HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!

LittleMiss_WillLoseIt

OP you're not bulky, you look the same, maybe try taking new pictures with out standing in a different angle. You will see what i am talking about.

and here I was thinking that my opinion of you couldn't get any lower. You really are thick.

I am confused... I was just trying to be helpful after multiply times she has been severely rude on my posts for no reason... I can look passed her trolling and do my best to put things in perspective for her and tell her she's fine... Maybe what i said came out wrong.

The only troll see I is you so GTFO. How was she being rude?? Oh by defending that she is the most critical person of her body. Yet she can see the change that lifting heavy can do to a woman's body which is not becoming bulky.

auroranflash

You're fabulous. Period.

3dogsrunning

OP you're not bulky, you look the same, maybe try taking new pictures with out standing in a different angle. You will see what i am talking about.

and here I was thinking that my opinion of you couldn't get any lower. You really are thick.

I am confused... I was just trying to be helpful after multiply times she has been severely rude on my posts for no reason... I can look passed her trolling and do my best to put things in perspective for her and tell her she's fine... Maybe what i said came out wrong.

From her original post:

Still think heavy lifting will make you "bulky?" Think again.


Heavy lifting ladies, I invite you to post YOUR before and after pics. Maybe, just maybe, we can attempt to snuff out this, "WEIGHT LIFTING WILL MAKE ME HYOOOOGE" myth.[/img]

I guess i missed that.

Even if you missed it, which I am doubtful based on what you already posted, do you really think she looks the same? I just don't comprehend that. (Not to mention the measurements)

lachesissss

OP you're not bulky, you look the same, maybe try taking new pictures with out standing in a different angle. You will see what i am talking about.

and here I was thinking that my opinion of you couldn't get any lower. You really are thick.

I am confused... I was just trying to be helpful after multiply times she has been severely rude on my posts for no reason... I can look passed her trolling and do my best to put things in perspective for her and tell her she's fine... Maybe what i said came out wrong.

The only troll see I is you so GTFO. How was she being rude?? Oh by defending that she is the most critical person of her body. Yet she can see the change that lifting heavy can do to a woman's body which is not becoming bulky.

Oh i guess you missed all the trolling posts she did on my topics. As I said i looked passed that. I just told her she's not getting bulky, that's all,.I was supporting her. The title said she was getting bulky. I missed the part when she pointed out she was being sarcastic and wanted women to post their pictures from weight training.

The back tracking is not going to quell the sh*tstorm. Just quit while you're ahead.

OP: You're awesome. This post makes me glad I started lifting and makes me want to stick with it. One day I will have awesome ladybulk like you .

Crankstr

:flowerforyou:

Cp731

Anywayyyyyyy..
I don't know what all the drams is I saw the last few posts...Just saw a few words and pics..didn't actually read that shizz.
I was goooooing to sayyyy.
I like how you decorate your house.
Im super in like with that mirror.
and also You look very Fit

Crankstr

C'mon, people...let's not derail this uber-awesome thread.

okkk
yessir.

kiku76

Imma gonna bypass the snarky comments and say that all the ladies here look AMAZEBALLS.

OP (and everyone else)-how much cardio do you do? I just started doing Beautiful Bada$$ by Nia Shanks and I love it.

3dogsrunning

Huge post I'm sorry but just getting caught up on the rest of the awesomeness in the thread.

Amazing.
(If I missed anyone I apologize. You are all awesome. )

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Jeebus, women! Y’all look amazing…I mean REALLY FREAKING AMAZING! You make me GLAD I pick up heavy things and put them down!!!

I am only a couple months into Strong Lifts. The “during” picture in March was taken right before I screwed up a set of rows with bad form and hosed my back and the doc benched me for a month, so I got to start basically from scratch less than 2 weeks ago…but I’m glad to be back again, cuz I MISSED my weights:



The first shot was me just starting 30DS after coming off of a couch potato regimen, and the second was after having lifted about a month. I haven’t taken any recently, but will at the end of May.

