Looking for help....

You won't get bulky - it takes a lot of hard work to gain enough muscle mass to be "bulky"

You won't get bulky - it takes a lot of hard work to gain enough muscle mass to be "bulky"

This. Forget about the bulky BS and just do it! If it's something you want to do, then do it! Don't let people's (uninformed) opinions stop you. Go for it.

only way women get "bulky" is usually if they are on steroids... we have leaner muscle mass then guys do.. no worries, lift some weights

Ok. So how should I start? I can run all day, but I haven't spent a lot of time in the gym and I'm intimidated to go lift where all the guys are.

Believe me, the guys that are in the gym to lift are not going to be watching you. They'd definitely be willing to spot you on an exercise if you asked, but otherwise, they have their own thing going on.

I recommend all beginners start with a simple 5 x 5 program. Five compound exercises for five repetitions per set. Start with 2 sets and work up to 5 sets over time. Rest 90 seconds between each set. Keep the weights low until you get comfortable with the form (nothing wrong with air squats if that's all you can do with good form). I'd do squats, deadlift, bench press, barbell rows (or assisted pull ups), and overhead barbell press (aka standing military press).

The workout would look like this:
- Warm up the body
- Squat for five repetitions, rest 90 seconds
- Squat for five repetitions, rest 90 seconds
- Deadlift for five repetitions, rest 90 seconds
- Deadlift for five repetitions, rest 90 seconds
- Benchpress for five repetitions, rest 90 seconds
- Benchpress for five repetitions, rest for 90 seconds
- Barbell rows for five repetitions, rest 90 seconds
- Barbell rows for five repetitions, rest 90 seconds
- Military press for five repetitions, rest 90 seconds
- Military press for five repetitions
- Cool down and stretch