HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!

silvergurl518 · May 2013

You look incredible! The rest of us heavy lifting 'BULKY OMGZ' women salute you! :drinker:

^couldn't have said it better. :P

Crankstr · May 2013

SQUAT, BEEP!!! (rhymes with witch)

littlepinkhearts · May 2013

I LOVE how your waist went so tiny!!! AWESOME job all around, including lifting!!!

usmcmp · May 2013

SQUAT, BEEP!!! (rhymes with witch)

caseythirteen · May 2013

Wow I love all these pics and how amazing you can look from lifting. Thank you for sharing!

I have been increasing weights for a year, but for women how much do you lift/increase on various machines??? I know everybody is different, but ballpark. FYI I am meeting with a trainer next week, but I never know if I am doing enough/too much.

I've got a lot to lose, but oddly over the last year or two even though I haven't had a dramatic weight loss or even INCHES I look different/better. WTH?? :huh:

Speak with your trainer about getting off of the machines and doing compound lifts. Machines isolate muscle groups but compound lifts with free weights enable your body to function exactly the way it is designed to - - rather than in the one or two degrees of freedom than the engineer's designed the machines to isolate.

This.

I second the This! Compound moves make a big difference and will get you to where you want to be more efficiently IMO.

My profile has some befores and afters but not great ones. I owe all of my changes to a healthy diet and lifting!

SarahBeth0625 · May 2013

Good job!!

Mine is a combination of cardio, lifting, carrying babies (well, 3 kiddos), and many, many pushpus.

Scary bulky, right?!? Rarr....

Mainebikerchick · May 2013

Lea, you look ABSOLUTELY AMAZING & I will die a happy woman if I can get my body to look even half as good as yours! I know weight lifting is the way to do it and I'm not seeing a ton of results yet, but I AM feeling a lot stronger, so I am definitely going to keep it up! Thanks for being my friend and showing us all that we CAN DO THIS!!!!

Crankstr · May 2013

BAH..i was trying to shrink that monster huge photo before it got quoted:grumble:

OneEyeUp · May 2013

You all look great. Keep lifting. It increases bone density, and one of the main ailments of humans as they get older is osteoporosis. You want to be the old woman/man who can "run with the youngest of them." Many old people fracture and break bones simply from a fall, or getting up too fast. Weight lifting increases bone density by a variable 20% margin, so anyone who tells you to stop because it makes you "bulky," doesn't have a clue. Women naturally have less bone density than men, so for its extra important for the gals. Strong women make strong families. Keep it up.

BurtHuttz · May 2013

I second the This! Compound moves make a big difference and will get you to where you want to be more efficiently IMO.

My profile has some befores and afters but not great ones. I owe all of my changes to a healthy diet and lifting!

Work your whole body!

BigDave1050 · May 2013

Good job!!

Mine is a combination of cardio, lifting, carrying babies (well, 3 kiddos), and many, many pushpus.

Scary bulky, right?!? Rarr....

Damn your a bulky mom! I kid, I kid. Awesome job!!!!

rosiereally2 · May 2013

Damn gurl! Looking good.

NJL13500 · May 2013

Everyone looks amazing!

amyhoss · May 2013

BAH..i was trying to shrink that monster huge photo before it got quoted:grumble:

But your a** and tiny waste look sooo good.

SarahBeth0625 · May 2013

Thanks! I never realized how weak I was before. It's a good thing to be strong and have strong muscles. Rarr! Plus it helps you burn calories even after a strength training session. My goal now would be to continue to up my resistance and push myself even more. It's weird when suddenly a certain weight (setting on the pin in the stack) doesn't feel that heavy anymore. It's crazy how the strength seems to increase suddenly even within a few days or a week!

cmcollins001 · May 2013

Love....just...love. Lot's o' love.

You ladies are all an inspiration. And by inspiration I mean that I need to work harder because I can't have a girl beat me up kinda inspiration.

OneEyeUp · May 2013

It's crazy how the strength seems to increase suddenly even within a few days or a week!

You do actually. As you exercise, you create thousands of micro tears in your muscles, and the rest days in between patch those tears up. That means more muscle tissue. More muscle tissue = more strength.

carissar7 · May 2013

September 2012, 142 lbs. This picture embarrasses me because I did not think I looked this 'puffy' at the time. It's crazy how different you think you look in the mirror vs. pictures and videos. I ate whatever I wanted and did work out, but had not started lifting yet. Notice how there is some slight muscle definition trying to peek through but it's definitely covered in excess fat. I would consider this bulky.

This is me this morning. At 126/127 lbs, after lifting since February to maintain muscle and eating at a deficit to lose fat, and have been in ketosis for around 2 months (this was unintentional but I have no complaints). I'm also now one month into Stronglifts 5x5. I think I was more bulky then compared to now and being able to squat 100 lbs! Just goes to show that the whole 'lifting heavy will make you bulky' idea is complete BS. Also I haven't done any cardio in about 3 months. Whatever.

tmitchellh · May 2013

Wow I love all these pics and how amazing you can look from lifting. Thank you for sharing!

I have been increasing weights for a year, but for women how much do you lift/increase on various machines??? I know everybody is different, but ballpark. FYI I am meeting with a trainer next week, but I never know if I am doing enough/too much.

I've got a lot to lose, but oddly over the last year or two even though I haven't had a dramatic weight loss or even INCHES I look different/better. WTH?? :huh:

Speak with your trainer about getting off of the machines and doing compound lifts. Machines isolate muscle groups but compound lifts with free weights enable your body to function exactly the way it is designed to - - rather than in the one or two degrees of freedom than the engineer's designed the machines to isolate.

Thanks, what about (excuse me for not knowing the correct name lol) the machines that are cabled? It seems like I can get a lot of ROM on those? I also work at a hospital and closely with a group of radiologists so I've been chatting with one of the docs who is very into lifting about things to try as well. He totally agrees that one will never lose weight unless you replace fat with muscle, not by dieting or exercising (alone), only by weight lifting and smart eating.

carissar7 · May 2013

WOWWWW~~~!!!! How does one get started with a lifting program? I see things on the internet of course but have no idea how to do the exercises because they have names only, what weights are required, etc. Anyone point me in the right direction???? Do I have to buy a program or are there free workouts online? Looks like Stronglifts 5 x 5 requires a membership? 5/3/1 talks about weight lifting like I should know what they mean.

I was in the same stage as you are now before I started lifting. I knew what workouts to do but didn't know HOW to do them, I was afraid of looking stupid. I highly recommend stronglifts. It does not require a membership, you don't have to pay anything. If you want to read the PDF file they send you telling you all about the program then you just put your email into their list and they send it to you (it's very long and kinda boring TBH). If you don't want to do that, a quick internet search will tell you what you need to do and there is tons of threads on here explaining the workouts. It's really very simple. There's also a 'stronglifts 5x5 for women' group on here that you can join too. You can then research proper form for the lifts or have someone with more experience help you if you go to a gym.

HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!

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