HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!
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Book marked now I can find it whenever I want...(book mark is the little star up top)0
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Reinventing_Me wrote: »OMG! This thread is still around? In...just because I likes it!
Love that I can't tell when anything on here was posted. NOT! The new forums are IMPOSSIBLE!0 -
You look fabulous!0
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You look amazing & I love your hair color!0
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buckshot500 wrote: »OMG!!! Clicked on O/P's profile and it says "User deactivated"
I couldn't even tell she was a droid.
Yes, she deactivated. She was an incredible woman and needed a break from this site for a while. We are sad she is gone, but we keep in touch with her through other means. She wasn't a bot or droid. She's a real person.
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Show him this thread.I want a weight set, or at least one of those adjustable bar bells you can put up to 100lbs on it. The whole myth of lifting heavy will make you bulky is exactly why my husband won't help me pay for a weight set / bench. It pisses me off. I have had an easier time convincing him to help me get breast implants than lift heavy weights. Not that we can afford those, but the point stands. Nothing I say will convince him that I won't look like a body builder on steroids if I lift weights.
Well, it's interesting to me, because I have shown him many of the females on this site as an example of what I want to look like - and he's response is basically he doesn't want me to become that defined. I love him, but he's not the most sensitive when it comes to me and my own aspirations with my body. The first time I flexed for a picture after reaching my goal weight and showed it to him, he actually said, "Ew." - and this was when I was even higher BF% than I am now. He's a great guy, really, I don't mean to make him sound like some awful pig-headed jerk. lol. He just wants me to be soft and squishy, but I do not want to be soft and squishy!
I try to tell him I'm not trying to become that defined necessarily, just stronger and a bit more trimmed down. I really just want to be stronger, honestly, but he doesn't get it. It's like talking to a brick wall with him. I would LOVE to look like Ashley Horner or any other among many beautiful fitness models, but I still care to be attractive to my husband, within reason, so I wouldn't go that far for his sake. It may seem stupid to some, but yeah, anyways... I just wish I could convince him that my lifting weights isn't an automatic ticket to being extremely muscular, which isn't even a bad thing in my opinion, but unless you're specifically going for that, it doesn't happen just from lifting weights.
WOW, I had not imagined my husband wouldn't like it when I got smaller. I went to your page and saw what you looked like. You look fantastic!!!!! Maybe you have already started lifting??0 -
RoseyDgirl wrote: »Ok, I'm in. So deadlifts are the ones where you squat and lift to your waist, yes?
I doubt I could lift 60 more than once or twice... maybe I could do 40 if I had to do a set of 10 - but I'm sure I'd be wiped out if I had to do more than one set ... Squats are a lot harder than using the Leg Press machine.
Deadlifts: http://www.weighttraining.com/exercises/deadlift0 -
bump! I need the inspiration
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Whoop - this thread is back - definitely one of my favourites! Can't wait to get to the point I'm bulky enough to post a photo often in here!0
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Inspiration!0
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In for the AWESOME!0
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BUMP! I love this thread - and will be adding my pictures in a few months. Only just started my strength training today - starting off small but will join a gym next year and do heavy lifting! Cannot wait 0
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Help, got soooo bulky.
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5'7"
Before and after completing NROLFW
169 pounds to 162 pounds
Amazing... all of you ladies have inspired me to start lifting... I have been doing body weight exercises for about 2 months, and despite seeing an improvement I am really leaning toward heavy lifting.0 -
I just know that by the time I get my shht together, this thread will probably be in part 2. Not bad necessarily..but ugh..0
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Bumpity Bump Bump
I miss this thread.0 -
I love lifting. It's the eating part that is hard for me.1
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OMG I CAN FINALLY PARTICIPATE IN THIS THREAD!0
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1ConcreteGirl wrote: »Oh look, heavy lifting made me bulky, too!
No heavy lifting, after losing 23 lbs:
One month of heavy lifting, 5/3/1 program
The weight difference from the first to second photo is one pound.
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Your measurements are exactly the same as mine and I wear a size 8. What is this sorcery? *scratches head*0
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RandiLandCHANGED wrote: »Accidentally deleted my whole post!!
Lost my baby weight (from my 3rd child) in December. Hit the gym in January after I recovered from severe pneumonia. I weighed 125 when I started at the gym and 136 now. I lifted heavy, and ate 2300-3000 calories a day. Just tryin' to get buff
I do not think I look like a dude!
ONE YEAR! Last year vs last week
Now:
Hot! You are killing it.1 -
kudos!0
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Those legs!0 -
Yeah! Forgot about this thread. I don't remember if I posted mine or not. Great job gals.0
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Not bulky at all, you are being too hard on yourself. Keep it up0
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In about 3 weeks i ll be done with my 12 weeks of beginner's training and I ll try to post my pics. And i m already looking forward to the next results! Thanks to all the women here I trusted the system and got my mind blown :-)0
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I lost about 60 pounds BEFORE this before picture (left) using cardio and dieting.
This is the difference between 195/200 (cardio like crazy and restrictive dieting) to 170/175 (nixed cardio, started lifting and ate more).
this is at about 165/170 and below that is at 153
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My profile pic is the difference that 6 months of lifting heavy can do alongside a good eating plan. Always lift heavy, ALWAYS!!!0
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