. I have nicely toned arms from only lifting 5-8 lbs. My muscles have nice definition. I would say that is a good place to start. You DO NOT have to life heavy weights to get "toned"0
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Hey - I had to chime in on the boob thing. Nice boobs ladies, by the way.
I lift heavy and my boobs are gone! Well, there wasn't much there to begin with - although, what is left is higher, muscle has replaced fat and I think my husband's boobs are now officially bigger than mine. :sad:
With that said, I wouldn't change it for the world!!! Along with my boobs, everything else has also gotten smaller, while the weight I lift has gotten heavier. Do it up girls!
Mine disappear pretty much the minute I start losing weight. Nothing to do with lifting--it's all genetics. Since I've started lifting though, I'm finally getting some shape to my formerly flat butt, so there is that
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WOMEN DO NO BULK UP WHEN LIFTING. Most women do not have enough testosterone in their bodies to "bulk up."
Lift heavy enough that you have to push to finish your set, but not so heavy it screws up your form.0 -
Muscle is muscle. There is no difference between "toned" muscles and "bulky" muscles.
That being said, you don't have to lift heavy to have muscle. To be honest, most women probably have a good amount of muscle underneath their fat. Therefore, lowering body fat so that muscle are visible along with maintaining muscle mass should be sufficient.
This can be achieved through full body resistance training and eating the proper amount of calories (and proteins and fats).0 -
As heavy as you can lift with good form. It takes FOREVER to create muscle, and women have little testosterone to create it. So keep lifting 0
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I always thought it was a very mean trick on Mother Nature's part that my boobs didn't grow when I gained weight. But now that I've lost weight without shrinkage or droopage, I'm not minding it too much. Oh, darn. My boobs look like a 16 year old's. Not going to cry myself to sleep over that!
What I love most about heavy lifting is that it takes a lot less time and effort - and less pounds lost - to get results.
I used 5# dumbbells and body weight exercises from January to July of last year, and during that time, lost about 25 pounds. I started lifting heavy in July and weigh about the same as I did then, but everything is so much tighter, I look like I lost more than I did.
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I use 6-8lb weights and do 8-12 reps for 3 sets. Sometimes I do will it while I watch tv until commerical or vs. You do want to feel some fatigue, that's how you know its working. Fatigue promotes change!0
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Muscle is muscle. There is no difference between "toned" muscles and "bulky" muscles.
That being said, you don't have to lift heavy to have muscle. To be honest, most women probably have a good amount of muscle underneath their fat. Therefore, lowering body fat so that muscle are visible along with maintaining muscle mass should be sufficient.
This can be achieved through full body resistance training and eating the proper amount of calories (and proteins and fats).
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As everyone said before me, women do not get 'bulky' by lifting heavy weights.0
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Muscle is muscle. There is no difference between "toned" muscles and "bulky" muscles.
That being said, you don't have to lift heavy to have muscle. To be honest, most women probably have a good amount of muscle underneath their fat. Therefore, lowering body fat so that muscle are visible along with maintaining muscle mass should be sufficient.
This can be achieved through full body resistance training and eating the proper amount of calories (and proteins and fats).
spot on
It really depends on what someone determines to be 'sufficient'. Lifting light will not give me sufficient results for my goal.0 -
It really depends on what someone determines to be 'sufficient'. Lifting light will not give me sufficient results for my goal.
Same here. I wanted to look better, different than I did before I exercised, and a light weight wouldn't provide me with any kind of challenge. I mean... a 32 ounce bottle of Gatorade weighs 2 pounds. I don't count drinking that as bicep curls.
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have you heard of staci?? i dare you to call her bulky...
http://nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/
on the left she is 13 1lbs. on the right, she is 142 lbs. and she can dead lift more then i weigh.
I think Staci might be my new hero. Thank you so much for that article 0
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