Females only - lifting/weight training results?

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  • thatgirlkellib
    thatgirlkellib Posts: 150 Member
    Here are my most recent ones. Started lifting light weights in January of this year, then in June, I added bodyweight exercises and heavier lifting. All at home and I love it! Still have 20-25lbs to go!

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    -Mouth dropped- We are similar stats I am loving your thighs and arms, I will be there soon!
    Congrats you look fab!
  • GenesiaElizabeth
    GenesiaElizabeth Posts: 227 Member
    -Mouth dropped- We are similar stats I am loving your thighs and arms, I will be there soon!
    Congrats you look fab!

    Thank you! ^^ :drinker:
  • Julieboolieaz
    Julieboolieaz Posts: 658 Member
    Genesia-you look amazing!! From where will you lose more weight? You look fabulous!!

    Luvmydawgs-wonderful!, love that you did it with just lifting, no cardio! I'm always thinking about adding more cardio to accelerate fat loss, but don't really have time or desire to do so. Very inspiring! You look great!
  • G__Force
    G__Force Posts: 280 Member
    WOW, You ladies rocked the weights and look incredible!! keep up the hard work!!
  • lisacarrana
    lisacarrana Posts: 38 Member
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  • SpecialSundae
    SpecialSundae Posts: 795 Member
    10518064_767458599952757_1693451113_n.jpg

    That picture covers my first 18 months of progress, but it's all the more clear in the videos linked below.

    My progress pictures to music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga8rQ_M_myE
    My latest powerlifting competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OvosAH2o0g

    I'm 16kg (35.2lb) lighter now than I was in that first picture, but I've also gone from a sporadic cardio bunny to a record breaking powerlifter (Scottish 63kg squat record).

    Squat: 20kg (March 2013) to 120kg (September 2014)
    Bench: 20kg (March 2013) to 67.5kg (September 2014)
    Deadlift: 20kg (April 2013) to 120kg (September 2014)
    Barbell rows: 20kg (April 2013) to 52.5kg (August 2014)
    OHP: 10kg (March 2013) to 45kg (August 2014)

    I can do pull-ups, I can out-lift a lot of men and I have an *kitten* that I'm proud of for the first time in my life!

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  • psych101
    psych101 Posts: 1,842 Member


    That picture covers my first 18 months of progress, but it's all the more clear in the videos linked below.

    My progress pictures to music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga8rQ_M_myE
    My latest powerlifting competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OvosAH2o0g

    I'm 16kg (35.2lb) lighter now than I was in that first picture, but I've also gone from a sporadic cardio bunny to a record breaking powerlifter (Scottish 63kg squat record).

    Squat: 20kg (March 2013) to 120kg (September 2014)
    Bench: 20kg (March 2013) to 67.5kg (September 2014)
    Deadlift: 20kg (April 2013) to 120kg (September 2014)
    Barbell rows: 20kg (April 2013) to 52.5kg (August 2014)
    OHP: 10kg (March 2013) to 45kg (August 2014)

    I can do pull-ups, I can out-lift a lot of men and I have an *kitten* that I'm proud of for the first time in my life!


    absolutely outstanding!! :flowerforyou:
  • justdoit1106
    justdoit1106 Posts: 20 Member
    Following
  • sweetie1975
    sweetie1975 Posts: 154 Member
    You all look amazing!!!
  • 7aneena
    7aneena Posts: 146 Member
    This is so motivating but I'm still hesitant to take the plunge
    Did any of you ladies start lifting when you still had a lot of lbs to(>30) lose? and did you know your BF%?
    This may sound silly but I don't know if weight lifting will give me the results I want given my stats and goals
    Height 5.05'
    Starting weight 217lbs
    Current weight 161
    Goal weight ~125-135
    current (actually end of aug) BF% 29.3
    Goal BF% ~20%

    I want to lose fat and be toned and have a flat belly, I don't want overly defined arms or six abs, be defined I mean you can see it without flexing
  • natajane
    natajane Posts: 295 Member
    Would you guys recommend StrongLifts over circuit training then?

    I'm just trying I get back into exercise. I have a child so limited time to exercise in.

    I've signed up to a month of circuit training 3 x a week but I'm planning what I'll do afterwards.
  • GenesiaElizabeth
    GenesiaElizabeth Posts: 227 Member
    Genesia-you look amazing!! From where will you lose more weight? You look fabulous!!

    Lol, thank you!! :drinker:
  • chadwick175
    chadwick175 Posts: 34 Member
    Wow, incredible jobs
  • ThePhoenixIsRising
    ThePhoenixIsRising Posts: 781 Member
    This is so motivating but I'm still hesitant to take the plunge
    Did any of you ladies start lifting when you still had a lot of lbs to(>30) lose? and did you know your BF%?
    This may sound silly but I don't know if weight lifting will give me the results I want given my stats and goals
    Height 5.05'
    Starting weight 217lbs
    Current weight 161
    Goal weight ~125-135
    current (actually end of aug) BF% 29.3
    Goal BF% ~20%

    I want to lose fat and be toned and have a flat belly, I don't want overly defined arms or six abs, be defined I mean you can see it without flexing
    I started lifting when I was just a month in. I was 180# and got down to 140 before I started my bulk. I still don't have muscles that can be seen w/o flexing. Feel free to look at my before pics in my profile.
  • giggitygoo
    giggitygoo Posts: 1,978 Member
    <---- this is what 8 months of heavy squats did for my booty.

    Just got to 275# on my back squat at 5'1" and 115 lbs, which I'm pretty dang proud of after starting from nada. I mean if anything was going to make me "bulky" orsomesuchnonsense, it would be that.

    *highest of fives* to all the bad *kitten* ladies in this thread.

