Do you lift heavy? Are you bulky?

Yeah, just took this...feeling super bulky today. :laugh:

I don't have any recent pics in street clothes, but here is before heavy lifting and last month's progress picture. I am due to take new pics this weekend, but wanted to go ahead and throw this in the thread. I do compound barbell lifts as heavy as I can, three times a week, walk on the treadmill for "cardio" a couple times a week. I am 5'6.5, I am so "bulky" that my co-workers think I weight about 15lbs less than I actually do.


All you ladies are super inspiring! A thread like this is what got me into lifting weights last year!

<---jelly!

Bump!

Heavy lifter here!

DL: 215
Bench: 105
Squat: 185
BW: 136

As MoreBean is a bully, and I realized that I actually do not have any pics of me with clothes on...taken when I got home from work.

Deadlift: 280lb
Squat: 3 x 210lb
Bench 135lb
OHP: 95lb

5 6" 151lb

Bulky?

:bigsmile:
Bulkalicious!

Someday I hope to be bulky like you!

Me too!!!

Heavy lifter here!

DL: 215
Bench: 105
Squat: 185
BW: 136

Bad@*kitten*, hot, but not bulky!

Props to the girls of IPOARM!
Nice work!

*raises hand*
I've upped my lifting day cals to 2100 after "talking" to Dan and I killed 130 lb deadlifts yesterday...only 5 lbs from body weight and it felt...dare I say...easy.

I only lift heavy anymore. I used to be big on doing reps for ten, but started Crossfit and was shown the light. I'm still a heavy guy (~230) but I look much leaner than I used to.

Bench: 390
Deadlift: 405
Squat: 315

<---- I don't think I'm bulky. I still have weight to lose (especially around my midsection), but I'm getting there. I'm at work, so I can't post a full on picture.

Here's what I'm lifting:

Squat - 155lbs
Deadlift - 150lbs
Bench - 95lbs
Row - 65lbs
OHP - 65lbs

Edit to say that I'm 5'6" and I weigh 183. I wear a size 10/12 pants.

Here's testament right here. Does she "look" like she weighs 183 lbs? At 5'6"? I have a friend who doesn't lift who weighs this who obviously doesn't look half as good.

Not to mention- when was the last time anyone heard a woman who lifts heavy say she regrets it?!?!?

I this thread.

^^THIS! I don't "lift heavy" persay but I lift and am working on the getting to heavy part. BUT I can say that the last time my *kitten* was in a size 8 I was shorter and lighter than I am currently. Shorter by about an inch and lighter by about 20lbs. The other thing is there was not one spot of my clothing that was LOOSE then either... I will NEVER regret deciding to start lifting weights.

If you're working on lifting heavier, you lift heavy. Heavy isn't about a number, it's about lifting to the maximum of YOUR strength, even if that's tiny compared to anybody else here

Speaking of looking/feeling like you weigh less...

I bought these (truly hideous, I know) jeans in 19-frickin-86 when I was about 14 years old and no more than 110 pounds.

I had a soft spot for them and couldn't throw them out (*cough*hoarder*cough*). I remember posting about them on FB some time in 2010 saying I should ditch them because they only way they'll ever fit again, the only way I'd be 110 pounds again, would be if I became horribly ill.

I was half right. I would need to be horribly ill to be 110 pounds again. I currently have a lean mass of about 110 pounds. Now I'm 40 years old and around 135 pounds, and those ugly frickin' jeans fit.



They don't fit comfortably, mind you, but they fit.

I'm a big fan of heavy lift and low rep!!! Even on a strict diet!

Bench 175-Squat 305-Dead Lift 350
This was before I had my baby (which is why I am here) but this was my stats in these pictures.

HOLY ISH GIRL! IMPRESSIVE STATS! WOWZA!

Love this thread! I just started lifting (reluctantly) soooo inspired and motivated now. Thanks to all you lovely ladies!

Current IPOARM enthusiast!!