What size weights to tone with?

Imo, a woman with large and muscular arms who has little or no boobage to balance them, looks bulky. I'm trying to avoid that, but it's hard to get a good idea of what lifting will look like on someone with no implants.

I think it's ugly when a woman has a man chest or even looks like a man. If a woman lifts like a man, she will eventually get a body like a man. Breast is fat and fat can shrink in that area, leaving women with men breasts and that's why so many bodybuilder women get breast implant.

:laugh: :laugh: thanks for the good laugh. :drinker:

Imo, a woman with large and muscular arms who has little or no boobage to balance them, looks bulky. I'm trying to avoid that, but it's hard to get a good idea of what lifting will look like on someone with no implants.

I think it's ugly when a woman has a man chest or even looks like a man. If a woman lifts like a man, she will eventually get a body like a man. Breast is fat and fat can shrink in that area, leaving women with men breasts and that's why so many bodybuilder women get breast implant.

I read this quote, and then saw who posted it. Of course it's the queen of broscience in here. Have fun with your osteoporosis.

Hiya
I am bootcamp instructor / personal trainer.

To tone, the key is to use lighter weights, say 3 - 5 kilos and do higher reps, so say 3 - 4 sets of 20 reps/15reps/12reps / 8reps.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Hiya
I am bootcamp instructor / personal trainer.

To tone, the key is to use lighter weights, say 3 - 5 kilos and do higher reps, so say 3 - 4 sets of 20 reps/15reps/12reps / 8reps.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

lol. nope

Hiya
I am bootcamp instructor / personal trainer.

To tone, the key is to use lighter weights, say 3 - 5 kilos and do higher reps, so say 3 - 4 sets of 20 reps/15reps/12reps / 8reps.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

lol. nope

Exactly. I had a huge 'discussion' with my ex girlfriend about this subject. She basically refused to believe that I knew what I was talking about, since all her 'personal trainer' friends at the gym told her I was fully of and convinced her that lifting heavy would ruin her chest, and make her look like a man.

If you can believe it, this was even something brought up when we split...that I don't 'know it all' and that she 'proved I was wrong' with all her little trainer friends backup.

/sigh

That's why I asked where this woman worked. So I could avoid recommending it to anyone.

Ever.

Hiya
I am bootcamp instructor / personal trainer.

To tone, the key is to use lighter weights, say 3 - 5 kilos and do higher reps, so say 3 - 4 sets of 20 reps/15reps/12reps / 8reps.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Ok wait. This isn't fair.

Rather than chase this young lady off because she doesn't agree with us...let me ask her other questions.

First, how long should it take before any woman subscribing to your 'method of toning' sees real, visible results? Lets assume she's only moderately overweight...perhaps 35% bodyfat?

so lift all the weight you can!

I HATE it when people pull out the 'look like a man' comments. Apart from being completely offensive and stupid, it is 99.999999% of the time completely inaccurate. Buff men and buff women DO NOT LOOK THE SAME. Take an image of a really fit, strong and lean girl, photoshop out their boobs and photoshop in a man's head.... does it look like a dude?? Of course not!! So what people are really saying when they say "they look like a man", is "they don't look like my version of feminine" which we all know is supposed to be soft and weak to make some men feel stronger. If my strength makes my man feel weak... well he best get into the gym and lift heavy too! (it doesn't of course)!

<- I lift with weights that are as heavy as possible with good form. I can deadlift my body weight.

I lift heavy as well,I can almost squat my bodyweight! (I weight 125 lbs).

Since I started lifting,I have gone down 2 jeans sizes!

Gasp! I've gotten smaller! Not bulky by any means!

Ladies...lift heavy,you'll be amazed at the changes you'll see in your body!

Not to mention,the rush you feel!

Go heavy or go home!

Lifting heavy made me 2 inches smaller in the waist in one month.
This back can Squat 180 and DL 145.
Best thing I ever did was listen to my sexy Girls who lift on MFP.

Imo, a woman with large and muscular arms who has little or no boobage to balance them, looks bulky. I'm trying to avoid that, but it's hard to get a good idea of what lifting will look like on someone with no implants.

I think it's ugly when a woman has a man chest or even looks like a man. If a woman lifts like a man, she will eventually get a body like a man. Breast is fat and fat can shrink in that area, leaving women with men breasts and that's why so many bodybuilder women get breast implant.

"woman has a man chest"... you mean, small tits?

My large A cups have remained intact since I started heavy lifting nearly 3 months ago. My 1RM deadlift is 20 lbs heavier than my body weight (150 lbs).

My husband loves my "man chest" very much, btw. As did all the men before him who ever had the chance to see them bare.

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Not everyone loses their boobs.

I ahev been lifting for 2-3 years, am only 118 pounds and have a 25 inch waist. Still have my boobs

Imo, a woman with large and muscular arms who has little or no boobage to balance them, looks bulky. I'm trying to avoid that, but it's hard to get a good idea of what lifting will look like on someone with no implants.

I think it's ugly when a woman has a man chest or even looks like a man. If a woman lifts like a man, she will eventually get a body like a man. Breast is fat and fat can shrink in that area, leaving women with men breasts and that's why so many bodybuilder women get breast implant.

"woman has a man chest"... you mean, small tits?

My large A cups have remained intact since I started heavy lifting nearly 3 months ago. My 1RM deadlift is 20 lbs heavier than my body weight (150 lbs).

My husband loves my "man chest" very much, btw. As did all the men before him who ever had the chance to see them bare.

If I wanted to say small breasts, I would have said small breasts. I have said man chest.

What does a woman with a man chest look like? I can honestly say I am clueless here and am sure I have never seen this :embarassed: