Females only - lifting/weight training results?

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  • bschoo01
    bschoo01 Posts: 175 Member
    bump because i want to see more!
  • Flyers1010
    Flyers1010 Posts: 71 Member
    WOW!!! I'm not ready to post pix, but these results are inspiring!! You all look phenomenal. I hope to reply to this thread again with pictures before the end of the year. New goal!! :-)
  • mialonghorn
    mialonghorn Posts: 23
    Bump for inspiration
  • Mjandjt
    Mjandjt Posts: 58 Member
    Everybody looks great...I'm really hoping to show my journey one day!
  • Asherah29
    Asherah29 Posts: 354 Member
    <- still in progress, and I don't have any heavy weight but this is a couple weeks worth of results of low weight/high reps weight lifting.
  • Melissa_mojo
    Melissa_mojo Posts: 156 Member
    bump
  • getitamb
    getitamb Posts: 2,019 Member
    February 2011
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    February 2014
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    That took about ten years off of you. You look awesome!!
  • jade_222
    jade_222 Posts: 147 Member
    Bump
  • marricurt
    marricurt Posts: 47 Member
    Bump for inspiration.. You all look AMAZING!!!
  • giggitygoo
    giggitygoo Posts: 1,978 Member
    Bumpity! This thread is so packed with awesome.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    Before:

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  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    February 2011
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    February 2014
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    Fantastic job!! You look awesome!! :drinker:
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member


    Fantastic job!! You look awesome!! :drinker:

    Thank you! I'm jelly of your bicep!
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member



    That took about ten years off of you. You look awesome!!

    Thanks!
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member


    Fantastic job!! You look awesome!! :drinker:

    Thank you! I'm jelly of your bicep!

    Thank you. :smile:
  • BombshellPhoenix
    BombshellPhoenix Posts: 1,693 Member
    @serah69

    Holy wow! You look incredible. :love: That back!
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    @serah69

    Holy wow! You look incredible. :love: That back!

    Thank you. :blushing:
  • willowcreeklane
    willowcreeklane Posts: 153 Member
    Bump!
  • nomorebingesgirl2014
    nomorebingesgirl2014 Posts: 378 Member
    Amazing !
  • TayAdkins07
    TayAdkins07 Posts: 4 Member
    Bump! Love this :)
  • jj_jupiter
    jj_jupiter Posts: 23 Member
    This. I did the same thing. Hired a trainer and set some goals. I benched 85lbs the other day (I'm 51 yo F). A new PR! When i think about the hours i spent at the gym, doing the exact same routine, i kick myself for not doing something sooner. If you can't afford a trainer. Just meet with one 1x/mo to get a program and have them shake it up the next month. Variety is what get results. I think the same thing with cardio. If i do the same thing, my body just gets used to it and I stop seeing results.
  • mialonghorn
    mialonghorn Posts: 23
    What's considered "heavy" lifting? I just started weight training using the machines at the gym. I'm starting off at about 15-25 lbs for arm type of machines and about 150 lbs for the quads. What should I strive for?
  • sinker59
    sinker59 Posts: 130
    Just looked through this entire thread for the first time, and I'm on my 2nd glass of ice water. HOTNESS! Every stinking one of you. You ladies are amazing.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    What's considered "heavy" lifting? I just started weight training using the machines at the gym. I'm starting off at about 15-25 lbs for arm type of machines and about 150 lbs for the quads. What should I strive for?

    It is really what is heavy for you at a lower rep range. The rep range is subject to interpretation, but generally, it would be no more than 12. Some would say 8, others 5.

    You should strive to progress really - other people have very difference circumstances that will mean that the weights they can lift will not be comparable to yours.
  • mialonghorn
    mialonghorn Posts: 23
    When you guys refer to "lifting weights" do you mean free weights or the machines? I used to do free weights but then I hired a trainer about a month ago and she just put me on all of the machines.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    When you guys refer to "lifting weights" do you mean free weights or the machines? I used to do free weights but then I hired a trainer about a month ago and she just put me on all of the machines.

    Free weights.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    When you guys refer to "lifting weights" do you mean free weights or the machines? I used to do free weights but then I hired a trainer about a month ago and she just put me on all of the machines.

    Free weights.

    I did machines for . . . a really long time in college. 9 months or so I think? I never saw any changes to my body. I started seeing changes within 6 weeks of starting Stronglifts.
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    Yeah I agree free weights are far superior to the machines...they make you have to balance, using other muscles, they challenge you in ways the machines can't. I still use some machines (cable row is one of my favorites) but the majority of my workouts are done with free weights.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    When you guys refer to "lifting weights" do you mean free weights or the machines? I used to do free weights but then I hired a trainer about a month ago and she just put me on all of the machines.

    Lifting weights can mean either.

    Machines have their place. I generally recommend free weights for main compound lifts and either free weights or machines for assistance work - it really depends on the assistance work. I am not sure why the trainer would take you off free weights and put you all on machines though.
  • heidicrowther
    heidicrowther Posts: 4 Member
    I am so inspired by all your pics... my body shape is much like a pear and I think I may have some hope now:) thank you for showing all the pictures!! So this is the first day back in a long time, I kinda started over a year ago and gave up very fast. Fingers crossed I stick with it this time.

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