Female lifters, building muscle in the first week?

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  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    this is one of my favorite upper body lifting type exercises:

    step 1: take scale out back
    step 2: grab a heavy sledge hammer
    step 3: swing sledger hammer repeatedly at scale

    or you can put a sledgehammer in both hands and alternate chopping... great core workout!

    Yes, that qualifies it as a compound exercise

    you can also celebrate the smashing of the scale by raising it above your head and repeatedly lift it up and down while jumping . . . I hear this is a complex move.
  • Mishka84
    Mishka84 Posts: 17
    Read this...It will help explain HTH... :)

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/595473-why-the-scale-goes-up-with-a-new-workout-program-must-read


    Thank you for this, wish I'd have read it sooner. :blushing:
    Will definitely push through it and the scales are going in the cupboard.

    Thanks for all your replies! :happy:
  • DixiedoesMFP
    DixiedoesMFP Posts: 935 Member
    I've been lifting for about 3 months, in a slight caloric deficit. I've only lost maybe five pounds. I've gone down three pants sizes. Today, the 3rd person in 4 days commented on how much weight I've lost and how small I'm getting. In reality, only five pounds or so.

    Stick with it. Put the scale in the closet.

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