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Ladies who lift (or ride horses, or pole dance)

Mouse_Potato

Okay, so I’m not really new here, but I never did introduce myself, so I guess I should. My story:

I got fat.

That’s pretty much all the salient information.
Then I found MFP, read the heck out of the forums, asked a few questions, and started to burn more than I consumed.

I got skinny fat.

Went back to the forums. Read the posts I only skimmed before. Decided maybe, just maybe, other, more successful people knew what they were talking about. Or at least knew more than my flabby self. Started to incorporate some more resistance training. Started getting results. Started really liking results! Read up on strength training. Read NROL4W cover to cover, twice. All of this has culminated in a 16 pound loss and today my first session on the “boys’ side” of the gym.

By the time we finished I was pouring sweat and I thought I might hurl. I still can’t move my legs the way nature intended. I think I’m hooked.

So, any ladies who lift (or ride horses, or pole dance – my other fitness passions), I would love to be your friend! Gentlemen, too, but you probably won’t get quite as excited when I finally deadlift a whole 60 pounds. I know. I’m a beast. A BEAST, I tell you!

Mind you, I’m not much of a cheerleader. I don’t applaud every walk to the mailbox and I will NEVER give you a “WTG” if you’ve netted 248 calories for the day, but I’m here every day and I’m ready and willing to work my tummy off (quite okay with my booty, thanks). Let the love pour forth. :flowerforyou:

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kayleeblue

Hey.. Good Job! I lift heavy,,have had horses for many years, and pole dancing is on my bucket list!! I have been working out for 2.5 years and still have a long way to go...you can add me if you would like.. Now that I have my workouts figured out, I'm working on the nutrition part. Trying to figure out what will work for me.

Surisaddai

I just added you

Let's be friends!

Mouse_Potato

Added both of you. Thank you, ladies!

AnnaMolly17

I'm a lady who lifts, you're a lady who lifts = We're friends, let's make it official. haha Friend request sent!

craigmandu

No judgement here!

A 60lb deadlift is ALOT more than no deadlift at all! :smokin:

Mouse_Potato

Anna - Added.

Craigmandu - I did 55 pounds today. I could see the fear in the men's eyes. :laugh:

belle_of_the_bar

I'm starting stronglift 5x5 on Monday, so I will be with you on the deadlift celebration. : )

workaholic_nurse

Women who lift rock! I don't care if it is the 10 pound dumbbells or if you can deadlift more than me, you rock!:glasses:

PS friend request sent...I don't now nor will I ever do pole dancing however!:drinker:

belle_of_the_bar

Women who lift rock! I don't care if it is the 10 pound dumbbells or if you can deadlift more than me, you rock!:glasses:

PS friend request sent...I don't now nor will I ever do pole dancing however!:drinker:

Oh come on! Dudes can totally pole dance! Kevin James did it.

Mouse_Potato

Women who lift rock! I don't care if it is the 10 pound dumbbells or if you can deadlift more than me, you rock!:glasses:

PS friend request sent...I don't now nor will I ever do pole dancing however!:drinker:

Added. Love the support!

Oh come on! Dudes can totally pole dance! Kevin James did it.

That made me lol! He really did rock that pole, didn't he?

craigmandu

Anna - Added.

Craigmandu - I did 55 pounds today. I could see the fear in the men's eyes. :laugh:

When I first started squatting in 1992...I was doing bar + 15s to start...cause I just didn't really know what I was doing, and a buddy of mine who was a veteran "coaching" me wanted it very light to work on form. A couple of guys gave some weird looks....but after a few years when that was well over 300, I oddly enough wasn't getting weird looks anymore...

We all start somewhere. I can't wait to get to it again...been out for almost 15 years now, and believe me I won't start off with much more than you are doing. It's all good! :smokin:

iulia_maddie

Anna - Added.