ETA: I’m getting into jeans I haven’t worn, literally, in years. I weigh more than I did when I wore them originally, but the body comp is changing.

Pic on the left - 155lbs. size 12 cardio only
Pic on the right - 155lbs. size 6 lifting and minimal cardio

The two pics are taken about a year apart.

this is me after a year of lifting heavy.

I'm so bulky!

After 3 months of lifting:


After 7 months of lifting:


After 8 months of lifting:



Up to 10 months of lifting, now lifting at intermediate or advanced weights for my size.... Will someone please tell me when this "bulkiness" is going to hit me?

In all seriousness, I actually did add inches with the lifting, to my butt and my thighs. That is only because I was also eating at a surplus and started lifting when I was technically underweight. My husband, who was worried about me getting bulky from the lifting, can't seem to keep his hands off my brand new "bulk".

iulia_maddie

Let's get back on track people. Threads like this make me wish i would've taken more (SFW) before pictures.

Before lifting(posting these scares the **** out of me, but here we go):



After(more like during) lifting:




Edit: I apologize in advance for any eye damage my blindingly white back may cause you.

RandiLandCHANGED

Zero cardio until this week, and now I will incorporate it a bit. No cardio worked until it stopped working, lol. I know when to admit defeat! I would like to see more abs and glute/ham definition.

lafilleavectoi

All you ladies look amazing!

3dogsrunning

Let's get back on track people. Threads like this make me wish i would've taken more (SFW) before pictures.

Before lifting(posting these scares the **** out of me, but here we go):



After(more like during) lifting:

Holy moly. Wow. Pretty sure I've seen other behind pics before but I think it's the first time I saw this one. Damn. Back looks great too ( eta - and front but got a little distracted, in a none creepy way)

jofjltncb6

Zero cardio until this week, and now I will incorporate it a bit. No cardio worked until it stopped working, lol. I know when to admit defeat! I would like to see more abs and glute/ham definition.

Whoa whoa whoa, time out. I'm pretty sure the central theme of OP's (and many others') successful transformation was her lifting heavy weights, not cardio.

ThickMcRunFast

Let's get back on track people. Threads like this make me wish i would've taken more (SFW) before pictures.

Before lifting(posting these scares the **** out of me, but here we go):



Edit: I apologize in advance for any eye damage my blindingly white back may cause you.

DAT AZZ

awesome.

sullykat

I'm so Balki, too! HELP!!! Oh… wait, you said bulky… I thought you were talking about perfect strangers… I guess I need help with my "bulk" too.

I can't for the life of me post pics (I'm from Canada, eh.. they think I'm a little slow), so you can just go click on the pics in my profile. Before are the black bathing suit (last year), most recent are the purple bathing suit (a few weeks ago).

whierd

Let's get back on track people. Threads like this make me wish i would've taken more (SFW) before pictures.

Before lifting(posting these scares the **** out of me, but here we go):



After(more like during) lifting:




Edit: I apologize in advance for any eye damage my blindingly white back may cause you.

Iulia, you have a beautiful body.

3dogsrunning

I'm so Balki, too! HELP!!! Oh… wait, you said bulky… I thought you were talking about perfect strangers… I guess I need help with my "bulk" too.

I can't for the life of me post pics (I'm from Canada, eh.. they think I'm a little slow), so you can just go click on the pics in my profile. Before are the black bathing suit (last year), most recent are the purple bathing suit (a few weeks ago).

Fellow Canadian here . If you upload your pictures to a hosting site like photobucket, choose the Code that starts with IMG. You just have to change the IMG at the beginning and end of the code to img.

ETA - you look fantastic.

RandiLandCHANGED

Zero cardio until this week, and now I will incorporate it a bit. No cardio worked until it stopped working, lol. I know when to admit defeat! I would like to see more abs and glute/ham definition.

Whoa whoa whoa, time out. I'm pretty sure the central theme of OP's (and many others') successful transformation was her lifting heavy weights, not cardio.