    **typo
  • SpecialSundae
    SpecialSundae Posts: 795 Member
    <---- this is what 8 months of heavy squats did for my booty.

    Just got to 275# on my back squat at 5'1" and 115 lbs, which I'm pretty dang proud of after starting from nada. I mean if anything was going to make me "bulky" orsomesuchnonsense, it would be that.

    *highest of fives* to all the bad *kitten* ladies in this thread.

    **typo

    Pretty f*cking awesome!
  • blessybuva
    blessybuva Posts: 44 Member
    A question to all you amazing weight lifting ladies - do you take protein suplements?
  • Cc215
    Cc215 Posts: 228 Member
    I use protein powder sometimes. Not every day. But if I end up down on my protein macro I'll have a shake to bump it up. Only if I'm down though - most days I get the protein high enough from my food.
  • scrittrice
    scrittrice Posts: 345 Member
    10518064_767458599952757_1693451113_n.jpg

    That picture covers my first 18 months of progress, but it's all the more clear in the videos linked below.

    My progress pictures to music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga8rQ_M_myE
    My latest powerlifting competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OvosAH2o0g

    I'm 16kg (35.2lb) lighter now than I was in that first picture, but I've also gone from a sporadic cardio bunny to a record breaking powerlifter (Scottish 63kg squat record).

    Squat: 20kg (March 2013) to 120kg (September 2014)
    Bench: 20kg (March 2013) to 67.5kg (September 2014)
    Deadlift: 20kg (April 2013) to 120kg (September 2014)
    Barbell rows: 20kg (April 2013) to 52.5kg (August 2014)
    OHP: 10kg (March 2013) to 45kg (August 2014)

    I can do pull-ups, I can out-lift a lot of men and I have an *kitten* that I'm proud of for the first time in my life!

    10499248_326426330848438_587908821_n.jpg

    Wow. Those two comparison photos are so inspiring and empowering. Really.
  • BombshellPhoenix
    BombshellPhoenix Posts: 1,693 Member
    A question to all you amazing weight lifting ladies - do you take protein suplements?

    Only if I can't hit my protein macro. Otherwise, I still to real food. I aim for 1g per pound of lean body mass in protein a day, myself.
  • KylaDenay
    KylaDenay Posts: 1,585 Member
    I am so motivated by this thread!!! All of you ladies look amazing and inspire me to get back to lifting!!

    I recently brought the New Rules of Lifting for Women and think I may give it ago starting on Saturday or Monday.

    @BombellshellPheonix damn lady is all I have to say! I hope I can learn to love it as much as you do.
  • giggitygoo
    giggitygoo Posts: 1,978 Member
    A question to all you amazing weight lifting ladies - do you take protein suplements?

    I do. I have a hard time meeting my protein requirements without a shake or 2 thrown in.
  • Reinventing_Me
    Reinventing_Me Posts: 1,053 Member
    :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: All of you lovely ladies!
  • ianthy
    ianthy Posts: 404 Member
    Here are my most recent ones. Started lifting light weights in January of this year, then in June, I added bodyweight exercises and heavier lifting. All at home and I love it! Still have 20-25lbs to go!

    Fab work - I am so inspired that you achieved this at home too!
  • rightaboutmeow
    rightaboutmeow Posts: 77 Member
    All of you are so amazing!!!
    :love:
    I love strong, inspirational women and also aspire to be one!!
    :heart:
    I'm on SL 5x5 right now but sort of fell off this past week or two as things have been hectic and I feel like I'm not sure if I can just stop for that long and just pick back up at squatting 85 lbs...:ohwell: and thought maybe I should go back to cardio more often...but in the past month I lost 1.5 in from my waist, .5 in from my hips, and .25 down from my chest and .25 in down on...one thigh lol pretty much strictly from lifting. I did not weigh myself from Sep. 1 until Sep. 30 and I have actually GAINED weight when I checked on the 30th.

    I don't have any awesome before and afters just yet from it, but this is inspirational and I actually DO love lifting I guess I just felt like with the program I was going to mess it up if I didn't stay consistent and lift what it says even if I haven't been lifting for a while prior to that...but I'm going back to it now, no doubt!

    :happy:
  • allie_00p
    allie_00p Posts: 280 Member
    A question to all you amazing weight lifting ladies - do you take protein suplements?

    I do pretty regularly use protein powders or quest bars. I've been getting better about it and figuring out new creative ways to get more protein from actual food, but a lot of days it's just the simplest way to hit my protein macro!
  • Ademann1
    Ademann1 Posts: 47 Member
    I like lifting because it takes a long time to lose my results.

    Last fall I got really sick and couldn't work out for 3 months, then I got pregnant (more sick) and finally canceled my gym membership halfway through my pregnancy. And yet, not until today, pretty much a full year later, have I lost the great muscle tone I could feel under my fat. I had never had so much muscle and it took a long period of inactivity to lose the benefits.

    I think if you are all about just getting skinny, you can lose that pretty fast.
  • natardie
    natardie Posts: 1 Member
    No photos here as you can't see much in the way of definition - YET (have a picky of my shoulder but don't know how to post it!). But my journey so far:

    Started January 2013 156kgs (343.2lbs). Began eating clean. Added gym membership in April 2013. Originally 3 x week for 1.5 hrs with a mix of cardio and weights (free and machine).

    September 2013 got super serious after switching trainers to one who lifts and only uses cardio to shred for a comp.

    As of today I'm 99kgs (217.8lbs) and strong. In the past 2 months I've only lost 600 grams (1.3lbs) but shrank another 12cms (5 inches) from 5 measurement points on my body.

    I can't imagine doing anything other than lifting as my exercise and can't wait now that my muscles are slowly starting to show through the last of my body fat.

    Nat

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