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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much weight are you all lifting? When I was regularly working out with weights (upper body 2/wk, lower body 2/wk 5-15lbs.) I dropped a size. I lost fat and gained muscle tone.[/quote]
 The other PPs must be eating a ton of protein and not doing any cardio, because, like you, weight lifting has made me go down a size.

But that said, I eat a lot of carbs and don't buy into the Atkins stuff.  I lift about 15 to 20 for light weight stuff (arms and shoulders) and up to 80 for squats and dead lifts.  I don't use machines, only free weights.  And I mix in compound movements.

I also run usually daily.[/quote]
Maybe, but my guess is we have different body types. We respond differently to weight lifting than many (most) women. It is what it is, and it’s also complete BS that women can’t get bigger from lifting.[/quote]

Of course women can get bigger from lifting if their diet supports it. I'm the first pp and my diet also contains a lot of carbs. I don't do Atkins type eating, either, but I do eat healthy fats. I do interval walk/runs 5 days a week.

The idea that women can bulk up like men (without taking extreme measures) is absurd and keeps many typical women from including weights in their routine. It wasn't until I added weights that my body changed. I have defined muscles, but I am not bulky. I would have to eat heavy protein and more calories and work out with way heavier weights for hours daily to put any size on. [/quote]

And this PP is spot on. [/quote]

Maybe, but it's irrelevant to this thread.  No one mention bulking up like men, and the OP specifically asked about the experiences of other naturally muscular women.  If you're not one, you don't understand.[/quote]

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