Another poster asked how much cardio the ladies who posted actually do... Lifting heavy gets all the credit for where I am today.

Cadori

Human brain weight = (2^6)3

Who knew?

ThickMcRunFast

my math says she's looking ballin'

downsizinghoss

Pick up all the heavy **** ladies. You all look amazing. Athletic is sexy, skinny isn't.

tidesong

bump

kiku76

Another poster asked how much cardio the ladies who posted actually do... Lifting heavy gets all the credit for where I am today.

awww, my question didn't get completely lost in the madness. Thanks!

ThickMcRunFast

Another poster asked how much cardio the ladies who posted actually do... Lifting heavy gets all the credit for where I am today.

awww, my question didn't get completely lost in the madness. Thanks!

I actually run marathons, so I only lift heavy when not in training. Even when I'm not in training I only lift 3x week. I back off to body weight when I am training. My results are therefore a lot slower than others, because there is no way I can do a calorie deficit while running high mileage. Still, I got me some abs and wicked cuts.

Lyadeia

I wouldn't say a "ton" of fat... the LBM... preservation, I believe it could have been done with just a proper calorie deficit. I believe you know the more fat you have the more fat you'll burn. I doubt she's at the level where a greater % of her energy will come from glucose(carbs and protein). I am saying, i believe she could have done the same with a slight calorie deficit and just doing aerobic exercise...

That is one of the most lollable things I have seen you post, and I have seen quite a few from you.

Also, where the hell do you get off being such an insulting *kitten*?

If you want to see saying the truth insulting, so be it. What is so lollable about it??? That's what i am curious about.

She lost 1/3 of her total fat mass and you are minimizing it as if it's hardly an accomplishment to praise.

When someone loses this much fat, the appropriate response is "congratulations" rather than trying to tell everyone she could have done it a different way, she just looks the same, etc...

sarahstrezo

Another poster asked how much cardio the ladies who posted actually do... Lifting heavy gets all the credit for where I am today.

awww, my question didn't get completely lost in the madness. Thanks!

I only do minimal cardio and it's purely because I enjoy running. I do HIIT about once per week for about 15 minutes and then usually one 2-3 mile run, but sometimes not even that.

Lyadeia

Another poster asked how much cardio the ladies who posted actually do... Lifting heavy gets all the credit for where I am today.

awww, my question didn't get completely lost in the madness. Thanks!

I only do minimal cardio and it's purely because I enjoy running. I do HIIT about once per week for about 15 minutes and then usually one 2-3 mile run, but sometimes not even that.

I do minimal cardio as well. I really like cardio kickboxing, so I do that twice a week for fun and cardiovascular endurance. I seem to be one of those people that does better with fat loss with less cardio...not zero cardio, but just less cardio. I burn out really fast when I do 3 or more cardio sessions in a week no matter how much food I take in.

iulia_maddie

Another poster asked how much cardio the ladies who posted actually do... Lifting heavy gets all the credit for where I am today.

awww, my question didn't get completely lost in the madness. Thanks!

I only do minimal cardio and it's purely because I enjoy running. I do HIIT about once per week for about 15 minutes and then usually one 2-3 mile run, but sometimes not even that.

I do minimal cardio as well. I really like cardio kickboxing, so I do that twice a week for fun and cardiovascular endurance. I seem to be one of those people that does better with fat loss with less cardio...not zero cardio, but just less cardio. I burn out really fast when I do 3 or more cardio sessions in a week no matter how much food I take in.

Cardio once a week, maaaaybe twice on a good week. I do it for my heart and lungs, or whenever I am grossly over calories. I went for as long as 6 weeks without any cardio. Ooops.
It's funny how I used to be a cardio bunny, doing just that, 6 days a week for hours, thinking that you're supposed to hate exercise.

Otterluv

Holy crap Lea, you look amazing and I am sure that you feel incredible, hopefully like the badass superhero you have turned yourself into!