Man Muscles?

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  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    lol so many of you guys are just freaking hilarious but also helpful. Thanks for the advice everyone!
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    be careful, if you ever do squats you'll end up like this after just one week. j/k of course. look- to get those man muscles you have to have TONS of testosterone in your body, years and years of lifting experience, eating at a caloric surplus every day... it just isn't going to happen. Many guys can't get man muscles and they want them. lol Just go to the gym and lift and do your thing.

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  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    I'm going to disagree with most on this board and I'm sure get slammed for it.

    I recently ran into a female friend who started lifting heavy last year. Her thighs were huge. I mean seriously man-sized huge. When I first saw her from afar I thought she'd gotten fat, but when she got close (in shorts) she had these huge muscles bulging out from her outer thighs. Those were bulky thighs.

    I'm sure she's very proud of them, and rightly so. But they were still bulky.

    Haha, there's always one.

    In, in hopes of shenanigans
  • MercenaryNoetic26
    MercenaryNoetic26 Posts: 2,747 Member
    Op how many "bulky" women do you see walking around daily? How many jacked women that look like body builders have you ever seen in person?

    I have no clue where people get this idea from that you can gain muscle by accident.

    It's even worse when obese people refer to their sausage arms and legs as "mostly muscle"... Oh, reallllllyyyyyyyy? I'm related to someone that thinks this.
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    yeah, don't touch weights. a friend of mine did and this is her B&A shot

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    i asked her for her number and she said 867-5309. She lied.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    do what staci did.

    http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/

    She's 131 on the left... and 142 on the right.

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  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Please show us a picture of what you want and what you don't.
  • zytah
    zytah Posts: 153
    Depends you mean by "man muscles".

    Lowering body fat to reveal the muscle you already have? Don't go below 20%, or whatever you choose.

    Making the muscles you have significantly larger? Don't take steriods.

    Read this - http://www.leighpeele.com/bulky-muscles-and-training-females-the-definition

    Generally, you won't be able to accidentally get man muscles, just like you won't accidentally be a millionaire by getting a job. It takes specific sustained effort.

    eh, I don't know about not going under 20%. It all depends on what an individual is going for. I was roughly 15% here and not manly looking.

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    really hoping I can sculpt a body like yours sometime in the future! wow!!
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    yeah, don't touch weights. a friend of mine did and this is her B&A shot

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    i asked her for her number and she said 867-5309. She lied.

    Please don't tell me her name wasn't Jenny, all my dreams will be crushed!
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    Please show us a picture of what you want and what you don't.

    yes, please.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I'm going to disagree with most on this board and I'm sure get slammed for it.

    I recently ran into a female friend who started lifting heavy last year. Her thighs were huge. I mean seriously man-sized huge. When I first saw her from afar I thought she'd gotten fat, but when she got close (in shorts) she had these huge muscles bulging out from her outer thighs. Those were bulky thighs.

    I'm sure she's very proud of them, and rightly so. But they were still bulky.

    Haha, there's always one.

    In, in hopes of shenanigans

    Her thighs were bigger around than mine were at my heaviest, and thighs are my problem area. I will admit that I have not seen legs that bulky or big on any other women who were not fat, but to say it can't or won't happen without steroids is simply not true.

    Of course, it's also easy enough to scale back if you see them starting to get too big. As I said, I'm sure she likes them and is proud of her accomplishments. And I'm happy for her. But it's not something I'd want for myself.
  • SamanthaClarexo
    SamanthaClarexo Posts: 353 Member
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  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    really hoping I can sculpt a body like yours sometime in the future! wow!!

    thank you!
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    <---- this is what heavy lifting did to bulk up my legs. I use these legs to do squats and deadlifts, and then leg press, leg curls, kickbacks, lunges, etc.

    After 7 months of lifting really heavy stuff, I am an epic failure at bulking. They just got harder and the cellulite started to go away.
  • jewel22887
    jewel22887 Posts: 72
    every body is different and those of us women who have higher t levels than most can get bulky just like men. I do have quite a few hormone problems but when I did a weight training for high school my muscles were not lean lovely girly muscles. Ask your doctor if you feel you bulk instead of lean maybe a hormone irregularity you have.
  • cmeiron
    cmeiron Posts: 1,599 Member
    In for snark and gifs.

