Should Women Lift Heavy Weights?

[Yama]

I don't care what girls do

 

[Lia_kat]

Yes. Yes. I'm all for it.

The health benefits are wonderful. I lift weights every week and it feels amazing. It's also the only routine that has helped me gain a few pounds (I'm naturally thin and rarely gain weight). And women don't really have to worry about getting "bulky"; we don't make enough testosterone for that. Strong is sexy

 

[SpankyMcFly]

Yes. Yes. I'm all for it.

The health benefits are wonderful. I lift weights every week and it feels amazing. It's also the only routine that has helped me gain a few pounds (I'm naturally thin and rarely gain weight). And women don't really have to worry about getting "bulky"; we don't make enough testosterone for that. Strong is sexy

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@OP. Weird question. Seems like a bait question to sniff out those people who think women should only be dainty or something. People can do whatever the hell they want imo, within reason.

 

[SpankyMcFly]

Are you eating often? Biggest rule with weight lifting is, if you lift heavy, you gotta eat more calories.

Hi, not just calories but protein calories. Otherwise your body canabalizes protein from other muscles to repair the muscles worked out.

 

[Galaxy Gazer]

I don't understand. "Should" we? Is this like a "do you find this attractive" kind of question? I don't get it.

I don't lift heavy weights, but I might start now, just knowing there's probably at least one asshole who thinks I shouldn't.

 

[Jeremy8419]

No, because I dislike 5 pages worth of self-validation and everyone nodding going "yup yup, you sho' right girlfrand."

Seriously, though. I don't find it attractive, personally.

 

[Forever]

I don't care what girls do

Girls just want to have fun.

 

[Poki]

Heavy means you shoot for weight in the 5-7 rep range as opposed to 8-12 or 15-20. No matter what your gender lift for what you want. Heavy is relative to the person when it comes to weights. Heavh for me is light for someone else and vice versa.

I see no reason not to. I personally dont like the look of muscuar women. I know strong women who dont even look muscular. One was my old trainer. Tiny, tiny woman that was strong as hell. She just looked skinny.

 

[Norrsken]

@OP. Weird question. Seems like a bait question to sniff out those people who think women should only be dainty or something.

It ain't that deep.

 

[Galaxy Gazer]

Heavy means you shoot for weight in the 5-7 rep range as opposed to 8-12 or 15-20. No matter what your gender lift for what you want. Heavy is relative to the person when it comes to weights. Heavh for me is light for someone else and vice versa.

I see no reason not to. I personally dont like the look of muscuar women. I know strong women who dont even look muscular. One was my old trainer. Tiny, tiny woman that was strong as hell. She just looked skinny.

Lol, now I'm a little torn. I don't lift right now because I'm going for a soft, feminine look; however, that will probably change in a couple of weeks. Such is the unspoken curse of Ne.

 

[Jeremy8419]

Heavy means you shoot for weight in the 5-7 rep range as opposed to 8-12 or 15-20. No matter what your gender lift for what you want. Heavy is relative to the person when it comes to weights. Heavh for me is light for someone else and vice versa.

I see no reason not to. I personally dont like the look of muscuar women. I know strong women who dont even look muscular. One was my old trainer. Tiny, tiny woman that was strong as hell. She just looked skinny.

Shush! No talking about common sense in here! This thread is about the triumphant victory of the feminine rights to masculine things! Not some weird roundabout way of getting attention from males who know how to have big muscles! Wait. Anywaysssss.... WOOOOOO! GO GIRL POWER!!!! /waves flag

She probably knows how to use her muscles better than most. Read somewhere recently about how training teaches you how to be more efficient with your muscles so your muscle mass can lift higher weight-to-muscle weight ratio or something.

 

[Kasia93]

You can do some heavy weight training without looking like a body builder, if you don't over do it. It's going to come down to personal preference and what you want to achieve. I'm very much into fitness, but I understand not wanting to look like a female version of the Hulk either.

 

[SpankyMcFly]

It ain't that deep.

Ne made me do it . Ne inferior that is, obviously.

 

[Norrsken]

Ne made me do it . Ne inferior that is, obviously.

Yeah, its cool, lol, I just like talking about random stuff with people sometimes. My Fe goes into overdrive sometimes and I just wanna connect with perfect strangers about trivial matters.

 

[Hawthorne]

not nearly enough testosterone in their bodies to hulk out like many fear.

and there is a noted link between physical strength and self-confidence. self-confidence and self-assertiveness.