Do you lift heavy? Are you bulky?

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  • heatherloveslifting
    heatherloveslifting Posts: 1,428 Member
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    I don't have any recent pics in street clothes, but here is before heavy lifting and last month's progress picture. I am due to take new pics this weekend, but wanted to go ahead and throw this in the thread. I do compound barbell lifts as heavy as I can, three times a week, walk on the treadmill for "cardio" a couple times a week. I am 5'6.5, I am so "bulky" that my co-workers think I weight about 15lbs less than I actually do.
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    All you ladies are super inspiring! A thread like this is what got me into lifting weights last year!

    Beautiful!!! You're so inspiring!
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
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    Heavy lifter here!

    DL: 215
    Bench: 105
    Squat: 185
    BW: 136



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    Bad@*kitten*, hot, but not bulky!
  • ebr250
    ebr250 Posts: 199 Member
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    HA!! LOVE IT!!
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
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    Props to the girls of IPOARM!
    Nice work!
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
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    Props to the girls of IPOARM!
    Nice work!

    Which ones are they?
  • extraordinary_machine
    extraordinary_machine Posts: 3,028 Member
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    *raises hand*
    I've upped my lifting day cals to 2100 after "talking" to Dan and I killed 130 lb deadlifts yesterday...only 5 lbs from body weight and it felt...dare I say...easy.
  • jayliospecky
    jayliospecky Posts: 25,022 Member
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    *raises hand*
    I've upped my lifting day cals to 2100 after "talking" to Dan and I killed 130 lb deadlifts yesterday...only 5 lbs from body weight and it felt...dare I say...easy.

    Boom! I love it! Congrats!

    I just hit 135 lb deadlifts, although that is further from body weight for me. But I'm getting closer! If it wasn't for this stupid flu that hit me this week I'd be closer to it. *sighs*
  • rcadams97
    rcadams97 Posts: 106
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    I only lift heavy anymore. I used to be big on doing reps for ten, but started Crossfit and was shown the light. I'm still a heavy guy (~230) but I look much leaner than I used to.

    Bench: 390
    Deadlift: 405
    Squat: 315
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
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    Bench: 390


    ^ yikes, very nice!
  • ashleab37
    ashleab37 Posts: 575 Member
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    <---- I don't think I'm bulky. I still have weight to lose (especially around my midsection), but I'm getting there. I'm at work, so I can't post a full on picture.

    Here's what I'm lifting:

    Squat - 155lbs
    Deadlift - 150lbs
    Bench - 95lbs
    Row - 65lbs
    OHP - 65lbs

    Edit to say that I'm 5'6" and I weigh 183. I wear a size 10/12 pants.

    Here's testament right here. Does she "look" like she weighs 183 lbs? At 5'6"? I have a friend who doesn't lift who weighs this who obviously doesn't look half as good.

    Not to mention- when was the last time anyone heard a woman who lifts heavy say she regrets it?!?!?

    I <3 this thread.

    ^^THIS! I don't "lift heavy" persay but I lift and am working on the getting to heavy part. BUT I can say that the last time my *kitten* was in a size 8 I was shorter and lighter than I am currently. Shorter by about an inch and lighter by about 20lbs. The other thing is there was not one spot of my clothing that was LOOSE then either... I will NEVER regret deciding to start lifting weights.
    If you're working on lifting heavier, you lift heavy. Heavy isn't about a number, it's about lifting to the maximum of YOUR strength, even if that's tiny compared to anybody else here :)
  • rcadams97
    rcadams97 Posts: 106
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    @sidesteel: I've been deployed for a while and there isn't much esle to do here but lift. Before it's time to go home I will be at 405. I gotta see 4 plates on each side before I leave.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
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    Speaking of looking/feeling like you weigh less...

    I bought these (truly hideous, I know) jeans in 19-frickin-86 when I was about 14 years old and no more than 110 pounds.

    I had a soft spot for them and couldn't throw them out (*cough*hoarder*cough*). I remember posting about them on FB some time in 2010 saying I should ditch them because they only way they'll ever fit again, the only way I'd be 110 pounds again, would be if I became horribly ill.

    I was half right. I would need to be horribly ill to be 110 pounds again. I currently have a lean mass of about 110 pounds. Now I'm 40 years old and around 135 pounds, and those ugly frickin' jeans fit.

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    They don't fit comfortably, mind you, but they fit.
  • lacurandera1
    lacurandera1 Posts: 8,083 Member
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    Wow Lorena....those are terrible. Lol
  • chipmunck76
    chipmunck76 Posts: 73 Member
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    I'm a big fan of heavy lift and low rep!!! Even on a strict diet!
  • CandaceHoweth91
    CandaceHoweth91 Posts: 288
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    Bench 175-Squat 305-Dead Lift 350
    This was before I had my baby (which is why I am here) but this was my stats in these pictures.

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  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
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    Bench 175-Squat 305-Dead Lift 350
    This was before I had my baby (which is why I am here) but this was my stats in these pictures.

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    HOLY ISH GIRL! IMPRESSIVE STATS! WOWZA!
  • CandaceHoweth91
    CandaceHoweth91 Posts: 288
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    Bench 175-Squat 305-Dead Lift 350
    This was before I had my baby (which is why I am here) but this was my stats in these pictures.

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    HOLY ISH GIRL! IMPRESSIVE STATS! WOWZA!

    Thank you! I was a state power lifter (: It was my life! I was in the weight room 8 times a week, took weekends off.
  • CatherineFrost
    CatherineFrost Posts: 2 Member
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    Love this thread! I just started lifting (reluctantly) soooo inspired and motivated now. Thanks to all you lovely ladies!
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
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    Bench 175-Squat 305-Dead Lift 350
    This was before I had my baby (which is why I am here) but this was my stats in these pictures.

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    HOLY ISH GIRL! IMPRESSIVE STATS! WOWZA!

    Thank you! I was a state power lifter (: It was my life!

    So cool! :heart:
  • chosengiver
    chosengiver Posts: 1,493
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    Current IPOARM enthusiast!!

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