Do you lift heavy? Are you bulky?

3foldchord

I am jealous of everyone's squat numbers.
I am finally up to 65# after 7 weeks of Stronglifts 5x5.
They are coming quite slowly.
Congrats to everyone!

LorinaLynn

This is what lifting has done to THIS pear...









I recently gained some weight thanks to a medication that screwed me up, but I was lifting all the while, so maybe I'll just call it a bulk cycle. I'm working on shedding the extra bf now, but I'm actually surprisingly quite happy with how I look all bulkified and manly.

current stats:
Bodyweight: about 140 lbs
OHP: 72 lbs
Bench and Row: 92 lbs
Deadlift: 150 lbs
Squat: 145 lbs

CoderGal

I do 5 sets of 5 reps with the highest weight I can handle. When I am on a regular program I see some definition in my arms, which are quite thin to begin with, and they get bigger. My shirts and jackets become snug. I am not bulky in the way that a body builder would be, but I am definitely bigger. I don't mind because bigger shoulders balance my silhouette and every woman wants nice firm arms.

I store all my fat in my hips and butt. At 98.5 pounds and a body fat percentage under 20% according to my scale I can't lose a whole lot more fat, even if I were up to the monumental task of doing it. I don't want my hips and butt to get any bigger because they're already disproportionately big in my view. When in the past I have done squats and other lower body exercises using weights I have gotten bigger. I read all the crap about it being a "myth" or all in my head but I know my own body well enough to know if it was increasing in size. I've also seen photos on the web of women with my body type, short with the potential to look stocky who look very squat (which is their choice). So now I don't use direct weight resistance on those parts. I don't have a need for that kind of strength. My legs are strong enough from running and the elliptical and sometimes I do calf raises to firm up my calves, which are thin.

In...

...for photographic evidence.

Just a few pics should shut a whole bunch of people up. Well, unless alternatively, it should shut just one person up. Either way, I'd love to know the answer.

In for this update and o say crank turned into a huge bulky monster...hottest skinniest hulk i ever seen

sockergurl04

I am working on lifting heavier weights. Other girls tell me that they don't want to lift because they don't want to be bulky. I tell them that our bodies don't have what it takes to become bulky, Then I tell them that I would rather be muscular and bulky than my current fat bulky!!

docscottj

"Do you "lift heavy", meaning 4-10 reps as heavy as you can for 3-5 sets? (4-6 reps is good for strength, 8-10 for size, by the way)."

Can you please tell me more about the above...

I enjoy lifting and always try to increase in weight. I also try to shoot for 12 reps. But if I'm trying to loose the inches around me, then are you saying I should concentrate on 4-6 reps? I don't want to get bigger. I like the slender look on me vs. the extra.

Barbellerella

Ok I'll play...... Here some street/dress up clothes..





AND here's a side by side for good measure. First pic was cardio only, second is lifting while eating at a deficit. Notice scale weights at bottom of pic.


Currently Deadlifting #215x2, Bench 1RM is 105#, Squat 185#

CrankMeUp

Ok I'll play...... Here some street/dress up clothes..





AND here's a side by side for good measure. First pic was cardio only, second is lifting while eating at a deficit. Notice scale weights at bottom of pic.


Currently Deadlifting #215x2, Bench 1RM is 105#, Squat 185#

hot.

Myself and my bulky legs are going to kick back and enjoy this thread.

ZoeLifts

You look very good. But the area in which you store fat, your bust, is still large. Now, most women are delighted to have a large bust, but not very happy to have a large hips or rear. Weight training not only may not reduce those areas, it may make them bigger if those areas are where they hold fat. A woman is training primarily for aesthetics who has a different body type from yours has to tailor her workout routine. One size does not fit all.

ZoeLifts

I don't have me in my street clothes, but I'm not flexing here. This is about a 6 lb difference down over the course of a year of lifting heavier and heavier, no cardio.




Previous weight 160, current weight around 153-154

BP - 2x @ 120
OHP - 4x @ 75
Squat - 2x @ 120
DL - 4x @ 160

Achrya

OMG! Enough of the lifting heavy=bulky threads........so over it, so over played

So sorry you're bothered by the ladies here who lift. Personally, I'm proud of what I've achieved and the changes in my body from heavy lifting. I was definitely bulky before, but definitely much less bulky now that I lift.





