Women getting bulky!??

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  • Bernadettetoo
    Bernadettetoo Posts: 97
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    That's what happens when women inject male hormones. If you think this is bad, look up "Renee Toney"

    I did. "Nuff said!:noway:
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
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  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    lol@3-5lbs a year

    3-5 lbs a year of actual contractile tissue a year is pretty impressive by all measures. No one who lifts would debate that.

    I would debate it considering you've given no context to this statement.

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/whats-my-genetic-muscular-potential.html

    ^ Here you can get different estimations from several well respected authors.

    I know you can put on more, and probably will especially during the 1st few years. I'm not arguing that. Please reread my claim:

    "3-5 lbs a year of actual contractile tissue a year is pretty impressive by all measures"

    Your claim lacks context.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    No female lifters in the house?

    Yes, there are. But we already know this.
  • Pnknlvr96
    Pnknlvr96 Posts: 104 Member
    Sigh, it's true many females do think this. I had a girl call me bulky the other day at the gym; I politely gave her a piece of my mind. She seemed scared at first but has since moved her way slowly into the weight section. :)

    Wow you have amazing arms! :love:
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    I've said this a million times before, but if I used direct weight resistance on certain parts of my body I WOULD look bulky for my frame, shape and taste. Whenever I use weight on my upper body, which is smaller and has very little fat, I get bigger: My jackets fit more snugly. The same thing would happen with my lower half, where my body likes to deposit more fat. I'm at a pretty low weight for my age and current activity level (recovering from an injury); it's not like I can easily drop 10 pounds. Also, you can't spot reduce.

    I've been working out off and on for decades. I know my body and I also know I'm not unique.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    But I am getting bulky dammit......well after all, I am doing a bulk !!!! Can't wait to strip the fat and see my new muscles. But I have tosay that it is aa lot of hard work and do not happen by mistake. Cardio made me a smaller version of my fat self.....lifting made me awesome.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    I've said this a million times before, but if I used direct weight resistance on certain parts of my body I WOULD look bulky for my frame, shape and taste. Whenever I use weight on my upper body, which is smaller and has very little fat, I get bigger: My jackets fit more snugly. The same thing would happen with my lower half, where my body likes to deposit more fat. I'm at a pretty low weight for my age and current activity level (recovering from an injury); it's not like I can easily drop 10 pounds. Also, you can't spot reduce.

    I've been working out off and on for decades. I know my body and I also know I'm not unique.

    102 lbs of bulk
  • Game8
    Game8 Posts: 442
    my uninformed view...

    I don't lift heavy. I don't lift weights.
    I do lift myself (i.e. working on chinups), and push myself (doing pushups)
    All my exercises are body weight, with maybe a 15lb medicine ball for squats and leg ups.

    I box.

    And I look pretty ripped. (Check my profile if you'd like)

    Personally I love it, but some may find me too muscular. I think I am just lucky in genetics? I don't know.

    I do think I could look freakin awesome if I had time to lift heavy!


    You look pretty amazing!! You look muscular, but I would never think "too muscular". Whatever you have going on, there can't be "too" much of it. Keep up the good work!
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
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    That's what happens when women inject male hormones. If you think this is bad, look up "Renee Toney"

    I did. "Nuff said!:noway:

    Photos like that are completely beside the point. When the average (knowledgeable) woman talks about not wanting to bulk up, she means she doesn't want to increase one or more clothing sizes in areas that she thinks are already big enough. Granted, what is considered attractive is the result of the cultural environment. But most women who workout and read know they're not going to end up looking like the women in Pumping Iron.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
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    That's what happens when women inject male hormones. If you think this is bad, look up "Renee Toney"

    I did. "Nuff said!:noway:
    Wow I would need to see a va jay jay.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Thank you for beating the dead horse some more.

    Definitely not bulky after lifting heavy. Horny, yes. Bulky, no.
  • harlanJEN
    harlanJEN Posts: 1,089 Member
    NO FEAR here !

    haven't gotten bulky , lost my uterus or grown any man parts. Oddly, I've gotten smaller, sleeker , stronger and much more BAMtastic !

    Jen

    who dead lifted 195, leg pressed 460 and flipped a tire today : )
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    Thank you for beating the dead horse some more.

    Definitely not bulky after lifting heavy. Horny, yes. Bulky, no.

    How YOU doin?
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
    No female lifters in the house?

    Yes, there are. But we already know this.

