HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!
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cupcakesandproteinshakes wrote: »Wow how did I miss this thread? Quiksylver how much was that deadlift?quiksylver296 wrote: »My 91-year-old grandmother: "Wow! Even lifting those heavy weights, you still look nice and feminine."
Thanks, Grandma.
This one? I don't remember. Looks like 380 or 385. The best I've pulled in competition is 385.6 -
Hey, my "bulky" journey is from anorexia/bulimia to a healthy weight.:) Although my mother worries that I'll turn into a man and no one will marry me, but well... I love it, lifting has saved my life
(unfortunately, I'm not kidding, we had some fights about lifting and my bulkiness haha)
that's in 2015, when I was a "full time" bulimic, occasionally I would try to exercise with an attempt to lose weight because I still considered myself fat
in 2016, my very first days of ED recovery, since then I have barely missed more than 3 days of gym, but still I was mostly doing cardio (10 km a day etc.)
2017 - started to lift
2019 April - took me some time to figure out all this weigh-lifting stuff, but finally I've started to see some results - here I had around 16 kilos more than in the first picture (now I'm slightly cutting for summer hah)
oops, sorry for such a long post, but I wanted to share it with someone who can actually appreciate it
HELL YES SISTER!21 -
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I see abs!!! At 181 lbs! Yay for heavy lifting!
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quiksylver296 wrote: »I see abs!!! At 181 lbs! Yay for heavy lifting!
You. Look. Amazing!! Well done!2 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I see abs!!! At 181 lbs! Yay for heavy lifting!
Guns and abs! Nice tights too.2 -
@quiksylver296 very impressive!2
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Looking amazing @quiksylver296!!3
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Well you can see how bulky I am after 2 and a half years of lifting. Not really at all.12
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cupcakesandproteinshakes wrote: »Well you can see how bulky I am after 2 and a half years of lifting. Not really at all.
Very nice definition!0 -
Love this thread! All of the ladies in here are so inspirational and I'm looking forward to getting back on the lifting wagon! I was doing really well two falls ago following strong lifts and I really started to notice a difference, people were commenting on it and then I stopped (can't quite remember why now...) and have been on and off since. I just started back in uni and noticed my eating habits were deteriorating again. I refuse to do the freshman 15 AGAIN especially when I never fully got rid of it last time!
So back to MFP for me, with logging and lifting and all the fun stuff!5 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I see abs!!! At 181 lbs! Yay for heavy lifting!
@quiksylver296 If you don’t mind me asking, what is your height? 😊
5'9"3 -
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Biggiwig69 wrote: »Old post ?
Nope. Women post on this thread still and I think it’s a good one10 -
cupcakesandproteinshakes wrote: »Biggiwig69 wrote: »Old post ?
Nope. Women post on this thread still and I think it’s a good one
Yep. I bump it all the time.3 -
Ladies, you all look amazing! 😍 👏🏼
Strength training helped completely reshape my body. 💪🏼23 -
MarissaRiv23 wrote: »
Ladies, you all look amazing! 😍 👏🏼
Strength training helped completely reshape my body. 💪🏼
Nice work.4 -
cupcakesandproteinshakes wrote: »MarissaRiv23 wrote: »
Ladies, you all look amazing! 😍 👏🏼
Strength training helped completely reshape my body. 💪🏼
Nice work.
Thank you!1 -
Hi everyone! I'm 46 and what's inspiring to me is how much better and healthier middle aged and older women look when they are strong. But, honestly, it's hard to find inspirational pictures of women in that 40+ age range ... few women in older generations lifted, and many of those that did stopped as they got older. Where can I find pictures of strong, muscular, fit older women?2
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@robingmurphy.
This thread, if you haven’t read it already, is full of women over 40 who lift.
The first two posters alone, @mom23mangos and @quiksylver296, are great examples of women in their 40’s who lift with different goals.
There are loads of other 40+ers sprinkled throughout the thread all the way up to 60+.
The recomp thread is well sprinkled too.
Cheers, h.
Sorry on my phone had to edit to post thread.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10689837/does-this-uterus-make-my-stomach-look-fat/p14 -
@robingmurphy here's a 56 year old woman who didn't start lifting until after the age of 50:
The Nov/Dec issue of Strong magazine is a "strong at any age special issue" and features a 60 year old competitive powerlifter and a 62 year old bodybuilder. You may want to browse a copy.25 -
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MarissaRiv23 wrote: »
Ladies, you all look amazing! 😍 👏🏼
Strength training helped completely reshape my body. 💪🏼
Geez! What a transformation! You don’t even look like the same person! You look so freaking good! It just goes to show you what amazing results hard work & consistency will give you.
Thank you so much!! ❤️ It took about 3 years, but it was worth every workout! 💪🏼4 -
robingmurphy wrote: »Hi everyone! I'm 46 and what's inspiring to me is how much better and healthier middle aged and older women look when they are strong. But, honestly, it's hard to find inspirational pictures of women in that 40+ age range ... few women in older generations lifted, and many of those that did stopped as they got older. Where can I find pictures of strong, muscular, fit older women?
I'm 44.
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I'm 42 and only casual about lifting, but without it, my "overweight" BMI would not make my doctor giggle/snort.21 -
Love all these pictures of all these amazingly fit women!1
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