HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!
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arditarose wrote: »No. Go away.
Feel free to prove what I said is wrong. I'm all ears.
Now, if you want to talk about workouts that involve total muscle failure, then there is evidence that light weights to maximum reps can also provide bulk and stimulate muscle protein synthesis while minimizing injuries.
However, when you're defining LIGHT, MODERATE and HEAVY lifting, what I said above is correct.
Good luck with your rebuttal, I sincerely hope you can manage more than three words next time.3 -
arditarose wrote: »No. Go away.
Feel free to prove what I said is wrong. I'm all ears.
Now, if you want to talk about workouts that involve total muscle failure, then there is evidence that light weights to maximum reps can also provide bulk and stimulate muscle protein synthesis while minimizing injuries.
However, when you're defining LIGHT, MODERATE and HEAVY lifting, what I said above is correct.
Good luck with your rebuttal, I sincerely hope you can manage more than three words next time.
I'm still finishing my coffee.0 -
arditarose wrote: »I'm still finishing my coffee.
Mmmmm...coffee...*eyes glaze over*0 -
stickthejugon wrote: »Do you find that your joints ached after a couple of weeks... my knees & hips are aching like toothache after 3weeks of SL
It sounds to me like you're not properly stretching. Make sure you're really stretching out your hip flexors, hamstrings, lower back, quads, etc. Also foam rolling is magical. A lot of time aches and pains are not from injury or damage to the area that hurts it's from tightness in the muscles, tendons, and ligaments surround the area. I find when my knees hurt for example it's because my quads are tight and I just need to roll the *kitten* out of them and stretch a lot. If the pain continues you can buy knee sleeves from rouge fitness and see if those help.3 -
arditarose wrote: »No. Go away.
Feel free to prove what I said is wrong. I'm all ears.
Now, if you want to talk about workouts that involve total muscle failure, then there is evidence that light weights to maximum reps can also provide bulk and stimulate muscle protein synthesis while minimizing injuries.
However, when you're defining LIGHT, MODERATE and HEAVY lifting, what I said above is correct.
Good luck with your rebuttal, I sincerely hope you can manage more than three words next time.
Let's just shut up about the exact numbers shall we? I mean are any of you really researchers in the field of aerobic and anaerobic activity? Likely not. Let's just keep showing photos and stop arguing. All that is happening with this petty bickering is that I want to go have a beer and Hops is not part of my eat to perform dietary standards! Leave it in the gym kids! Let's get back to some photos of some beautiful, hard working ladies.11 -
My birthday was April 27th and I took this pic. It was the day before I quit my cardio dance group to try doing weights. I had been doing cardio dancing for 4 years.
This pic was taken today. I'm not exactly where I want to be but my body is smaller than it was when I focused on cardio with little weights. And this is 3 weeks of just weights and I cut back on Calories 2 days a week. I haven't done cardio in 3 weeks. I'm a believer in lifting because I'm cutting fat quicker. People want me to go back to dance but in my head, I know I will stick with lifting.20 -
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My birthday was April 27th and I took this pic. It was the day before I quit my cardio dance group to try doing weights. I had been doing cardio dancing for 4 years.
This pic was taken today. I'm not exactly where I want to be but my body is smaller than it was when I focused on cardio with little weights. And this is 3 weeks of just weights and I cut back on Calories 2 days a week. I haven't done cardio in 3 weeks. I'm a believer in lifting because I'm cutting fat quicker. People want me to go back to dance but in my head, I know I will stick with lifting.
Sorry. That's a distant pic
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You look amazing....very well done!0
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getitamb your boobs look fantastic in that swim top. I'm super jealous! I hope my boobs look that good in a swim top one day.0
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beautifulwarrior18 wrote: »getitamb your boobs look fantastic in that swim top. I'm super jealous! I hope my boobs look that good in a swim top one day.
Lol. Thank you!! I've had it a while. Just never worn it.0 -
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So with Heavy lifting my arms have gone from 17 inches to 13
My chest is still at a 38 with some more weight loss that too shall go down
my waist has gone from a 44 to a 38
abs have gone down from a 42 to a 40
hips have gone from a 40 to a 45.5 Squatters butt here I come
and my thighs have gone down 2 inches
I am not ready to post a pic yet but ..... I will get there
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lesleyloo7879 wrote: »So with Heavy lifting my arms have gone from 17 inches to 13
My chest is still at a 38 with some more weight loss that too shall go down
my waist has gone from a 44 to a 38
abs have gone down from a 42 to a 40
hips have gone from a 40 to a 45.5 Squatters butt here I come
and my thighs have gone down 2 inches
I am not ready to post a pic yet but ..... I will get there
Fabulous progress!0 -
Thank you !!!!0
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I have had this forum flagged as my favorite for so long...hoping that someday I would be confident enough to finally add my own photo to the mix. I'm not where I want to be...but I'm closer than when I started. 9 months and 4 lbs separates these 2 photos.53 -
jessicarobinson00 wrote: »
I have had this forum flagged as my favorite for so long...hoping that someday I would be confident enough to finally add my own photo to the mix. I'm not where I want to be...but I'm closer than when I started. 9 months and 4 lbs separates these 2 photos.