Current 1 rep maxes:
Squat - 265lbs
Deadlift - 295lbs
Bench 115lbs

You look very good. But the area in which you store fat, your bust, is still large. Now, most women are delighted to have a large bust, but not very happy to have a large hips or rear. Weight training not only may not reduce those areas, it may make them bigger if those areas are where they hold fat. A woman is training primarily for aesthetics who has a different body type from yours has to tailor her workout routine. One size does not fit all.

I don't know most women, as speaking to most women to find their opinion on things like ideal body comp seems like a monumental task, but I know I'm doing my squats and such in hope of a bigger, firmer booty and nice strong thighs. One size doesn't fit all, but you sure have an easy time talking about that most women want...

RunningForeverMama

I want to join! I started lifting when I weighed around 198 pounds. I'm down to 150.

Barbell row: 185lbs
Deadlift: 300
Squat: 275
Bench: 135
First all natural bodybuilding competiton: 2nd place

Just wanted to say how awesome you are! :happy:
You all are, if this is bulky I can't wait.

LorinaLynn

In clothes... I won't say "normal clothes," because I don't really wear normal clothes.


On my 41st birthday.


Going to see a Celtic band in my "Official Kilt Inspector" shirt. Sadly, the only one in a kilt was an adorable toddler, and I didn't want to inspect his diaper.

campi_mama

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So, soo bulky

DavPul

I want to join! I started lifting when I weighed around 198 pounds. I'm down to 150.

Barbell row: 185lbs
Deadlift: 300
Squat: 275
Bench: 135
First all natural bodybuilding competiton: 2nd place

The fact that you accomplished this amazing transformation while raising your kids as a single mom makes your story one of my favorites. So many people have so many excuses and you didn't let anything hold you down. Love it

Sarauk2sf

As MoreBean is a bully, and I realized that I actually do not have any pics of me with clothes on...taken when I got home from work.

Deadlift: 280lb
Squat: 3 x 210lb
Bench 135lb
OHP: 95lb

5 6" 151lb

Bulky?

Hey look what I found!!!

Reposting it because 1) I have always furlucking loved this pic and 2) I doth believeth that we need some updates on them there lifting numbers.

You like me with my clothes on? I am losing my touch!

Updated stats:

Deadlift: 315lb
Squat: 260lb
Bench 160lb
OHP: 112lb

Currently trying to bulk.

<---158lb.

Mother_Superior

I want to join! I started lifting when I weighed around 198 pounds. I'm down to 150.

Barbell row: 185lbs
Deadlift: 300
Squat: 275
Bench: 135
First all natural bodybuilding competiton: 2nd place

The fact that you accomplished this amazing transformation while raising your kids as a single mom makes your story one of my favorites. So many people have so many excuses and you didn't let anything hold you down. Love it

NovemberJune

I know this thread is oooooooold but here's my recent not-bulky pic



I lift barbells, and always try to lift heavier barbells. OHP 50# 3x5, Squat 100# 3x6, DL 115 3x5, BP 65 3x3

Sarauk2sf

I want to join! I started lifting when I weighed around 198 pounds. I'm down to 150.

Barbell row: 185lbs
Deadlift: 300
Squat: 275
Bench: 135
First all natural bodybuilding competiton: 2nd place

The fact that you accomplished this amazing transformation while raising your kids as a single mom makes your story one of my favorites. So many people have so many excuses and you didn't let anything hold you down. Love it

^^agreed

Sarauk2sf

I know this thread is oooooooold but here's my recent not-bulky pic



I lift barbells, and always try to lift heavier barbells. OHP 50# 3x5, Squat 100# 3x6, DL 115 3x5, BP 65 3x3

Ermegherd...you are hyooge!

ZoeLifts

I want to join! I started lifting when I weighed around 198 pounds. I'm down to 150.

Barbell row: 185lbs
Deadlift: 300
Squat: 275
Bench: 135
First all natural bodybuilding competiton: 2nd place

I always love your story!! AMAZING!!!