Women who put on muscle fast

omg I LOVE your skirt! Where did you get it?!

CoderGal is that the leopoard print with the hip strap things?

I'm making it I was up at like 2 AM when I took those pictures- I'm so excited- I'm hoping to have it done tonight or tomorrow! Thank you by the way- I"M SO EXCITED about it.

And you'll be back with pictures, yes?

:sad:

I saw an interesting set of anecdotes in one of those broscience sources. A trainer talked about how he had a man and woman on identical programs. (X reps of X% of max lift) for squats and other leg exercises.

The results? The woman actually gained size in her legs over a few weeks, and the man stayed stuck at the same size. The woman hadn't gained any weight, she increased her muscle density. On the flip side, the main did gain size in his upper body, and she did not.

Considering that women tends to be strong in the lower body (and have more muscle) for their size than men, it makes sense that some women can put on muscle more easily. Particular in the lower body.

This is also really noticeable, since women's pants have a pretty small radius of what they thing thigh size should be. So we notice.

It isn't a matter of "getting huge" but some women can gain size in ways that really impact clothing fit and options.

I don't think it's about getting stronger really quickly, which some do. I think the OP was talking about actually putting on bulky muscles, which MOST women don't. My college roommate, however, was an exception. She used to go running while carrying a walkman -- yes, it was in the stone age -- and she had to alternate arms to avoid building up one huge bicep. I kid you not. Wish I had a pic to show.

What does a Walkman weight.....like 2 pounds.

Even the old ones.

Probably. But her right bicep was HUGE before she realized what was happening. So she started alternating on every run to even them out. Stranger than fiction.

I don't think it's about getting stronger really quickly, which some do. I think the OP was talking about actually putting on bulky muscles, which MOST women don't. My college roommate, however, was an exception. She used to go running while carrying a walkman -- yes, it was in the stone age -- and she had to alternate arms to avoid building up one huge bicep. I kid you not. Wish I had a pic to show.

What does a Walkman weight.....like 2 pounds.

Even the old ones.

See, and if it had been a *pink* walkman, she would have just gotten toned by working out with it, not hyooooogeeee!

Sorry, I didn't get that.

I swore for years that I put on muscle fast. As soon as I started lifting my measurements and weight went up. My clothes fit tighter and I looked much bigger. Now as a competitive bodybuilder I realize it was mostly swelling and fat, not huge muscles. My legs were the worse and I find now that I have low body fat that's where I store most of my fat.
In these two pictures I have the same amount of lean mass, but different body fat.
25%

18%

Once again, I am a competitive bodybuilder with low fat, so you will not get a back like the second picture without working hard for it.

Just bumping my comparison pictures to show how body fat plays a roll. My muscles look much bigger without the fat. Initially my measurements all went up because of water retention and dropped as my body fat dropped.

I swore for years that I put on muscle fast. As soon as I started lifting my measurements and weight went up. My clothes fit tighter and I looked much bigger. Now as a competitive bodybuilder I realize it was mostly swelling and fat, not huge muscles. My legs were the worse and I find now that I have low body fat that's where I store most of my fat.
In these two pictures I have the same amount of lean mass, but different body fat.
25%

18%

Once again, I am a competitive bodybuilder with low fat, so you will not get a back like the second picture without working hard for it.

Just bumping my comparison pictures to show how body fat plays a roll. My muscles look much bigger without the fat. Initially my measurements all went up because of water retention and dropped as my body fat dropped.

Just bumping them again, because

See, and if it had been a *pink* walkman, she would have just gotten toned by working out with it, not hyooooogeeee!

Sorry, I didn't get that.

I was hatin' on pink dumbbells. The little tiny ones that some women do because they're afraid that if they lift anything heavier, they'll get all hulk smash. What they've been told is that high reps with these pink dumbbells will lead to "toning" (which doesn't mean what people think it means; what they mean to say is visible muscular definition) and not bulkiness. 99.999% of the time time (your friend's experience excluded), nobody female gets bulky unless they eat big and lift big for a long time or they're juicing (steroids) and they lift big and eat big for a less long time.

