lots of posts about lifting weights won't bulk up a woman

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Anonymous wrote:Your question is confusing. Only you know what amount of weight you can handle on anybguevne exercise. You won’t get bulky. It’s HARD to build muscle. People who think they are bulky need to lose fat. That is what creates that puffy/bulky appearance. Muscle is dense and compact, you look SMALLER with more muscle.

Have you not heard of hypertrophy? Not everyone gets smaller with more muscle; those of us with “bulk” don’t necessarily need to lose fat. People comment on my shoulders often, and that’s not where I store my body fat.

Point being: bodies are different. They respond differently to various stimuli and, yes, there are women who pretty easily put on (visible, larger) muscle.

NP. You have to program exercises and eat in surplus for hypertrophy. If you’re one of the incredibly rare women to whom this doesn’t apply, hire a professional coach.

So? It’s still possible. My point was that not women who lift get smaller with lifting. I sure don’t, and it’s not because I’m fat.

BEING fat is not the same thing as HAVING fat stored in certain places where there is also muscle, which causes that bulky look. Everyone has fat. Not everyone IS fat. But where your body stores fat can cause the appearance of bulk, not the unlikely scenario that you have rippling Hulk muscles after doing curls with 10 lbs.

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Anonymous wrote:Your question is confusing. Only you know what amount of weight you can handle on anybguevne exercise. You won’t get bulky. It’s HARD to build muscle. People who think they are bulky need to lose fat. That is what creates that puffy/bulky appearance. Muscle is dense and compact, you look SMALLER with more muscle.

Have you not heard of hypertrophy? Not everyone gets smaller with more muscle; those of us with “bulk” don’t necessarily need to lose fat. People comment on my shoulders often, and that’s not where I store my body fat.

Point being: bodies are different. They respond differently to various stimuli and, yes, there are women who pretty easily put on (visible, larger) muscle.

NP. You have to program exercises and eat in surplus for hypertrophy. If you’re one of the incredibly rare women to whom this doesn’t apply, hire a professional coach.

So? It’s still possible. My point was that not women who lift get smaller with lifting. I sure don’t, and it’s not because I’m fat.

BEING fat is not the same thing as HAVING fat stored in certain places where there is also muscle, which causes that bulky look. Everyone has fat. Not everyone IS fat. But where your body stores fat can cause the appearance of bulk, not the unlikely scenario that you have rippling Hulk muscles after doing curls with 10 lbs.

No kidding. I know exactly where my body stores fat: hips and thighs. Not on my shoulders, but, mysteriously, I'm asked whether I'm a swimmer and/or crossfit pretty often (no, and no). Rippling Hulk muscles, no. Bigger shoulders than I "should" have from not super intensive strength training, yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Marisa India - if you look at the previous pic posted you can absolutely see the size of her thighs and arms. But here’s a more accurate pic.

She's not bulky. She's 114lbs fer chrissake.

Roided up female bodybuilders are bulky.