Craigmandu - I did 55 pounds today. I could see the fear in the men's eyes. :laugh:

Hey, progress is progress. I started with just the bar. I am up to 180, 5 sets of 5 reps. You will get there!

swweetpea

Added you

I've just started with weights about a month ago, I'd love to have a few more ladies (and gents) who lift on my dash - feel free to add me, anyone else!

belle_of_the_bar

Oh come on! Dudes can totally pole dance! Kevin James did it.

That made me lol! He really did rock that pole, didn't he?

Oh he did indeed. It was pretty awesome. :laugh:

DavPul

Best thread I've seen in the forums all week. Rock on, OP, rock on.

stepheatscake

hahaha i love how you said I will not applause every walk to the mailbox. So so funny and darn TRUE.

stepheatscake

Best thread I've seen in the forums all week. Rock on, OP, rock on.

DARN RIGHT.

dianamatienzo

You go, girl! That's so exciting to hear other women becoming empowered by weight training ^_^ I love improving my body every day, and weight training is something I work on every single day. It's my eating that keeps me from physical progress lately, but I'm getting better and stronger every day

Feel free to add me!

YolieCreator

I've been easing into weights. I've hurt myself in the past and trying to take it easy so I don't over do it again. Caregiver to my disabled husband and have a 5 yr old at home. I love the gym and have upped my weights twice since starting 2 months ago.

PikaKnight

Best thread I've seen in the forums all week. Rock on, OP, rock on.

DARN RIGHT.

I second this x1000000000000000....

violettatx

You sound like my kind of friend, OP. I'm not much of a cheerleader, but I am here everyday. Good on you for your first deadlift! My first one was 95 pounds, but I'm kind of an amazon so its expected.

Lyadeia

Weight training has been the best thing for my physique, and using it, I have totally conquered skinny fatness.

And if you keep eating at the level you are supposed to (as opposed to waaaaay under like a lot of women tend to do) your deadlift will keep getting stronger and stronger. I started out with just the 45 pound Olympic bar last year, and now my 1RM is up to 180 pounds. I am anticipated to be at least 200 pounds in a couple of weeks or so.

rdrettig1

I absolutely love weight lifting.

Bounce2

LOL @ cheerleader comment! I used to ride for work, just getting back into it for pleasure and actually enjoying it. I lift cos it helps me run faster and longer

Feel free to add me.

alkababba

I'm new here and would be happy to be friends. I've been lifting for a little while (couple of months) but not regularly, only been for 11 sessions or something, but feel so good when I lift. Like I'm Arnie or something lol. Starting to eat properly and really smash it before my wedding in December.

the program the gym dude has me on is vertical chest press, compound row, lat pull down, 12 reps, 2 sets and currently on 42kilos (I think its roughly double to convert to pounds?) I'd like to be dead lifting but wouldn't have a clue. I'm scared to book in with trainer dude and be like "I'm ready for more stuff" when I have only been a couple of times. I'd really rather just do what I'm doing now, only instead of including cardio in my workout go for a jog every second morning and night, and then lift and lift alone for a whole session every second day. (atm he has me doing cardio for 15 mins before and after lifting)

BinaryPulsar

I lift weights and I am a dancer.

empressemerald

Hey shadow box and ride horses and used to be a pole dancer in the privacy of my own home. I am fat and lost two pounds in a week. Lets be friends.

tiffany484

Hmmm pole dancing sounds fun but I'm accident prone... Hanging by my legs upside down from a pole is probably not a good idea for me... But I'm all for watching! Oh and lifting is cool too... I do that :bigsmile:

GonnaBFit2510

Hiya im doing NROLFW, just finished stage 1.
I ride every week at least once and Im hoping to start pole in a couple of weeks when i can pluck up the courage lol.
I shall send a FR. If any others would like to add me then feel free but do send a little note with it please. ????

AllonsYtotheTardis

Best thread I've seen in the forums all week. Rock on, OP, rock on.

Damn right!