Women who put on muscle fast

I find it interesting all the boys commenting on this thread about how a female body is supposed to respond to exercise. Get over yourselves, fellas.

I get terribly fed up with being told women don't bulk up, or women don't look like body builders without steroids. I put on muscle very easily, and although I don't end up looking like a body builder when I do heavy weights, I certainly get rather manish in the arms and legs. When I rowed a lot I had very big arm and thigh muscles, and was certainly not on steroids. I didn't even eat much protein by most people's standards (being vegetarian).

So are there any other women on here like me, who actually do get big muscles doing weights, and don't really want them?

I do a lot of cardio to counter my naturally tendency to put on muscle quickly. I also spend a lot of time working on flexibility, as big muscles seem to go hand-in-hand with no flexibility.

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Some men have a hell of a time putting on muscle, too. Some can bulk up by walking around a weight room for a few minutes a day (or so it seems). We are all made up of different stuff and our bodies respond differently depending on genetics.

Based on body composition tests, I added muscle and lost fat while eating a deficit and doing primarily cardio exercises. This summer I began doing upper body work and was able to go from utter weakling to doing 3 chin ups with just 3 weeks of daily training. I'm also perimenopausal, so my testosterone levels are lower than it would be for an average woman in her 20's. The body is very, very complex. One workout program does not fit everyone, and we need to know our own bodies in order to reach our personal fitness goals.

I do a lot of cardio to counter my naturally tendency to put on muscle quickly. I also spend a lot of time working on flexibility, as big muscles seem to go hand-in-hand with no flexibility.

Okay. That's it. My stomach hurts. I can't laugh anymore today or my calorie deficit is going to go too high and I'll hit starvation mode. :laugh:

Ladies, I think many of you are mistaking muscle gains for loss of fat. Mostly likely, your muscles were always like that, but the loss of fat around them makes them appear larger or more defined.

Mind games vs science.

Yes. I've lost an inch off of my arms in the past few months and as my biceps and triceps have started to make an appearance it has caused some strangely beautiful optical illusion. My arms have shrunk but the shape has changed and sometimes I think they look bigger...but the tape measure doesn't lie.

I find it interesting all the boys commenting on this thread about how a female body is supposed to respond to exercise. Get over yourselves, fellas.

How long would you guess I have been lifting? Arms has only been three months and I am up to 15-20 pounds right now. Legs has been all body weight exercises.

I would also like to add this is all while at calorie deficit.

Do you have before pictures so we can compare these gains? Do you know your body fat % before and now? Also, have you lost any weight and inches since you have started?

That's not what bulky muscles look like.

I have a propensity to gain muscle very quickly too. This site is unfortunately full of a lot of people preaching whatever they hear. ''Squats are the best exercise ever!'' ''Counting calories is the only way to lose weight!'' I lift heavy and my muscles did in fact grow a lot from it. Perhaps that's not the ''norm'' when it comes to the majority of women, but claiming that woman who lift don't bulk up is pure B.S. Some of us do.

lulz.

I think we would all just love to see pictures from the ones making these claims, yourself included. Less talk and more "proof."

The pictures posted in this thread thus far certainly aren't helping your side of this discussion.

My quads and arms have grown significantly from lifting heavy. Again, perhaps not the ''norm'' but I do in fact put on muscle quickly.

Before Pic?

Difference in measurement?

Is the PIC post lifting session?

How large of a caloric surplus are you at?

I find it interesting all the boys commenting on this thread about how a female body is supposed to respond to exercise. Get over yourselves, fellas.

Says the woman that writes "eat like a woman, train like a man". Ironic.

I studied human physiology, human cellular transport, comparative micro biology among other things. I could tell you how a fruit fly responds to cAMP inhibitors, no need to be a damn fruit fly to do so.

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I have a propensity to gain muscle very quickly too. This site is unfortunately full of a lot of people preaching whatever they hear. ''Squats are the best exercise ever!'' ''Counting calories is the only way to lose weight!'' I lift heavy and my muscles did in fact grow a lot from it. Perhaps that's not the ''norm'' when it comes to the majority of women, but claiming that woman who lift don't bulk up is pure B.S. Some of us do.

I do a lot of cardio to counter my naturally tendency to put on muscle quickly. I also spend a lot of time working on flexibility, as big muscles seem to go hand-in-hand with no flexibility.

Okay. That's it. My stomach hurts. I can't laugh anymore today or my calorie deficit is going to go too high and I'll hit starvation mode. :laugh:

I saw no double entrendre in my post. But I'm glad you got humor from it.

He's laughing because your post makes zero sense.

Ever done a bulking phase? One avoids cardio in order to grow muscle mass, as cardio can be catabolic. If the goal is to reduce muscle mass, one would engage in a lot of cardio. ie; more cardio= lower muscle mass= less bulk.

This probably has to do with slow twitch versus fast twitch ratio within a person. My biology education is at the undergrad level, so I'm not up on the minutia of cellular composition.

I find it interesting all the boys commenting on this thread about how a female body is supposed to respond to exercise. Get over yourselves, fellas.

My reply wasn't an invitation to post more nonsense.

I think that sometimes people forget when you lift heavy a few things happen:

1. your muscles will seem larger due to growing, tearing, repairing, etc.
2. when you start lifting you retain more water
3. your natural increase in water consumption may make you look puffier
4. what are you eating and taking, does it contain alot of sodium? creatine? look at your foods
5. many times women think they are getting bulky due to muscle, but truth be told its due to the fat that is COVERING their muscle.
6. if it was that easy to grow muscle everyone would do it.

we as women are so used to being told what to look like. any amount of muscle is "manly". its sad.
i see tons of women on instagram with amazing fitness physiques and guess what, people comment and say "ew, gross, man" etc. half of those comments are by other women....women who havent seen a gym in years. /rant.

I find it interesting all the boys commenting on this thread about how a female body is supposed to respond to exercise. Get over yourselves, fellas.

Says the woman that writes "eat like a woman, train like a man". Ironic.

I studied human physiology, human cellular transport, comparative micro biology among other things. I could tell you how a fruit fly responds to cAMP inhibitors, no need to be a damn fruit fly to do so.

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