Females only - lifting/weight training results?
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Wow @higginsl1969 fantastic progress you are awesome!1
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Haha @alexmose I feel like I'm posting it all over and it's not the most spectacular but if it can help someone or motivate them, sure why not!
My recomp progress:
About 5.5 months between photos, maintaining around 132-135lbs. I lost about 1" off my waist, it's hard to tell in the photo but it's more defined and my loose skin from pregnancy is tightening up (I had a baby in September) My glutes are larger, rounder and I definitely built up my legs. Lifting 3x per week full body, around 0.8-1g per lb protein.19 -
Sorry I can’t post pics directly and I don’t have before pictures, but here’s a couple of recent gains 😀6
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And highlighting the importance of lighting and angles , here’s a recent shot which looks like I have no muscles at all 🤣4
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Just a little progress photo.
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literally hit my goal weight the other day. Ganna push to 55kg (another 4kg) before starting a bit of a lean bulk - it’s taken 3 years from injury to now23 -
I started a strength training regime for the same reasons. Upperbody being weak. I focused all my energy on upper body and made huge strength gains. Took a year off and started again a few weeks ago. Thankfully because of my job being so strenuous, I didnt lose any gains, I actually gained some. Id love to have some ladies that lift send me a friend request so we can inspire each other. Right now I'm trying to figure out whether I should start cutting or keep working on these gains right now. Love this thread.0
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Awesome photos ladies! Here's my back so far after 2 years lifting...
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Not in the realm of you serious weight lifters - y'all are glorious! - but I feel OK for a 126-pound li'l ol' lady who turns 65 in the middle of next month. I admit, whatever granny muscles I have come more from rowing (really *lots*, for over a decade), less from lifting (about which I'm suboptimally lackadaisical, but on again at this point). (Maybe some "cardio" is strength-y-er than others . . . ? 😆 And rowing's mostly a leg exercise, anyway, eh? 😉)
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Not in the realm of you serious weight lifters - y'all are glorious! - but I feel OK for a 126-pound li'l ol' lady who turns 65 in the middle of next month. I admit, whatever granny muscles I have come more from rowing (really *lots*, for over a decade), less from lifting (about which I'm suboptimally lackadaisical, but on again at this point). (Maybe some "cardio" is strength-y-er than others . . . ? 😆 And rowing's mostly a leg exercise, anyway, eh? 😉)
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@AnnPT77 You've got more bicep than I do at 20yrs younger. You are always an inspiration.1
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mom23mangos wrote: »@AnnPT77 You've got more bicep than I do at 20yrs younger. You are always an inspiration.
Right?!? Super jealous! My biceps just don’t have a ton of definition.
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Aw, thank you - y'all are super-sweet! I think the ability to move the big iron like you three (@mom23mangos, @quiksylver296, @sardelsa) do is the really major, admirable thing.
I'll strive to keep chunking along with my slow, idiosyncratic, injury-avoiding, rehab-oriented kind of routine, and see where it gets me. These days, strength is of course a goal, but injury avoidance is key for me, because recovering is slower and detraining faster at this age/stage for me, so injury costs more in terms of progress. I've stumbled over that a few times already. A consequence of so many years of rowing volume - though overall a great thing for me - is that some muscle groups (and the related connective tissues) are more developed/conditioned than others. So far - knock wood - I haven't had any injuries purely from imbalance . . . more that some muscle groups can write checks that their neighbors can't cash. 😆4 -
psychod787 wrote: »Not in the realm of you serious weight lifters - y'all are glorious! - but I feel OK for a 126-pound li'l ol' lady who turns 65 in the middle of next month. I admit, whatever granny muscles I have come more from rowing (really *lots*, for over a decade), less from lifting (about which I'm suboptimally lackadaisical, but on again at this point). (Maybe some "cardio" is strength-y-er than others . . . ? 😆 And rowing's mostly a leg exercise, anyway, eh? 😉)
This is awesome!! @AnnPT772 -
I’ve done mostly weight lifting, but it’s helped me maintain my lean body mass while cutting 50lbs.
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I’ve been training to box, and caught this pic at 1.5 months and 13.5 months.I’m 5’3”, 47 years old, 117-119 lbs.
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Not in the realm of you serious weight lifters - y'all are glorious! - but I feel OK for a 126-pound li'l ol' lady who turns 65 in the middle of next month. I admit, whatever granny muscles I have come more from rowing (really *lots*, for over a decade), less from lifting (about which I'm suboptimally lackadaisical, but on again at this point). (Maybe some "cardio" is strength-y-er than others . . . ? 😆 And rowing's mostly a leg exercise, anyway, eh? 😉)
You are so inspiring!! I am 52 and you and other women your age keep motivated!! Awesome biceps!!!8
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