Any ladies afraid of bulking up too much?

Damn it!! I use gloves so I don't get Callouses. I want to lift like a man, not have man hands.....:sad:

I've never bought gloves. My wife buys them for me. She says the callouses make back massages less enjoyable. I've almost shredded this pair now. Several of the fingers are torn off. I'm sure I'll mysteriously get another pair for my birthday.

Well I'd like to keep my nice soft girly hands so am going to stick with them and persevere with making my grip stronger :happy:
P.S Callouses on a man are hot, I like my men to feel like a man, not a boy. Just my opinion

I'd be a little nervous if I jumped into bed with a woman that had major callouses on her hand. *ouch!*

This thread is SO full of win .

Do you use chalk?

Na. I do wear gloves but eventually my fingers get tired. Maybe chalk would be better. I'm waiting for the day I do it to total fatigue and it slips. I'll probably get a lot of dirty look for that. :laugh:

Oh, take off dem gloves. Gloves make your grip worse, not better. Callouses are your friend! I'm pulling a fair amount of wait off the deck for DL's and Rack Pulls and I have yet to need chalk or straps. Ditch the gloves and do some heavy (6-8 reps) of hammer curls.

Damn it!! I use gloves so I don't get Callouses. I want to lift like a man, not have man hands.....:sad:

Change your grip. Instead of holding the bar in the crotch of your thumb...hold it in the hook of your fingers. The calouses form because the weight is pulling your skin down, forming a ridge.

Look here:

http://youtu.be/bTqNSgCmM2s

By the way, anytime you see the name 'Mark Rippetoe' in regards to lifting anything, even if its your toddler...shut up and listen.

And don't forget to take notes lol.

By the way, on the deadlift topic, I'm finding my grip is limiting me as well (though not as much as I thought). I don't like the idea of straps, but if I wasn't so concerned with my grip I'm betting I could get 300lbs up for 4 reps. As it is, I'm looking at being stuck repeating 275lbs over and over and over until my grip improves :l.

I haven't tried chalk though...maybe that will help. Any specific place you guys buy it at?

Damn it!! I use gloves so I don't get Callouses. I want to lift like a man, not have man hands.....:sad:

I've never bought gloves. My wife buys them for me. She says the callouses make back massages less enjoyable. I've almost shredded this pair now. Several of the fingers are torn off. I'm sure I'll mysteriously get another pair for my birthday.

Well I'd like to keep my nice soft girly hands so am going to stick with them and persevere with making my grip stronger :happy:
P.S Callouses on a man are hot, I like my men to feel like a man, not a boy. Just my opinion

I'd be a little nervous if I jumped into bed with a woman that had major callouses on her hand. *ouch!*

Exactly!!!!

Hey all...I'm getting ready to start lifting heavy soon. I'm still in weight loss mode for now, but I'm building up to heavier weights and studying form and such. I know you have to eat at a surplus to build muscle...My question is for those gals lifting heavy but still needing to lose weight, how much do you eat? And, (yes I'm completely ignorant on this subject, just trying to learn here) do you eat at a surplus every day? Or just the days you lift? Thanks for the help!

In regards to my eating I focus on one at a time. Either muscle building (a surplus) or fat loss, and maintaining my muscle (a small deficit)
When I was bulking, to gain muscle I would eat 2800 net, which made me gain 16lbs in 6 months, around 6 of which was lean mass. Now that I am cutting to lose the fat I also gained alongside muscle, I am eating 2300 a day regardless, so around 1600-2300 net depending on my exercise that day. It averages at around 2000 net a day. I am losing slowly.

ETA: I've always lifted heavy. Even when I'm not focused on building muscle, I still was lifting. It has many benefits, including maintaining muscle while you lose, plus you can still gain lots of strength even in a deficit.

A good generic deficit while lifting is 10-20% below TDEE. If you do it that way, don't eat back exercise calories.

YES! Wise words!

Now let the new debate on eating back exercise calories begin!!!

I called it! :drinker:

Hey all...I'm getting ready to start lifting heavy soon. I'm still in weight loss mode for now, but I'm building up to heavier weights and studying form and such. I know you have to eat at a surplus to build muscle...My question is for those gals lifting heavy but still needing to lose weight, how much do you eat? And, (yes I'm completely ignorant on this subject, just trying to learn here) do you eat at a surplus every day? Or just the days you lift? Thanks for the help!

Messed up earlier so I won't put the quote in this time. I was just going to say I have lost 18 and have 7 more to go but I have stayed where I am for a while so I've decided to try cutting the calories back a little and drink more water. I lift heavy when I strength train 2 to 3 times a week. My clothes fit great and this might be my stopping point but I'm gonna try to lose a little more body fat, hopefully.

A good generic deficit while lifting is 10-20% below TDEE. If you do it that way, don't eat back exercise calories.

YES! Wise words!

Now let the new debate on eating back exercise calories begin!!!

I called it! :drinker:

LOL!!

Seriously though...if you use MFP, eat the bastages back, or most of them anyhow. This system was designed for it.

That's part of why I don't use this system though. Too complicated, too difficult to plan my menu...just too big a pain in the *kitten* overall. TDEE minus a given deficit on rest days, and maintenance or just over on workout days is the actual method I use.

http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/

That's a good place to start. If you don't want to calorie/macro cycle, just set the deficit on both workout and rest days the same, and set the macros the same.

Just think that the horse has been beaten plenty of times.

If the horse would have been doing Romanian dead lifts he would have survived. Just saying.

Hoofs for hands.....make it very difficult to hold the bar, with or without chalk....
No wonder the horse died