HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!

auddii

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lifting heavy : beginning - 3 months - 5 months .... It's going to take a bit more before the clothes start coming off, lol

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Look at your tiny waist! You have a beautiful figure!!

perfectlytrained

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lifting heavy : beginning - 3 months - 5 months .... It's going to take a bit more before the clothes start coming off, lol

eta : fixed photo..

Look at your tiny waist! You have a beautiful figure!!

thank you! =D

beautifulwarrior18

LOVE this thread. I've wanted to lift heavy for so long but didn't know how to get started. Someone recommended NROLFW and I started this week. Hopefully in six months I'll have some awesome after shots!

perseverance14

Great job, you look wonderful.

DUCKIEGYRL

I know that lifting is very very good for your body in many ways. So, a question for you lifters out there:

How do you keep from being really sore and tired all the time? Lifting makes me so much more sore than running, and if I lift several days in one week I also just get ongoing fatigue. This didn't happen when I was running regularly (used to run about 18 miles a week before adding some lifting to my program.)

Also, lifting makes me ravenous! Any suggestions on how to deal with these two issues?

Right now I have cut back to lifting two times a week, but I am worried that is not enough to meet my goals. Any advice?

Make sure you are eating enough calories. That same thing happened to me in the beginning. I was eating only 1200 cals. Went I went to 2000 cals it was all good.

TendaiMa

Bump for inspiration!!

orchidee1987

Bump to read and share my own progress pictures

12by311

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lifting heavy : beginning - 3 months - 5 months .... It's going to take a bit more before the clothes start coming off, lol

eta : fixed photo..

You have such a nice figure!

I love that your results show that while lifting you can keep/enhance your curves. Muscles just help everything start looking a little better

frumpy2fitness

Bump for later!

Jenlwb

I know that lifting is very very good for your body in many ways. So, a question for you lifters out there:

How do you keep from being really sore and tired all the time? Lifting makes me so much more sore than running, and if I lift several days in one week I also just get ongoing fatigue. This didn't happen when I was running regularly (used to run about 18 miles a week before adding some lifting to my program.)

Also, lifting makes me ravenous! Any suggestions on how to deal with these two issues?

Right now I have cut back to lifting two times a week, but I am worried that is not enough to meet my goals. Any advice?

It really is better to keep to 3 x a week, I went down to 2 and am not seeing results as much. Try taking a week off now and again, maybe every 2 months. That's recommended in NRL4W, and it gives you a break and stops you getting sick of it! If you're hungry, eat! You need it. Keep it clean and high protein.

SezxyStef

I know that lifting is very very good for your body in many ways. So, a question for you lifters out there:

How do you keep from being really sore and tired all the time? Lifting makes me so much more sore than running, and if I lift several days in one week I also just get ongoing fatigue. This didn't happen when I was running regularly (used to run about 18 miles a week before adding some lifting to my program.)

Also, lifting makes me ravenous! Any suggestions on how to deal with these two issues?

Right now I have cut back to lifting two times a week, but I am worried that is not enough to meet my goals. Any advice?

It really is better to keep to 3 x a week, I went down to 2 and am not seeing results as much. Try taking a week off now and again, maybe every 2 months. That's recommended in NRL4W, and it gives you a break and stops you getting sick of it! If you're hungry, eat! You need it. Keep it clean and high protein.

Getting in enough protien will help with the hunger...and getting in enough calories helps with the fatigue...

Being sore I can't really comment on I haven't really been sore...once after taking time off during vacation is the only time. It went away in 2 days tho and the final soreness left on my 2nd lift day after vacation.

You need to take full rest days between major lifts to help your body rest and heal...

As for your food and keeping it clean yah no that isn't necessary. Just eat food and get your macros as close to your mins as possible even going over.

Protien should be 1gram for each 1lb of lean body mass.

DouMc

Im tagging this post for reference for the next time someone expresses concern that by lifting heavy I will pack on all those gross muscles!

sunflowerhippi

So I figured why not, here are some progress pictures. These are January 2013 and January 2014 so one year apart. Hoping to reach goal weight in the next few months and then maintain and just keep on lifting so that next January I have a great goal photo.

I hate cardio. I might randomly go walk a few miles with the kids when bored once a month or if really bored go run a 5k lol but I will not do it voluntarily. I have been lifting heavy since last February but do to my job as a nanny summer months mean maybe 4-6 times a month I make it to the gym since I work 12-14 hour days so my progress is slow.




160lbs


Since some people like lifting specs.
Bench 135 1rm, 115 5x5
Squat 260 1rm 200 5x5
OHP 110 1rm 50 5x5
Deadlift - I avoid due to back issues, I did 110 1rm for someone one day just because
Leg Press is my baby, 450 2RM

DuckDynastyMakesMeLaugh

Bump for awesomeness!:drinker:

Point202

Just tagging so I can refer later. I'm reading NROLFW now, and am getting a home gym setup so I can do some lifting at home. Can't wait to show off some before and afters!

rachelrb85

This thread is amazing and inspiring me to get back to heavy lifting.

