Weight lifting for women

jemhh wrote: »

misha1505 wrote: »

Hey Guys!

Please can you guys help me partner is a PT and has given me a work out plan and I feel like its really manly. It includes squats, benchpress, bent over row, overhead press, dips and pull ups.

The workout for me feels to advanced as a newbie but most of all I feel stupid walking into the gym doing this sort of thing. Any tips?

I am also eating 1800 calories a day and want to lose weight but its a yo yo I go up and down.....I am so young and want to look good for this summer for the first time feel good.

Any suggestions for staying focused? Staying motivated and feeling like a women while lifitng?

No manly at all. I do most of those (no full pullups right now) and am pretty sure I haven't become a man

Women have the same muscles as men and can absolutely use the same exercises. I really don't understand what you mean by suggestions on how to feel like a woman while lifting. It's not something I think about while lifting other than when I get weak for a few days around my period and get mad about it.

oooohhhhh. THAT'S what this is. this week was a deload week for me and my squats still felt wonky, i didn't even think about TOM. thank you for that insight!

also, i think strong lifts is a great program for beginners and i second, or third, the gender neutrality of lifting. strength is for everyone.

also gonna drop this link, cause it's super helpful.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you

There really isn't a difference between lifting as a woman and lifting as a man. If I'm starting a new program, I have to figure out my starting weights, but men do too. Mine might be lower than some people's, but they're higher than other people's (and any of the programs people have mentioned upthread will tell you how to figure them out). Once I'm in the gym, I usually have to adjust the equipment so that it works for my height, but men do too. None of the changes I have to make are necessarily because I'm a woman -- they're because my body is individual, and it's not exactly the same height/size/strength as any other body out there.

misha1505 wrote: »

Hey Guys!

Please can you guys help me partner is a PT and has given me a work out plan and I feel like its really manly. It includes squats, benchpress, bent over row, overhead press, dips and pull ups.

The workout for me feels to advanced as a newbie but most of all I feel stupid walking into the gym doing this sort of thing. Any tips?

I am also eating 1800 calories a day and want to lose weight but its a yo yo I go up and down.....I am so young and want to look good for this summer for the first time feel good.

Any suggestions for staying focused? Staying motivated and feeling like a women while lifitng?

Those aren't "manly"...those are traditional compound movements which should be the foundation of any good lifting program regardless of your sex. Those movements are also found on any beginner lifting program worth it's salt...they aren't advanced movements.

My wife does all of those things and then some...she looks lean, healthy, vibrant, and fit.

ETA: if you're not ready for a barbell, you can do variations of these movements.

Any advice for programs for my 14 year old daughter? She is currently has been doing Stronglifts with me (just to make sure she sticks with it) for about 3 weeks, but she is already beginning to stall. I would like to get her started on something of her own. In the basement we have a squat cage, barbell, dumbells, bench, curl bar and a power tower. Thanks

Vanguard1 wrote: »

Any advice for programs for my 14 year old daughter? She is currently has been doing Stronglifts with me (just to make sure she sticks with it) for about 3 weeks, but she is already beginning to stall. I would like to get her started on something of her own. In the basement we have a squat cage, barbell, dumbells, bench, curl bar and a power tower. Thanks

@Vanguard1 Getting some smaller plates for smaller increases may help. Switching over to 5x3 instead of 5x5 may help as well, I know that Mark Rippetoe has written about women doing well with 5x3 (that matches my experience too.)

However, if she's looking for something different from the 5s, 5s, sets of 5s thing, Strong Curves by Bret Contreras is great. It's a book that has 4 programs. One is full body all bodyweight exercises. Two are full body (beginner and advanced) lifting programs. The fourth is a lifting program for lower body only. Plus, he includes a template for building your own program. Plus plus, a big chunk of the book is an exercise glossary that shows several different exercises for each type of movement so if you don't have the equipment to do X, you can do Z, etc.

jemhh wrote: »

@Vanguard1 Getting some smaller plates for smaller increases may help. Switching over to 5x3 instead of 5x5 may help as well, I know that Mark Rippetoe has written about women doing well with 5x3 (that matches my experience too.)

However, if she's looking for something different from the 5s, 5s, sets of 5s thing, Strong Curves by Bret Contreras is great. It's a book that has 4 programs. One is full body all bodyweight exercises. Two are full body (beginner and advanced) lifting programs. The fourth is a lifting program for lower body only. Plus, he includes a template for building your own program. Plus plus, a big chunk of the book is an exercise glossary that shows several different exercises for each type of movement so if you don't have the equipment to do X, you can do Z, etc.

Thanks

Consult her pediatrician. Lifting weights over body weight can damage growth plates in children.[/quote]

Myth.

I hit 80lbs on bench press for 5 reps this morning. I felt very accomplished and proud of myself.

That's what lifting does to you. It makes you feel strong and confident.