In our continuing series on weightlifting for women, let’s today talk about
Fears Women Have About Lifting Free-Weights
This is Part 4 of 4 in the series.
Fears women have of getting bulky from lifting weights are unfounded
Click here for part 1, part 2, or part 3.
“I Don’t Want To Get Bulky!”
Way too many women are worried about “getting bulky”.
Holy Cow, you’d think that merely looking at free-weights would turn a woman into a she-man! The biggest myth aside from the “muscle tone” myth is that women will get bulky from lifting weights.
Let me say this to those of you women thinking this: unless you are a genetic oddity, meaning like 1 in 1000 or rarer, you are not going to get bulky from lifting free weights.
Last time we talked about ideal workouts for women. Will they make women bulky?
Many men – who have far more natural growth (anabolic) hormones like testosterone – do everything they can to TRY to get bulky, and they can’t even do it! Do you really think that with your higher levels of catabolic hormones and lower levels of anabolic hormones you are going to become muscle-bound? No way.
And what is “bulky” anyway? I guess some women
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