I lifted heavy for 3 months and saw more results during that time than the 2+ years of cardio/light machines. Had to take it easy when I got pregnant and eventually kinda fell off the wagon. Now I'm ready to get a better body than I had pre-baby and can't wait to see results! Just started Stronglifts 5x5 recently

SezxyStef

So I figured why not, here are some progress pictures. These are January 2013 and January 2014 so one year apart. Hoping to reach goal weight in the next few months and then maintain and just keep on lifting so that next January I have a great goal photo.

I hate cardio. I might randomly go walk a few miles with the kids when bored once a month or if really bored go run a 5k lol but I will not do it voluntarily. I have been lifting heavy since last February but do to my job as a nanny summer months mean maybe 4-6 times a month I make it to the gym since I work 12-14 hour days so my progress is slow.




160lbs


Since some people like lifting specs.
Bench 135 1rm, 115 5x5
Squat 260 1rm 200 5x5
OHP 110 1rm 50 5x5
Deadlift - I avoid due to back issues, I did 110 1rm for someone one day just because
Leg Press is my baby, 450 2RM

Just so you know I don't see slow progress at all your abs are amazing...I am hoping mine look like that after one year I would be jumping for joy...

As to your numbers I am way impressed...triple diget OHP is my goal atm...and your squat 1rm...nice...

sunflowerhippi

Just so you know I don't see slow progress at all your abs are amazing...I am hoping mine look like that after one year I would be jumping for joy...

As to your numbers I am way impressed...triple diget OHP is my goal atm...and your squat 1rm...nice...

Thanks. I guess slow more in that by the time I get good numbers on my lifts I take 3 months off almost and have serious regression in numbers. I had my squat to 300 1rm last spring. used to lift heavy though as a teen so ive always carried higher LBM then what ive seen typical.

I'm one of the lucky genetic people who has visible abs easy. Im excited to see then after I drop the laat 10-15lbs though. I'm jealous of those who got rod of dimpled legs thats my dream lol.

jpolinisse

Yes I thought it was time...6months into lifting and I have comparison pics for the ladies who want to see that lifting doesn't make you bulky...

Left pic Day 1....right pic day 180


Left pic Week 10 into Lifting...right pic day 180



I am very eager to get in the next 6months...Sept 9th 2014

I do however want to thank the ladies in Part 1 and 2 of this thread you were the inspiration for me...

ETA: when I started I was 178lbs...I am now 158...I have dropped a total of almost 20inches from resistence training...7 from lifting heavy and I have dropped 5% BF from lifting, almost 10 from resistence training. I always thought 6 months was a long time but it has flown by...

May I ask how many calories you were using on average during this time?

SezxyStef

Yes I thought it was time...6months into lifting and I have comparison pics for the ladies who want to see that lifting doesn't make you bulky...

Left pic Day 1....right pic day 180


Left pic Week 10 into Lifting...right pic day 180



I am very eager to get in the next 6months...Sept 9th 2014

I do however want to thank the ladies in Part 1 and 2 of this thread you were the inspiration for me...

ETA: when I started I was 178lbs...I am now 158...I have dropped a total of almost 20inches from resistence training...7 from lifting heavy and I have dropped 5% BF from lifting, almost 10 from resistence training. I always thought 6 months was a long time but it has flown by...

May I ask how many calories you were using on average during this time?

I averaged 1700 calories a day during this period of time and tried to get in at least 120g of protien.

I say averaged because through the week it was closer to 1600 but sometimes my weekends upped the average.

I averaged 3/4lb weight loss as well...looking forward to maintenance and lifting tho just to see what the next 6 months will do for me.

eahrenee

I LOVE this thread!
Such inspiration!

I too have been lifting weights, and doing cardio, and can't wait until I have progress picks.....

Thank you everyone for keeping me motivated!

vs1023

I know that lifting is very very good for your body in many ways. So, a question for you lifters out there:

How do you keep from being really sore and tired all the time? Lifting makes me so much more sore than running, and if I lift several days in one week I also just get ongoing fatigue. This didn't happen when I was running regularly (used to run about 18 miles a week before adding some lifting to my program.)

Also, lifting makes me ravenous! Any suggestions on how to deal with these two issues?

Right now I have cut back to lifting two times a week, but I am worried that is not enough to meet my goals. Any advice?

I make sure i eat enough, sleep enough and that I do mobility and I am rarely so fatigued or sore that I can't do anything else.

jrhanna84

Bump

lhermo

Replying to say that I LOVE this thread and just met with a trainer yesterday to learn proper form while lifting. Having progress pictures of my own to add to this thread will keep me motivated

Thanks for the inspiration!

dixiewhiskey

BMI says I'm overweight and that a "normal weight" would be 154lbs. I'm thinner, stronger today than I have ever been at 120lbs.

@ Day 1: 181.5lbs, 32%BF
32.5" Waist
38" Hips
36" Navel
23" Thighs

Day 108: 177.5lbs, 22.5%BF
29" Waist
34" Hips
31" Navel
21" Thighs



1st pic is Day 62, 2nd pic is yesterday (Day 107)
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suremeansyes

OMG you guys, I think I'm doing it wrong because I STILL LOOK LIKE A WOMAN!!



Please help, I've been waiting for my handlebar mustache to come in for months.

12by311

LOL! Yessss!

You look amazeballs.

stacked

Love this thread

hotandfit50

how much weight do you lift.
like for arms legs..
can you tell me a bit about your routine
thanks

andreamaym

This thread is crazy inspirational - keep the photos coming!!!