Bulky Female Bodies

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.

It's not the tight pants..... it's the skinny jeans.

FYI, since there are so many lovely lifting ladies on this thread, might I reference you to a poll I am currently conducting:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1189489-there-s-more-out-there-than-alpha-beta-phallacies

(insert shameless thread hijack here )

I'm trying to rig the vote, far too many votes for equal standing thus far! Hope you get a giggle :drinker:

I like to lift weights but I have nearly as much testosterone as a man thanks to a hormone disorder I have. When I work out, I do put muscle on fast and that's just not the body type I want. It was a good article!

I'm not doubting that a hormonal disorder would cause you to gain muscle faster than the average woman. But even the average man has difficulty putting on muscle quickly without drugs. People who think they are getting "too bulky" are nearly always eating too much.

Or mistaking getting leaner and having more definition despite being smaller as "bulky" or mistaking water retention for muscle growth...

I like to lift weights but I have nearly as much testosterone as a man thanks to a hormone disorder I have. When I work out, I do put muscle on fast and that's just not the body type I want. It was a good article!

I'm not doubting that a hormonal disorder would cause you to gain muscle faster than the average woman. But even the average man has difficulty putting on muscle quickly without drugs. People who think they are getting "too bulky" are nearly always eating too much.

Or mistaking getting leaner and having more definition despite being smaller as "bulky" or mistaking water retention for muscle growth...

Snap.

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.

It's not the tight pants..... it's the skinny jeans.

But that's just it. If we want people to accept that there is no set definition of feminine then we also have to accept that there is no set definition of masculine either. Some dudes are naturally small and skinny. Sure they could lift for years, take weight gainers, creatine, etc, and make the most of what they could do, but do they HAVE to just to be accepted and attractive? That's just as bad as saying naturally large women need to try to be smaller.

Thank you, this is exactly what I was thinking.

But that's just it. If we want people to accept that there is no set definition of feminine then we also have to accept that there is no set definition of masculine either.

YES! I love this so much. :flowerforyou:

I HATE it when people talk about what a "real man" does/doesn't do. Gender roles are a bunch of crap.

AGREED! Those gender roles die hard though. All of my well-intentioned friends and family still give my husband and I our fair share of odd looks because I'm a corporate professional and he stays home and takes care of house stuff. If you're comfortable and confident with who you are, nothing else matters.

Yes. I completely agree with this. If I had to choose a fitness pro whose body is close to what I'm trying to achieve, it would be Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet. And I've had guys tell me, upon seeing her picture, that her arms are too big. Too big for what? Her arms support the work she does. It's not like she went out and tried to get huge arms. That's just what happens when you do what she does. Is she supposed to not do something she's great at because it might give her arms that some people think are "too big?" That's ridiculous.

By the way, here is Camille, for those who don't know who I'm talking about:

It's going to take me a bit of time to be comfortable with the arm definition I have uncovered since I have been losing weight . My arms are looking quite a lot like hers and I must admit that I am not used to looking so muscular. She doesn't look bad it's just not what I am used to seeing when I look in the mirror.

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 LOVE that I'm not the only one that does this, people always give me such strange looks.....

What's really fun is going to petco and piling the giant bag of litter on top of the giant bag of dry food and then throwing them both up on one arm with the cat food stacked 10 high on top because I REFUSE to get a plastic bag when I don't need one...

I think I must be missing an image in here some where (at work, pix blocked), but yeah...Re-bumping so I can look at the house. I love dragging all the bags in the house using the least number of trips. I also like the looks I get when I can pick the sixty pound bag of concrete mix up and put it on the cart. :bigsmile:


ETA: Ok...can see the pic now. Sweet! :laugh:

But that's just it. If we want people to accept that there is no set definition of feminine then we also have to accept that there is no set definition of masculine either. Some dudes are naturally small and skinny. Sure they could lift for years, take weight gainers, creatine, etc, and make the most of what they could do, but do they HAVE to just to be accepted and attractive? That's just as bad as saying naturally large women need to try to be smaller.

as much as I hate to admit it (because I prefer- like- manly men types) this is totally valid.

I often say being feminine has nothing to do with how you dress or what you put on your body- but your attitude and how you conduct yourself- and I think the same could be said for being "masculine"

I do not have an issue with saying there is such a thing as being feminine or masculine- but I find it's a state of mind- or a code of conduct- not your gender - not your clothes- or your size.

So even a small child can be masculine by just choosing to do a certain thing.

I like people to be genuine- that's more important- genuine and confident- whatever that means- go with it.

I agree. I always bring that up because my husband is not a big man. He's 5'9". He wrestled at 135lbs in high school. He did all those things (weight gainers, lifting for years) and at 40 he's now around 160 regularly. But he's very "masculine" in spite of not being "big". He has a confident, dominant, take charge, accept no bull**** personality. He's physical, strong, fast, competitive. He never avoids conflict or backs down from anyone (no matter the other person's size). He's also very fuzzy.

And for that matter my 3 year old son is also "masculine". He climbs, jumps off things, grunts, tries to talk in a growly man voice, etc. He's just much more physical and tough than his sisters (and trust me, I don't predisposition girls to be extra "girly").

**Although I don't know. Maybe we are still better off not defining it. If we define it as a personality then that leaves out those men who are sensitive, vulnerable, and cuddly and implies men should suppress their feelings, etc, which is also an unfortunate thing in our society.

Beastly women make me bulky.

Love it.

dasfunny!

are you going to lunge commando for me?

Commando? Hell naw!

Frickin Hilarious!!!

Maybe I'm just indoctrinated by the media's output of what women should look like. But nonetheless, I wouldn't ever aim for any of the bodies I've seen here.

You are swayed by media. Young girls are hit ALL the time starting from grade school on how a female "should" look. And it doesn't help that Hollywood portrays very thin women as physiques that young women should shoot for.

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No snark intended, but yeah, that's what I said...not certain where you were going with this. It is not news to me that my aesthetic preferences are shaped by the world around me. So are yours, as you have obviously become accustomed to the look of a muscular woman. That doesn't make either of them wrong, necessarily, although of course if my aesthetic ideal can only be reached at the expense of my health that would be problematic. As it is, though, that's not the case, and so aesthetic preferences can remain something we all choose for ourselves no matter from where those preferences stem.

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.

I don't know of any football players who don't have muscles.

Kickers! Or wait...do they count as football players?

Steve Weatherford, punter:



Most NFL kickers are not lean because they have no need to be for speed and agility. You're crazy if you don't think you need muscles to kick a football 60 yards.

I totally had a whole reply for this thread...but saw this pic and cant...make....sentence

But that's just it. If we want people to accept that there is no set definition of feminine then we also have to accept that there is no set definition of masculine either. Some dudes are naturally small and skinny. Sure they could lift for years, take weight gainers, creatine, etc, and make the most of what they could do, but do they HAVE to just to be accepted and attractive? That's just as bad as saying naturally large women need to try to be smaller.

Love.