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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with everyone saying you need to do the things OP's DH is doing if you want results -- lifting weights, doing high intensity workouts, and eating high protein diets with lots of veggies (and limiting or eliminating things like alcohol, highly processed foods, refined sugars).

But I will say that it truly is hard to build muscle mass as a woman. I work out MUCH more than my DH and lift heavy weights. I work out 5 days a week and four of those are strength focused workouts with heavy weights (one day a week of yoga or barre for balance). I am also more active on a day to day basis with a more physical job. My DH works a sedentary job, never lifts weights, and works out once or twice a week with relatively low-impact cardio, usually a bike ride.

We eat the exact same diet, which is pretty high protein and tons of veggies. We both like dessert, but he drinks alcohol (1-2 beers a night) and I do not.

I'd like to say I'm fitter than he is but I don't even know if it's true. Even with literally no weight training at all, his upper body is way, way stronger than mine is even lifting heavy 4x a week. I'm strong, certainly stronger than the average woman my size (5'4", 120 lb), but he's still way stronger than I am, doing nothing. He's not dong incidental exercise around the house either.

He has a little bit of a gut, not huge but bigger than he'd like (he complains about it) but that's it. He could probably stand to do some of the core work I do. But otherwise, I think he's still in better shape than I am. And he does almost nothing!

It genuinely is frustrating. I'm happy with my progress and like how my body looks but it really does show how hormones and genetics play a role. If my DH followed my workout regimen and quit alcohol, he could be in a Marvel movie. Meanwhile I look... pretty good. Above average. That's it. I'd probably have to double what I'm doing to get the same results.[/quote]

The same here. As a woman, I lift as heavy as I can tolerate five days a week, and I look fit but definitely not ripped. I wonder if women with 6-pack abs and big biceps in their 40s+ achieve that look in part because they are taking things like testosterone.  [/quote]

90% or more of instagram female fitness influencers are on some form of testosterone supplement.  In the few that actually speak you can hear it in their voices.

Most have music and captions in their feeds and don’t speak because they probably sound like Darth Vader.[/quote]

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