women and weight training (Pic heavy)

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  • Bikini27
    Bikini27 Posts: 1,298 Member
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    LOVE!!
    Bumping for inspiration :heart:
  • KristyHumphrey
    KristyHumphrey Posts: 248 Member
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    Girl-you didn't look bad before but you are smokin' now!!! dammmnnn!!! All your hard work paid off! thanks for sharing-what an inspiration!!!!!!!!
  • daisyspaced
    daisyspaced Posts: 2 Member
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    Wow. Thanks for posting this. My brain has become cluttered with conflicting opinions posted in these forums. You look great! After 42 - 44 pounds of weight loss in 10 months timing I've hit a plateau. This kind of helps me to change gears and focus on heavy lifting. Thanks again for inspiring me! :smile:
  • Iron_Maiden
    Iron_Maiden Posts: 326 Member
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    THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!!!!! You're 100% right and an inspiration!!!
  • paulcer
    paulcer Posts: 167 Member
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    Well, you look very bite-able. Good job!
  • fighterdiva
    fighterdiva Posts: 33 Member
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    Awesome, awesome, awesome!
  • Klem4
    Klem4 Posts: 399 Member
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    Amazing, you look fantastic. Love your dress, btw!
  • Erica262
    Erica262 Posts: 226 Member
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    I want to be a she-hulk like the OP :wink:

    Amazing! I just don't really know where to start. I go to the gym at the university where I work and the kids who work there, well, I'm not sure how much help they'd be. I can't afford a personal trainer. Would the book New Rules of Lifting for Women be helpful if I'm totally starting from scratch? I've only ever used the weight machines - never the free weights.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
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    Love love LOVE this!!! Fantastic work, OP!!!!
  • xilka
    xilka Posts: 308 Member
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    I LOVE your arms!!!
    Amazing work.
  • hazelovesfood
    hazelovesfood Posts: 454 Member
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    I see so many beginners here, particularly women who are scared of the weights! DON'T BE! And don't stay in your comfort zone of 5lb-10lbers! Push yourself! I promise you'll love the results. Also, do it before your cardio and it will boost your calories lost. I wish I had known this when I first started losing weight. I focused pretty strictly on cardio and calisthenics to lose the weight. But started adding some dumbbell routines as I went along. When I finally joined the gym, I met some great people (including my current amazing boyfriend) who have taught me proper techniques and new workouts to better myself and my body. I also recently started taking whey protien as well and have already seen a difference! I think women assume that if they touch a dumbbell they're going to turn into a she-hulk, but without proper nutrition and the right drugs it doesn't happen like that: this is what happens

    Starting with just cardio:
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    Workout progress by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people
    /kristinamoser/]Khrystina the Ninja[/url], on Flickr

    Then I started learning bit by bit at a gym. Had terrible form, and limited equipment at my parents resort (yes, resort gym -_- haha)
    Eventually they said I could no longer workout there unless I wanted to spend nearly a thousand dollars a month for my own membership 0_0
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    learning. by Khrystina the Ninja, on Flickr
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    wrar? by Khrystina the Ninja, on Flickr
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    arms by Khrystina the Ninja, on Flickr

    Then I joined LA Fitness and started really amping it up!
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    Beast Mode by Khrystina the Ninja, on Flickr
    A MONTH after that photo was taken I took this one
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    0914121528 by Khrystina the Ninja, on Flickr
    My training buddy Tony has taught me so much about weight training and pushing my limits. None of those fake squats anymore
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    IMG950557 by Khrystina the Ninja, on Flickr.
    Shoulder routine
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    shoulder day by Khrystina the Ninja, on Flickr
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    Snapshot_20121207 by Khrystina the Ninja, on Flickr
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    triceps and shoulders by Khrystina the Ninja, on Flickr
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    POV abs by Khrystina the Ninja, on Flickr

    Take my word for it ladies, once in a while it's ok to join the big boys in the back of the gym. Don't be intimidated. The results don't lie! I've never been more confident in my body my whole life! I'm not stick thin, I'm fit! I weigh a bit more than I did in high school and yet I feel like I have a better body for it! And all those nay-sayers who claim that you'll look "Manly" with muscles....they can bite me ;-)
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    DSCN8386 by Khrystina the Ninja, on Flickr
    wow love the end pic, you look gorgeous. I asked my trainer at the gym if it made any difference if cardio came first and he said no.
  • hazelovesfood
    hazelovesfood Posts: 454 Member
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    I LOVE your arms!!!
    Amazing work.
    yeah gotta agree, great arms!!!!!!!!!!
  • justjenny
    justjenny Posts: 529 Member
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    Awesome thread! Thanks for posting! :) You look amazing!
  • MissJJ74
    MissJJ74 Posts: 111 Member
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    As someone who is trying to get back where I was 10 years ago when I was kickboxing and boxing heavily, thank you for this! I have lost count of how many times I have had to tell women that weight training does not make you manly.

    Another thing as a newly diagnosed diabetic, weight training helps burn sugar and carbs off faster than cardio does and it boosts the calories burned in cardio. After 6 weeks I've now been able to up my weights, and while the progress is slow, I know I will get back to the weights I used to be able to do.

    And there are PLENTY of men that can appreciate an athletic, muscular build on a woman, trust me. I used to wrestle plenty of them.
  • smilebhappy
    smilebhappy Posts: 811 Member
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    great post!!!
  • kaitlink9
    kaitlink9 Posts: 27 Member
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    Bumping this for motivation later.

    Good on ya girly. Keep picking things up and putting them down.

    Sincerly,

    A fellow lover of weights. <3
  • nachodman
    nachodman Posts: 29 Member
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    Very inpsiring photos...keep up the great work. You look AWESOME!
  • iWILLbeFit062012
    iWILLbeFit062012 Posts: 97 Member
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    Wow, you look stunning! Congrats on your progress!
  • tinak33
    tinak33 Posts: 9,883 Member
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    This is what I want to do!!! Starting this month, I want to start weight/strength training at the gym!
    Thanks for inspiring me!!

    And yeah, I told my bf I wanted to start lifting, and his first words were "you are going to get big and bulk up".
    hahaha I should show him this..... :wink:
  • rachietuk
    rachietuk Posts: 308 Member
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    I want to be a she-hulk like the OP :wink:

    Amazing! I just don't really know where to start. I go to the gym at the university where I work and the kids who work there, well, I'm not sure how much help they'd be. I can't afford a personal trainer. Would the book New Rules of Lifting for Women be helpful if I'm totally starting from scratch? I've only ever used the weight machines - never the free weights.

    I was in the same place as you. I read that book. I am now 8 weeks in and loving it. I suggest this book to anyone and everyone.

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