It wasn't a dig at you or your roommate at all, please understand. It was an eyeroll about the pink dumbbells phenomenon, that's all.

Hey now. I bought some pink 1 pound dumbbells for my sister, don't hate.

I mean she's 4 and just kind flails them about while trying to mimic my mother, but I'm almost positive they weigh more than her little purse full of cheerios so I'm pretty sure she's getting a workout.

CoderGal is that the leopoard print with the hip strap things?

Yep!

I always wanted to attend college but I was afraid I would get a Ph.D.

:laugh:

See, and if it had been a *pink* walkman, she would have just gotten toned by working out with it, not hyooooogeeee!

Sorry, I didn't get that.

I was hatin' on pink dumbbells. The little tiny ones that some women do because they're afraid that if they lift anything heavier, they'll get all hulk smash. What they've been told is that high reps with these pink dumbbells will lead to "toning" (which doesn't mean what people think it means; what they mean to say is visible muscular definition) and not bulkiness. 99.999% of the time time (your friend's experience excluded), nobody female gets bulky unless they eat big and lift big for a long time or they're juicing (steroids) and they lift big and eat big for a less long time.

It wasn't a dig at you or your roommate at all, please understand. It was an eyeroll about the pink dumbbells phenomenon, that's all.

Hey now. I bought some pink 1 pound dumbbells for my sister, don't hate.

I mean she's 4 and just kind flails them about while trying to mimic my mother, but I'm almost positive they weigh more than her little purse full of cheerios so I'm pretty sure she's getting a workout.

I think it'll be time, soon, to upgrade those babies to 2lbs. Just saying.

Whoa whoa there Joy. Do you want my baby sister to turn into some kinda bulky man monster? Sheesh.


Also her form is awful. She does her 'deadlifts' starting from a full on *kitten* to the grass squat, then thrusts her butt up, then the rest of her body. And don't even get me started on her overhead press!

Wait!!!!! You have a CHILD exercising? You know they are supposed to sit on a couch until they're 18 and ready to sign up for MFP, right? They're delicate little things and will hurt Demselves if they so much as look at anything strenuous.

See, and if it had been a *pink* walkman, she would have just gotten toned by working out with it, not hyooooogeeee!

Sorry, I didn't get that.

I was hatin' on pink dumbbells. The little tiny ones that some women do because they're afraid that if they lift anything heavier, they'll get all hulk smash. What they've been told is that high reps with these pink dumbbells will lead to "toning" (which doesn't mean what people think it means; what they mean to say is visible muscular definition) and not bulkiness. 99.999% of the time time (your friend's experience excluded), nobody female gets bulky unless they eat big and lift big for a long time or they're juicing (steroids) and they lift big and eat big for a less long time.

It wasn't a dig at you or your roommate at all, please understand. It was an eyeroll about the pink dumbbells phenomenon, that's all.

Hey now. I bought some pink 1 pound dumbbells for my sister, don't hate.

I mean she's 4 and just kind flails them about while trying to mimic my mother, but I'm almost positive they weigh more than her little purse full of cheerios so I'm pretty sure she's getting a workout.

I think it'll be time, soon, to upgrade those babies to 2lbs. Just saying.

Whoa whoa there Joy. Do you want my baby sister to turn into some kinda bulky man monster? Sheesh.


Also her form is awful. She does her 'deadlifts' starting from a full on *kitten* to the grass squat, then thrusts her butt up, then the rest of her body. And don't even get me started on her overhead press!

Wait!!!!! You have a CHILD exercising? You know they are supposed to sit on a couch until they're 18 and ready to sign up for MFP, right? They're delicate little things and will hurt Demselves if they so much as look at anything strenuous.

I don't think you have to worry until she hits the 10lbers. That'd be serious biz right there!

