HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!

Yes I thought it was time...6months into lifting and I have comparison pics for the ladies who want to see that lifting doesn't make you bulky...

Left pic Day 1....right pic day 180


Left pic Week 10 into Lifting...right pic day 180



I am very eager to get in the next 6months...Sept 9th 2014

I do however want to thank the ladies in Part 1 and 2 of this thread you were the inspiration for me...

ETA: when I started I was 178lbs...I am now 158...I have dropped a total of almost 20inches from resistence training...7 from lifting heavy and I have dropped 5% BF from lifting, almost 10 from resistence training. I always thought 6 months was a long time but it has flown by...

Bump for later. Can't wait to see how amazing everyone looks!

So much awesomeness in this thread!! Wish I could see the pics from parts 1 and 2! I am seriously inspired by all of this!!! Looking forward to getting started on this myself. Congrats to all, you all look AMAZING!!!

Lifting made me bulky too and I LOVE it:) I looked like this after I had my second baby:( YIKES!! (159lbs, 4'11)
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Lost some weight(15 lbs) doing p90x/insanity but still looked like a marshmallow. Started Stronglifts 5x5 in Feb. of this year. I have gotten so much definition and lost 18ish more pounds. I feel like a rock star every time I deadlift weights that are heavier than me:) Before, I struggled to lift my very small kids that weigh 35 and 26 lbs.

I would rather be "bulky" than fluffy any day of the week!!!! (123lbs)


I am not done yet but wanted to share my experience with heavy lifting!

WOW!!!!!!!!! You look amazing!

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lifting heavy : beginning - 3 months - 5 months .... It's going to take a bit more before the clothes start coming off, lol

eta : fixed photo..

Look at your tiny waist! You have a beautiful figure!!

thank you! =D

Great job, you look wonderful.

Bump for inspiration!!

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lifting heavy : beginning - 3 months - 5 months .... It's going to take a bit more before the clothes start coming off, lol

eta : fixed photo..

You have such a nice figure!

I love that your results show that while lifting you can keep/enhance your curves. Muscles just help everything start looking a little better

I know that lifting is very very good for your body in many ways. So, a question for you lifters out there:

How do you keep from being really sore and tired all the time? Lifting makes me so much more sore than running, and if I lift several days in one week I also just get ongoing fatigue. This didn't happen when I was running regularly (used to run about 18 miles a week before adding some lifting to my program.)

Also, lifting makes me ravenous! Any suggestions on how to deal with these two issues?

Right now I have cut back to lifting two times a week, but I am worried that is not enough to meet my goals. Any advice?

It really is better to keep to 3 x a week, I went down to 2 and am not seeing results as much. Try taking a week off now and again, maybe every 2 months. That's recommended in NRL4W, and it gives you a break and stops you getting sick of it! If you're hungry, eat! You need it. Keep it clean and high protein.