Girl...what have you been doing for 9 months? You look incredible.0 -
LOVE that more and more women are starting to realize the benefits to lifting heavy and move past the myth!! I absolutely love being strong!!
Here are my pics (lifting pic was taken about 3 months ago so I've gotten a little bit more definition since then but you get the idea). Still not at goal but getting there
Before 323lbs
Current 183lbs
What am amazing transformation! This is why I read these threads. You rock!17 -
Girl...what have you been doing for 9 months? You look incredible. [/quote]
Honestly I've been doing a modified StrongLifts program (With dumbbells only!). I have a weak left hip which causes my hips to twist when I use a weighted bar...Just looking for progress not perfection. I'll get there!12 -
jessicarobinson00 wrote: »
Girl...what have you been doing for 9 months? You look incredible.
Honestly I've been doing a modified StrongLifts program (With dumbbells only!). I have a weak left hip which causes my hips to twist when I use a weighted bar...Just looking for progress not perfection. I'll get there![/quote]
That's some serious progress. And would you mind sharing with everyone what your diet has been like? How long in a deficit/maintenance?3 -
When I first started, I shot for a 1200-1400ish calorie-count until October 2015 when I hit 130 lbs (20 lbs less than my original GOAL weight-think elliptical/dreadmill and it was awful). I thought when I hit my new goal weight I would be happy with my body: I wasn't! Since October 2015, I have been in maintenance +/- 5 lbs. I eat between 1800 and 2200 calories. I'm sitting at 126 currently....every now and then I drop my calories because I would like to drop my body fat %...BUT I don't know how serious I am: I'm not really willing to give up my calories!!I'm "recomping." Just enjoying what I'm doing and hoping to continue to see results (even if they take time!)
Other than watching my calories, and shooting for 100g of protein, I don't really watch my macros...I really believe results lie in your calorie counts, your sweat equity, and time.19 -
jessicarobinson00 wrote: »When I first started, I shot for a 1200-1400ish calorie-count until October 2015 when I hit 130 lbs (20 lbs less than my original GOAL weight-think elliptical/dreadmill and it was awful). I thought when I hit my new goal weight I would be happy with my body: I wasn't! Since October 2015, I have been in maintenance +/- 5 lbs. I eat between 1800 and 2200 calories. I'm sitting at 126 currently....every now and then I drop my calories because I would like to drop my body fat %...BUT I don't know how serious I am: I'm not really willing to give up my calories!!I'm "recomping." Just enjoying what I'm doing and hoping to continue to see results (even if they take time!)
Other than watching my calories, and shooting for 100g of protein, I don't really watch my macros...I really believe results lie in your calorie counts, your sweat equity, and time.
Very nice! Thanks. You are most definitely recomping.0 -
I should say: I'm still a beginner. I had no idea what I was doing when I lifted my first weight: I just listened to my body. I strive to look like the ladies here in this forum: not thin, but strong.5
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You ladies inspired me to start lifting--I started New Rules in April and here are my before stage 1 and after stage 2 pics.
I can't wait to see what changes will come after another few months!
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gradchica27 wrote: »You ladies inspired me to start lifting--I started New Rules in April and here are my before stage 1 and after stage 2 pics.
I can't wait to see what changes will come after another few months!
All of this is AWESOME!!! All the love to lifting ladies!2 -
I can't wait to see all the inspiring results!0
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I love love love this thread! I start 5x5 SL a few weeks ago, so maybe someday I'll be able to post pics here! You are all very inspiring and motivating, so thanks for sharing -- especially before and after pictures!!0
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I'm just getting huuuge, ladies. If by huge I really mean 5lbs and one size below my lightest/smallest size as an adult. I hit 70lbs lost today--and finally got to 100 lbs on my deadlift! I am so excited, but no one IRL gets my excitement...so I just needed to share here
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DontStopB_Leakin wrote: »Before, a few months prior to heavy lifting:
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.
It's not a myth. Some women, depending on their build and body fat distribution, do get bigger.
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gradchica27 wrote: »I'm just getting huuuge, ladies. If by huge I really mean 5lbs and one size below my lightest/smallest size as an adult. I hit 70lbs lost today--and finally got to 100 lbs on my deadlift! I am so excited, but no one IRL gets my excitement...so I just needed to share here
That's amazing progress and the dead lift....yeah!!!
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