    ^^^this *yawn*
  • JewelsinBigD
    JewelsinBigD Posts: 661 Member
    Just googled Renee Toney. Really that is a female? Wow. I just see zero 'feminine' qualities in her physical appearance.
    I would need proof...there is no way
  • Game8
    Game8 Posts: 442
    Just googled Renee Toney. Really that is a female? Wow. I just see zero 'feminine' qualities in her physical appearance.
    I would need proof...there is no way


    This goes on to show that the difference between being a man and being a woman is mainly hormones. That's it.
  • ZoeLifts
    ZoeLifts Posts: 10,347 Member
    I agree with the OP, but I have had this discussion over and over and read it over and over in these forums and I think that there is a translation issue with the term bulky. When SOME women say they don't want to get "bulky" they are actually referring to any sort of muscle definition. Many would call my arm and shoulder in my pic bulky, I'm sure, because there is shape and some definitiion to the muscle, albeit small because I still have high body fat.

    When I think of the term bulky, I think of mass, which is I think what most of the rest of you that promote women lifting heavy on here think as well, right? It is actually quite perplexing to my why a woman wouldn't want some shapliness in her musculature, but I think I am in the minority among alot of women.

    Anyway, just thought I would throw that out there to help clarify things based off of my own, personal observation.
  • minsooky
    minsooky Posts: 59
    Brb bulked for 6 months and don't even look like I lift. Feelsbad

    Most women who say they're bulky just need to lose weight, because the actual "bulk" is fat. Of course most women don't like to hear that...
  • nonstopper
    nonstopper Posts: 1,108 Member
    ummmmmmm id love a huge big woman to toss me around in the bed room hahahaha! im just joking!!! I crack myself up!...:huh:
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Weight lifting made me manly. can you tell?
  • Sharkington
    Sharkington Posts: 485
    I agree and used to be one of those people who worried about it, but I actually look and feel better now that I have incorporated strength training into my workout routine, as opposed to just pure cardio. There is definitely a difference between "bulky" and "toned".
  • MichelleLaree13
    MichelleLaree13 Posts: 865 Member
    I actually want to get bulky... I mean not disgustingly body builder bulky... which can only really happen for men or women if they are on steroids... but yeah... Can't wait for the day when in can throw down 100 pull ups like it's nothing.

    20% body fat does a good job of covering up all the muscle. Muscle makes everything tight and toned but that fat keeps women from looking manly.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member

    That translates into a fraction of 1 lb of lean muscle gain in a year in comparison.

    Oh cr*p......brb......doing Zumba.

    BTW: women can gain approx. 1/2 that men can. We have about 1/16th of the testosterone but that does not mean we have 1/16th of the muscle gain potential.
  • inuta
    inuta Posts: 12 Member
    Very excited...am going to start weight lifting ASAP....i have been running everyday with minimal change....time to switch things up.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I agree with the OP, but I have had this discussion over and over and read it over and over in these forums and I think that there is a translation issue with the term bulky. When SOME women say they don't want to get "bulky" they are actually referring to any sort of muscle definition. Many would call my arm and shoulder in my pic bulky, I'm sure, because there is shape and some definitiion to the muscle, albeit small because I still have high body fat.

    Yep. They don't want to look "bulky" like Madonna. She's not bulky. She's not even particularly muscular. She just has very, very low body fat.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Most women who say they're bulky just need to lose weight, because the actual "bulk" is fat. Of course most women don't like to hear that...

    :drinker:

    I'm pretty bulky, but not as bulky as I was before MFP! :laugh:
  • woodsygirl
    woodsygirl Posts: 354 Member

    Personally I love it, but some may find me too muscular. I think I am just lucky in genetics? I don't know.

    I do think I could look freakin awesome if I had time to lift heavy!

    I think you look pretty freaking awesome now, lifting heavy or not. I'm jealous! ;)
  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
    I agree with the OP, but I have had this discussion over and over and read it over and over in these forums and I think that there is a translation issue with the term bulky. When SOME women say they don't want to get "bulky" they are actually referring to any sort of muscle definition. Many would call my arm and shoulder in my pic bulky, I'm sure, because there is shape and some definitiion to the muscle, albeit small because I still have high body fat.

    When I think of the term bulky, I think of mass, which is I think what most of the rest of you that promote women lifting heavy on here think as well, right? It is actually quite perplexing to my why a woman wouldn't want some shapliness in her musculature, but I think I am in the minority among alot of women.

    Anyway, just thought I would throw that out there to help clarify things based off of my own, personal observation.

    I agree with this bc the girl who called me bulky at the gym was referring to the amount of muscle I had and my definition not referring to me as needing to lose weight bc that's not the case.
  • Lady_Bane
    Lady_Bane Posts: 720 Member
    I only look like this at JUST the right precise angle......and when I flex realllllyyyyy hard. Other than that.....NOONE has and IDEA that I lift. I just have very slender arms with a tiny tone when at rest. Basically...I just look skinny LOL

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