Do you lift heavy? Are you bulky?
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Bumping for later...love this!0
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Yeah, just took this...feeling super bulky today. :laugh:
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Yeah, just took this...feeling super bulky today. :laugh:
Hawt!!!0 -
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.
All you ladies are super inspiring! A thread like this is what got me into lifting weights last year!
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I am loving this thread, so inspiring!!!0
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Bump!0
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Amazing!0
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Heavy lifter here!
DL: 215
Bench: 105
Squat: 185
BW: 136
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Lifting heavy...before i started....
during and currently....i am now 5'11" and these pics after between 175 and 185 pounds
YOU RULE0 -
Someday I hope to be bulky like you!
:bigsmile: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?
Bulkalicious!
Me too!!!0 -
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.
All you ladies are super inspiring! A thread like this is what got me into lifting weights last year!
Beautiful!!! You're so inspiring!0 -
Heavy lifter here!
DL: 215
Bench: 105
Squat: 185
BW: 136
Bad@*kitten*, hot, but not bulky!0 -
HA!! LOVE IT!!0 -
Props to the girls of IPOARM!
Nice work!0 -
Props to the girls of IPOARM!
Nice work!
Which ones are they?0 -
*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.0 -
*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*0 -
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: 3150 -
Bench: 390
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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<---- 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?!?!?
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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.
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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.0
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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.
They don't fit comfortably, mind you, but they fit.0 -
Wow Lorena....those are terrible. Lol0
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I'm a big fan of heavy lift and low rep!!! Even on a strict diet!0
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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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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.
HOLY ISH GIRL! IMPRESSIVE STATS! WOWZA!0 -
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.
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.0 -
Love this thread! I just started lifting (reluctantly) soooo inspired and motivated now. Thanks to all you lovely ladies!0
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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.
HOLY ISH GIRL! IMPRESSIVE STATS! WOWZA!
Thank you! I was a state power lifter (: It was my life!
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Current IPOARM enthusiast!!0
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