    And so I can do this: :grumble:
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    every body is different and those of us women who have higher t levels than most can get bulky just like men. I do have quite a few hormone problems but when I did a weight training for high school my muscles were not lean lovely girly muscles. Ask your doctor if you feel you bulk instead of lean maybe a hormone irregularity you have.

    statistical outlier...you are not the norm.
  • jewel22887
    jewel22887 Posts: 72
    I know but maybe OP is not the norm either wasn't talking to generalities talking to OP
  • HannahJDiaz25
    HannahJDiaz25 Posts: 329 Member
    You HAVE to read New Rules of Lifting For Women! Even if you dont do the strenth program (I read the bookand then decided to do Strong Lifts 5x5 because I'm too sleepy at 5 AM in the gym to figure out new lifts all the time! And the Strong Lift App Rocks)

    Basically the entire premise of the book is that if you want that awesome, lean. "toned" look you should "Lift like a man to look like a godess." Eat lots of protein and do COMPOUND lifts. Compound lifts, like the squat, deadlift, barbell row etc will do WONDERS for you female curves.

    I recently started lifting and OMG...it ia like I'm getting a mini buttlift every couple weeks haha! My inches get smaller, and the muscles just look "toned"

    Even eating a TON of protein, lifting regularly and doing mountain biking, hiking, and yoga...I am not even close to building any "MAN" Muscles... Its Freakin hard to get "girl" muscles as it is :laugh:
  • Ophidion
    Ophidion Posts: 2,065 Member
    bump I'm going to bed, but if this isn't locked when I wake up I know I will have a good laugh in the morning.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    every body is different and those of us women who have higher t levels than most can get bulky just like men. I do have quite a few hormone problems but when I did a weight training for high school my muscles were not lean lovely girly muscles. Ask your doctor if you feel you bulk instead of lean maybe a hormone irregularity you have.

    My testosterone levels are 3x higher than the average woman. I'm far from bulky.
    225 pound deadlift (working set, not 1rm)
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    My first bodybuilding competition (I was average size and in the heavyweight division)
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  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    This is how manly heavy lifting has made me.

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    I'm about 140 lbs in both sets of photos.
  • runner2runner
    runner2runner Posts: 1,937 Member
    Unless you take steroids or have a sex change, you won't develop "man muscles"! Lifting light weights at high repetitions will enable you develop toned, defined muscles without losing your feminine figure!!
  • keenesmom
    keenesmom Posts: 115 Member
    As far as advice, lifting is just going to make you toned ... women are not built to "bulk" agree on the lack of T and stay away from the HGH and Roids, lift and lift often bc you have nothing to worry about would be my advice.

    This! I strength train 3x times a week. I have gained muscle mass but have not bulked up. I am lean and toned.
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    Lifting light weights at high repetitions will enable you develop toned, defined muscles without losing your feminine figure!!

    What?

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  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Unless you take steroids or have a sex change, you won't develop "man muscles"! Lifting light weights at high repetitions will enable you develop toned, defined muscles without losing your feminine figure!!

    Lifting HEAVY, low repetitions hasn't caused me to lose my feminine figure!!!!!!
    Lift all the weightz.
    Eat all the foodz.
  • CrankMeUp
    CrankMeUp Posts: 2,860 Member
    pshh...i sure look bulky

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    THIS was bulky:
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  • cleotherio
    cleotherio Posts: 712 Member
    every body is different and those of us women who have higher t levels than most can get bulky just like men. I do have quite a few hormone problems but when I did a weight training for high school my muscles were not lean lovely girly muscles. Ask your doctor if you feel you bulk instead of lean maybe a hormone irregularity you have.

    My testosterone levels are 3x higher than the average woman. I'm far from bulky.
    225 pound deadlift (working set, not 1rm)
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    My first bodybuilding competition (I was average size and in the heavyweight division)
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    quoted for awesomeness
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    Unless you take steroids or have a sex change, you won't develop "man muscles"! Lifting light weights at high repetitions will enable you develop toned, defined muscles without losing your feminine figure!!

    Huh?

    This throws a wrench in my plan to break 100lbs on my squats tonight...
  • CrankMeUp
    CrankMeUp Posts: 2,860 Member
    Lifting light weights at high repetitions will enable you develop toned, defined muscles without losing your feminine figure!!

    What?

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    ^this

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