Ladies, don't be afraid of lifting heavy (pic)!
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wow you look great. now i want to lift too haha but i guess first i should actually lose weight.0
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I'm glad you posted this I have been itching to try it but wasn't real sure how to get started. I just finished 30 ds myself and am on day 2 of RI30. Thanks so much you look amazing0
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Awesome! You look fantastic!0
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You look great!0
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Just ordered New Rules of Lifting for Women! Keep reading about it on here and am ready to try it out myself. Your results are amazing!!0
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REPRESENTIN"!0
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Any idea what your body fat % was in the before pic, vs the current? It seems like it's likely that that is the number that might have changed a lot, rather than the scale?0
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Stories like this is why I just picked up lifting - thanks for sharing!!!! Great results, congrats!! :flowerforyou:0
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wow!! you look great!!0
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You look amazing! I just started doing more with the weights but dont have to much in the way of results YET. Do you have before and after measurements??0
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You look beautiful and fit. Thanks for sharing0
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sorry if this has been answers before, what was your workout schedule? How many times a week did you lift? Did you focus on lots of reps or heavier weights? Thanks, you look great!0
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Great motivation!!!! Nice job, hun!0
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sorry if this has been answers before, what was your workout schedule? How many times a week did you lift? Did you focus on lots of reps or heavier weights? Thanks, you look great!
Currently, I do Stronglifts 5x5; that means I do three full body workouts involving compound moves per week (five sets of five reps - as heavy as I can go). I sometimes add a little low intensity steady state cardio (walking on the treadmill) after a workout.
On non-lifting days, I like to do short, high intensity cardio training to help improve conditioning, balance, etc. So a few times a week, I will pull a Zuzana Light Workout (ZWOW) off of youtube to get my heart rate up. Then I usually walk a little bit after on the treadmill for outside for recovery.0 -
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amazing transformation and great motivator for those who think theyll bulk0 -
wow your transformation is incredible, thanks for sharing your story!! ..i've been looking into this for quite some time and wish i hadn't wasted so much time getting started and just went and done it..0
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You look great! I am in a similar pathway. In 2009 I was a healthy (but flabby) weight so I began eating 1200 calories & attending a high cardio kickbixing class (Few to no weights) which helped me tone up but soon plateaued. I stopped seeing results. I tried adding more cardio... rollerblading, biking, jogging, etc but no improvements (Appearance wise, ability to run/rollerblade got better however).
This summer I joined a gym that runs classes which are a combination of cardio & weight training (Kettlebells, medicine balls). Still not much results. Then in the last 2-3 weeks, I decided being a cardio rat who could run & jump around wasn't going to solve my problem. I decided I was going to take on the BIG uncomfortable weights that hurt & aren't fun to do. So far I've been doing squats, lunges, cleans, presses, thrusters, etc. with heavy bars in class. And I cut out cardio completely even though sometimes I would like to jog or ride the exercise bike I'm still watching my calories... I 'm not sure how much to eat for muscle building but I 've been anywhere between 1300-2000 calories.
Waiting to see results! I'm hoping bigger muscles = more fat burning at rest = get rid of the last 8lbs of fat!0 -
Girl....you look GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0
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I agree and thought I would share this quote:
"The myth that women shouldn't lift heavy is only perpetrated by women who fear work and men who fear women."0 -
you look great before and after. Good job0
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