REAL MFP women, weight training Befores and Afters

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  • Bearface115
    Bearface115 Posts: 574 Member
    BuMp!
  • amylovescupcakes
    amylovescupcakes Posts: 146 Member
    I am completely envious of this...I'm terrified of weights...like I am doing them wrong. Maybe I should get a personal trainer...
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    NVM
  • adjones_21
    adjones_21 Posts: 234 Member
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    ^ 220 to 170

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    ^ 171


    awesome progress...you look great
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    BEFORE: Age 45
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    AFTER: Age 51
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  • lilawolf
    lilawolf Posts: 1,690 Member
    Bump, because I am starting heavy lifting in 2 weeks!
  • Green_P0nie
    Green_P0nie Posts: 32
    WOW... bumping for inspiration..
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    BEFORE: Age 45
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    AFTER: Age 51
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    Awesome work. You look amazing.
  • YoYo1951
    YoYo1951 Posts: 370
    bump
  • parvati
    parvati Posts: 432 Member
    You ladies are all super motivational!! Great job, all of you!! xx
  • mavrick7
    mavrick7 Posts: 1,607 Member
    BEFORE: Age 45
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    AFTER: Age 51
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    Congratulations! I would never guess that you were 51! You look much younger!
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    I truly love you all so much.
  • stljam
    stljam Posts: 512 Member
    Kudos to you all. NROLFW should be a Christmas stocking stuffer for all.
  • heidiberr
    heidiberr Posts: 643 Member
    Before:
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    After:
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  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    What I love about strength training? When the "dieters" are worried about how to lose the most pounds, and THIS is only five pounds. :heart:

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    No deprivation required.
  • kiachu
    kiachu Posts: 409 Member
    how do you attach pictures?
  • a_new_dawn
    a_new_dawn Posts: 517 Member
    I'm just about to start out on the NROL4W program so have loved seeing this. So much inspiration in one thread! Thankyou to everyone who has posted their progress pics, I am in awe of each and every one of you.
  • miadvh
    miadvh Posts: 290 Member
    Ahhh! CAN'T..FREAKIN'..WAIT to start lifting! :D
    So many amazing transformations!
  • thoseblueeyes
    thoseblueeyes Posts: 812 Member
    what's NROL4W?
  • Chapter3point6
    Chapter3point6 Posts: 1,233
    what's NROL4W?

    New Rules of Lifting 4 Women.
  • WhitneyJerome
    WhitneyJerome Posts: 80 Member
    So I keep seeing the term "barbie weights" How much did you guys start with for each exersice and how much do you lift now? I've been really wanting to get into weight lifting but I don't know where to start without a gym membership or a personal trainer

    BTW fantastic job ladies you are an insperation ;-)
  • Breadbar
    Breadbar Posts: 334 Member
    Going to step up my lifting & organize my program - thanks for the inspiration!
  • Be_EmbracE
    Be_EmbracE Posts: 1,472 Member
    Awesome!! I do weights too but not that heavy as many female here. Gosh missed my days with my ex training on weights. It helps a lot in building muscles toning n shaping being more define in cutting n shape.
    Gosh hope to get back to good programme on weights lifting again. Thanks for your sharing! ^.^
  • kiachu
    kiachu Posts: 409 Member
    Awesome!! I do weights too but not that heavy as many female here.

    We all started somewhere.
  • loren1013
    loren1013 Posts: 1
    Question for you lifting ladies... Sorry of its already been asked ... What exactly is lifting ? I know it's lifting weights but do you do specific lifting programs or just go to the gym and use all the weight machines??? Help!!!
    Someone point me in the right direction!
    Clueless:)
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    Question for you lifting ladies... Sorry of its already been asked ... What exactly is lifting ? I know it's lifting weights but do you do specific lifting programs or just go to the gym and use all the weight machines??? Help!!!
    Someone point me in the right direction!
    Clueless:)

    That would depend I guess. A lot of women on here are following New Rules of Lifting for Women (NROL4W I think is how they wrote it). It's a book if you want to check it out.
    Me, I follow a program. Some people make their own, I need to have something set out for me. My trainer sets my programs for me (she doesn't work out with me though but will go over the program and do demos).
    My workouts tend to not include machines, although I do incorporate a few. Not sure what everyone else does.

    When people talk about lifting heavy, it is a relative term meaning what is heavy for them.
  • fittiephd
    fittiephd Posts: 608 Member
    Question for you lifting ladies... Sorry of its already been asked ... What exactly is lifting ? I know it's lifting weights but do you do specific lifting programs or just go to the gym and use all the weight machines??? Help!!!
    Someone point me in the right direction!
    Clueless:)

    In this sense, "Lifting" means lifting HEAVY. As in, as heavy as you possibly can so that you can only do the number of reps your program states and no more. A lot of them will be as few as 4 or up to 12 reps. NROLFW starts you at 15 reps because it knows that you're going to underestimate how much you can actually lift so it gives you higher reps and then decreases them as you go.

    I started by reading NROLFW, I can't really afford a trainer but this book has a lot of information about how much to eat for lifting, some recipes, why lifting is good for you, warm up routines, and a 6 month lifting program. I however did not follow the lifting program all the way through (just through stage 5) because I got bored of it and the workouts are really long. I think for a beginner (I was clueless when I started too!) it's a great read regardless of whether not you do the program. It's only 12 dollars on amazon.

    I agree with 3dogsrunning that I need to be following a program to lift heavy, so now I'm following Stronglifts 5x5. It has an iphone app for tracking your workouts which makes it really simple. It's also a very simple program that has 5 different combination lifts that you repeat every other workout (3 one day, 3 the other, squats are on both days). I might throw in some isolation moves when I am further into the program and I always do my own abs work at the end, but I like how simple and straight forward this program is, no complicated crazy lifts.

    Feel free to ask me any questions you want about lifting heavy now that we're friends :)
  • AXAGEM
    AXAGEM Posts: 56 Member
    Wow, these pictures are so inspiring! Well done all you ladies and thanks for posting.
  • svgarcia
    svgarcia Posts: 592 Member
    Wow! I saw the first thread and I'm just in awe!! Very very inspiring!! Those that posted pictures, what a transformation!! How do u knw when to increase the weights?

    Which program is best, new rules or strong lift??
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    Mrsmustgetmuscles

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