Common female fears
Above pictured is Iris, she looks amazing!
"Im not sure if I want to weight train because I don't want to get to BIG". I have heard this many times in the past and I think I can recall saying this to my Father years ago when he asked me to start training.
You see it is just not possible for a female to achieve that kind of size "naturally". One of the reasons for this is our lack of testosterone the male hormone that helps your muscles to grow.
My Father has been a bodybuilder for as long as I can remember, over 30 years now. He is in his late 60's and still picks up weights, he lives and breaths bodybuilding and looks great for it. He is stronger than most of the guys half his age at the gym and he looks young.
I was introduced to weight training by him about 10 years ago. I have been on and off since then, I never really got that serious until the last 4 years.
He has taught me excellent form and technique over the years and has educated me into many aspects of weight training and nutrition. Three years ago I went with him to the INBA in Canberra and have since been to see it every year. I loved it and wanted so badly get on stage the following year.
We used to train together and he knew how to push me to my limits, I made excellent progress to the point of him having me squat 100kgs. That was a year ago. I live on the Gold Coast now and miss him terribly, specially now since I know I can commit to a comp. But I have JD and he is the only trainer I have found that follows the same concepts and principles that my father does.
So my point here is, I have been training along time, 4-5 days a week without fail for the last 3-4 years. I don't look like Iris, no where near it. Only now I have started to see big gains due to my change in diet, my massive increase in protein and my cut back on cardio, and not to mention my increase in weight training.
So those of you who have a fear of looking to "blocky" or worried about loosing your femininity, forget it. My Dad would say "nah, it wont happen". It can take a long time to develop any muscles, it depends on so many factors.
Always remember that weight training has a listless amount of benefits and I highly recommend it to anyone over the age of 17 years of age.
So ladies don't be afraid to pick up those big weights because you won't wake up the next morning with bulging muscles and looking like a man! lol
Here, here to Splice.
I used to be afraid to pick up big weights thinking that I would get big but the more I read and the more people I talked to taught me that I am not a male and I am not made up the same so loosing my feminity was not going to happen, I am still trying to train my husband into thinking this way as well.
Posted by
Tracey |
12:56 PM
LOL Babs, each to their own ;-)
Posted by
Splice |
1:03 PM
I agree - she looks amazing. Sure, I wouldn't want to look like that, but i can appreciate the hard work and dedication it would have taken to get in that condition - congratulations to her :)
She is pretty big though - is that all natural???
Posted by
Sekhmet |
2:30 PM
It just proves that focus and consistancy are the key to us girl getting toned well developed mescels:)
She is amazing!!!
And so are you thanks for this insightfull post helped clear a few things up for me:)
Em:)
Posted by
Em |
4:36 PM
B, I really don't think she is natural lol.
Em, I thought about the comments you made on your blog and knew it would benefit you.
Im sure Lia and Rae being natural competitors would agree how much hard work goes into building muscles.
Posted by
Splice |
4:45 PM
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