Bulky Female Bodies

I detest the implication that musculature and fitness are inherently masculine traits, throughout our society, and that to be feminine immediately implicates you must be slender, light and fragile-looking.

edit; obviously not my thoughts on the article, but more generally surrounding the issue

I totally 100% agree with you. 10000%. infinity percent.

Look at my avatar... she's a woman who lived 50,000 years ago (well, a forensic reconstruction of her). She very likely had to learn to use a spear like the one in the pic, maybe to defend herself and her kids from animals or hostile tribes, she may sometimes have had to go hunting with the men (and neanderthals hunted huge animals like bison, mammoth, woolly rhino and similar with only close range weapons (like the thrusting spear she's holding)). And she most likely had children, i.e. pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, raising kids to be able to survive as adults, all with only middle palaeolithic technology. and they lived in Europe during ice ages.... so she had to be able to withstand the cold with only fire and animal skins for warmth.

Really...... women are NOT supposed to be fragile or delicate. Strength is a human quality common to both males and females, necessary for survival through most of the ages that humans have lived through.

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When I told my friend I wanted to do a figure competition later this year, I was told not to get "beastly"

DAFUQ? :laugh:


I have a friend who told me not to lift too much because I wouldn't want to be manly and that my husband might feel intimidated by that...dowhat? LMAO!

Yeah you missed that part Jules!

I like being to lift stuff. Its frigging useful.
Like moving my couch or TV...

Inorite? I have been doing all the carrying of heavy stuff at the house because...hehehe...I can! I like to see how many grocery bags I can carry in at one time so I only need to make one trip, and the "heavy" dog food bag over one shoulder, LOL...

I will be happy to lift until I can't physically do it anymore. Granted, if I could pull of some amazing muscle in the process? Hellz yeah!

This is what it's all about for me: one trip in from the car to the house. Gym bag on one arm with a few bags of groceries, heavy bag of dog food on the other shoulder braced with an arm also laden with a couple grocery bags, purse on a strap on one side and a lunchbox on a strap on the other side.

Packmule Riven returns from work, gym, and errands.

Tagging to read later.

When I told my friend I wanted to do a figure competition later this year, I was told not to get "beastly"

DAFUQ? :laugh:


I have a friend who told me not to lift too much because I wouldn't want to be manly and that my husband might feel intimidated by that...dowhat? LMAO!

Yeah you missed that part Jules!

I like being to lift stuff. Its frigging useful.
Like moving my couch or TV...

Inorite? I have been doing all the carrying of heavy stuff at the house because...hehehe...I can! I like to see how many grocery bags I can carry in at one time so I only need to make one trip, and the "heavy" dog food bag over one shoulder, LOL...

I will be happy to lift until I can't physically do it anymore. Granted, if I could pull of some amazing muscle in the process? Hellz yeah!

This is what it's all about for me: one trip in from the car to the house. Gym bag on one arm with a few bags of groceries, heavy bag of dog food on the other shoulder braced with an arm also laden with a couple grocery bags, purse on a strap on one side and a lunchbox on a strap on the other side.

Packmule Riven returns from work, gym, and errands.

I am printing this out and showing it to my husband!!! He always gives me a hard time and calls me a packmule! Well, damn, can I help it I have a crap ton of crap to carry?! :laugh:

Tagging to read later.

When I told my friend I wanted to do a figure competition later this year, I was told not to get "beastly"

DAFUQ? :laugh:


I have a friend who told me not to lift too much because I wouldn't want to be manly and that my husband might feel intimidated by that...dowhat? LMAO!

Yeah you missed that part Jules!

I like being to lift stuff. Its frigging useful.
Like moving my couch or TV...

Inorite? I have been doing all the carrying of heavy stuff at the house because...hehehe...I can! I like to see how many grocery bags I can carry in at one time so I only need to make one trip, and the "heavy" dog food bag over one shoulder, LOL...

I will be happy to lift until I can't physically do it anymore. Granted, if I could pull of some amazing muscle in the process? Hellz yeah!

This is what it's all about for me: one trip in from the car to the house. Gym bag on one arm with a few bags of groceries, heavy bag of dog food on the other shoulder braced with an arm also laden with a couple grocery bags, purse on a strap on one side and a lunchbox on a strap on the other side.

Packmule Riven returns from work, gym, and errands.

I am printing this out and showing it to my husband!!! He always gives me a hard time and calls me a packmule! Well, damn, can I help it I have a crap ton of crap to carry?! :laugh:

Iknoright?
Husband snapped a candid of me last time.

I detest the implication that musculature and fitness are inherently masculine traits, throughout our society, and that to be feminine immediately implicates you must be slender, light and fragile-looking.

edit; obviously not my thoughts on the article, but more generally surrounding the issue

I totally 100% agree with you. 10000%. infinity percent.

Look at my avatar... she's a woman who lived 50,000 years ago (well, a forensic reconstruction of her). She very likely had to learn to use a spear like the one in the pic, maybe to defend herself and her kids from animals or hostile tribes, she may sometimes have had to go hunting with the men (and neanderthals hunted huge animals like bison, mammoth, woolly rhino and similar with only close range weapons (like the thrusting spear she's holding)). And she most likely had children, i.e. pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, raising kids to be able to survive as adults, all with only middle palaeolithic technology. and they lived in Europe during ice ages.... so she had to be able to withstand the cold with only fire and animal skins for warmth.

Really...... women are NOT supposed to be fragile or delicate. Strength is a human quality common to both males and females, necessary for survival through most of the ages that humans have lived through.

I used to be afraid of lifting because I "didn't want to look bullky." What changed my mind was shifting the focus away from what my body looks like, and instead seting my goals based on what I wanted my body to DO. Initially, I wanted to be able to do just one pull-up. Achieving that goal taught me how empowering strength can be. After three years of powerlifting and half a year of Olympic weightlifting, some people might think I look "bulky"... But I really don't care what they think, because I take a 100+ lb. barbell from the floor and toss it over my head and they can't.

I think it's a good idea for anyone just getting into fitness to try setting goals this way: what do I want my body to do? It doesn't have to be strength related: your goal could be "running a mile," or something as simple as "walk up a flight of stairs without feeling short of breath." But I've found that the "looking good" part comes very easily if you focus on "what can I do?" rather than "what do I look like?"

Awesome first post! :drinker:

If women with muscles look like men....

do men without muscles look like women???

Are those mens the ones that wear the tight pants? Then I would say yes.

foot ball players wear tight pants... they don't look like women.