Lifting success for ladies

vjohn04 · July 2013

Feel free to see my post about my success with lifting. Also feel free to add me as a friend!

Good luck! Lifting is amazing I love having a butt now lol

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/935378-a-lady-who-lifts-1-year-of-progress-pics

Fantastic results, you look amazing! Great progress in one year! LOVE to read these kind of stories!

Mjandjt · July 2013

Can't wait to join you all! You all look fantastic...hard work paying off! And VJ...buy some hot shorts for under it if you must...but you HAVE to wear that dress! You look great in it!!!

usernameMAMA · July 2013

In for the irate cardio bunnies.

Great job ladies.

I haven't spotted them today so far. Are you sure you're not talking about high horse riding lifting girls instead? Because I do see one of those here.

The difference between me and them is that I don't prance over to their threads and post self-important nonsense (not to mention lots of fake photos) about how much better I am than they are.

No, you just limit the self-important nonsense to lifting threads and talk about being better than them. That is much better option I'd say.

This is a thread about success via lifting weights. It is absolutely the proper venue to celebrate that. At no point in my post did I claim to be better than anyone. Nice job hijacking a thread that has nothing to do with you, though.

Oh relax. I am agreeing with you. I did made the mistake of thinking this was a thread to celebrate talking about irate cardio bunnies though. Kinda like you I guess. Its ok, we can both be a little wrong.

I can see why people like you Taunto

SouthernGuns · July 2013

Not really a success story thread but it has many lifting girls in it and their blogs/success thread links so you might find useful.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/987513-lifting-is-the-most-horrible-thing-to-a-woman-since-twiggy

And while not a lady myself, I encourage you to look into stronglifts if you're just starting out and lookup as many form videos as possible

Thank you for sharing!! Lol that was great! Love sarcasm!!

kmeybs12 · July 2013

Before:
156 no workouts for 10 years.

4 mos into lifting: 141 -ate at maint. 1900 cal
compound lifts- the big 5 with dumbbells - as heavy as I could. 30 min workouts

Current pic from today (bulking) weight at 146 average 2500 cal per day:
compound lifts- the big 5 - as heavy as I can.

YOU LOOK AMAZING! What is the big 5???

greetingsliv · July 2013

Hi!

I just began lifting a month ago. Although I'm on a strict diet, my weight is climbing upward do to the muscle mass I'm gaining quickly which is being facilitated with protein powder, alot. I should say I'm a vegan. So I was deficient in protein. My trainer has reassured me to not worry about the weight gain and that as the fat begins to burn, the scale will go the other way.

Although discouraged by the scale, on the flip side I feel amazing, strong, athletic, more stamina, thinner, better posture. I sleep great, 8 hours. I guess that's when my muscles are repairing. Sometimes I want to go back to starving myself but I realize that I'll just be destroying muscle tissue, again, and feel like crap, again, and not look so great. So I've commited to weighing in every week, no matter; stayng with my trainer when I put in my heaviest of lifting; jogging 6 days per week; trying differnent circuit classes; and of course developing my own lifting routine which feels a little awkward sometimes but I get it done. My new big committment is to focus on my core strengthening EVERY DAY.

I am a big fan of bodybuilding.com. It's got some great excercise ideas and motivational stories. I have developed a fantasy of sculpting my body into a female fitness chick. We'll see. It begins with a dream.

Keep on lifting!

Liv :flowerforyou:

greetingsliv · July 2013

Lovely Lifting Ladies!

Can we begin a bodybuilding group?

Liv :flowerforyou:

qtiekiki · July 2013

Amazing job, ladies.

vjohn04 · July 2013

YOU LOOK AMAZING! What is the big 5???

Thank you for the compliment!

Bench press
Deadlift
Squat
Row
Overhead Press

I also do some ancillary work, and did a little more ancillary work when I was using dumbbells too.
My diary is open, so you can view my exercise diary too if you'd like. I keep all of my strength training workouts in there.

jdaley90 · July 2013

vjohn, I have a girl crush on you now. You look FANTASTIC!!

ditto!!

Barbellgirl · December 2013

My story isn’t as impressive as many on here, but here goes. I started lifting in the 3rd week in June after being inactive and quite sedentary for several years. I was what is often called ‘skinny fat,’ that is a normal weight but a lack of lean body mass (muscle).

I actually started at 112.5 pounds, and at the beginning of October started eating at a surplus and I’ve gain five pounds in the last three months. I’d like to gain another 3-4 pounds. I’m 46 ½ years old and I’ve had three kids. Don’t let your age convince you that you can’t be fit!

May (just doing cardio)

July (five weeks of strength training)

August 30th (before going up to maintenance calories)

September 1 and December 26 Comparison, 5 pounds heavier

December- after six months of lifting

Not bulky, but definitely more curvy!

If I flex though, you can see some muscle

Lifting success for ladies

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