But seriously, if she pulls off a deadlift with 2lbs, you should still video for prosperity and to show off! :bigsmile:

See, and if it had been a *pink* walkman, she would have just gotten toned by working out with it, not hyooooogeeee!

Sorry, I didn't get that.

I was hatin' on pink dumbbells. The little tiny ones that some women do because they're afraid that if they lift anything heavier, they'll get all hulk smash. What they've been told is that high reps with these pink dumbbells will lead to "toning" (which doesn't mean what people think it means; what they mean to say is visible muscular definition) and not bulkiness. 99.999% of the time time (your friend's experience excluded), nobody female gets bulky unless they eat big and lift big for a long time or they're juicing (steroids) and they lift big and eat big for a less long time.

It wasn't a dig at you or your roommate at all, please understand. It was an eyeroll about the pink dumbbells phenomenon, that's all.

Hey now. I bought some pink 1 pound dumbbells for my sister, don't hate.

I mean she's 4 and just kind flails them about while trying to mimic my mother, but I'm almost positive they weigh more than her little purse full of cheerios so I'm pretty sure she's getting a workout.

I think it'll be time, soon, to upgrade those babies to 2lbs. Just saying.

Whoa whoa there Joy. Do you want my baby sister to turn into some kinda bulky man monster? Sheesh.


Also her form is awful. She does her 'deadlifts' starting from a full on *kitten* to the grass squat, then thrusts her butt up, then the rest of her body. And don't even get me started on her overhead press!

[/quote]I use tiny dumbbells for shoulder therapy. But they ain't pink. Just sayin'. Gotta have standards.
It's ok for your sister to use pink dumbbells though because she's only trying to get toned, right?:laugh: My natural deadlift is like that too. I spent six months working on my form with a very slender trainer with long arms and torso. I gotta da shrimpy arms and torso and da long laigs, so I can't be sitting all upright, for cryin' out loud. But anyways, deadlifts! All the deadlifts!

See, and if it had been a *pink* walkman, she would have just gotten toned by working out with it, not hyooooogeeee!

Sorry, I didn't get that.

I was hatin' on pink dumbbells. The little tiny ones that some women do because they're afraid that if they lift anything heavier, they'll get all hulk smash. What they've been told is that high reps with these pink dumbbells will lead to "toning" (which doesn't mean what people think it means; what they mean to say is visible muscular definition) and not bulkiness. 99.999% of the time time (your friend's experience excluded), nobody female gets bulky unless they eat big and lift big for a long time or they're juicing (steroids) and they lift big and eat big for a less long time.

It wasn't a dig at you or your roommate at all, please understand. It was an eyeroll about the pink dumbbells phenomenon, that's all.

Hey now. I bought some pink 1 pound dumbbells for my sister, don't hate.

I mean she's 4 and just kind flails them about while trying to mimic my mother, but I'm almost positive they weigh more than her little purse full of cheerios so I'm pretty sure she's getting a workout.

I think it'll be time, soon, to upgrade those babies to 2lbs. Just saying.

Whoa whoa there Joy. Do you want my baby sister to turn into some kinda bulky man monster? Sheesh.


Also her form is awful. She does her 'deadlifts' starting from a full on *kitten* to the grass squat, then thrusts her butt up, then the rest of her body. And don't even get me started on her overhead press!

Wait!!!!! You have a CHILD exercising? You know they are supposed to sit on a couch until they're 18 and ready to sign up for MFP, right? They're delicate little things and will hurt Demselves if they so much as look at anything strenuous.

I don't think you have to worry until she hits the 10lbers. That'd be serious biz right there!

But seriously, if she pulls off a deadlift with 2lbs, you should still video for prosperity and to show off! :bigsmile:

I'll have to ask my mom to video it next time we talk. It's too funny, mostly because she's got this serious teeth gritting full on concentration face. And then 'booty pop. stand up, cheer. Back into squat.'