Anonymous wrote:Pushups - regular and tricep. Way more effective for me than lifting smaller weights ever was. Even doing them on knees and building up to fully extended legs.

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Anonymous wrote:This doesn't apply at the extreme end but I've found that most men who lift heavy end up strong but fat and most women look great.

Because the guys are willing to be fat in order to lift more. It's not about the lifting routine. I'm a weightlifter but I'm not willing to put on weight to get stronger, so I'm not a great weightlifter.

I am glad you found yourself an excuse. Look up Sumi Singh.

This guy succinctly and correctly answered PPs question.

Why so hostile? Any why do you imagine that a (not very strong looking) fitness influencer is relevant to a conversation about strength training?

OMG - I just looked that this lady's lifting videos. She's demonstrating bench with 15lb dumbells, and that's PP's idea of strong. LOL. Meanwhile a lady I know just hit two plates on bench (225 pounds), and the women's raw record is like 457.

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Anonymous wrote:This doesn't apply at the extreme end but I've found that most men who lift heavy end up strong but fat and most women look great.

Because the guys are willing to be fat in order to lift more. It's not about the lifting routine. I'm a weightlifter but I'm not willing to put on weight to get stronger, so I'm not a great weightlifter.

I am glad you found yourself an excuse. Look up Sumi Singh.

This guy succinctly and correctly answered PPs question.

Why so hostile? Any why do you imagine that a (not very strong looking) fitness influencer is relevant to a conversation about strength training?

I run a lot, but my upper body was not toned at all. I bought a cross trainer and started using it for 30 minutes every other day, and it has toned my arms and shoulders a LOT. I do need to set the resistance high enough and make sure I am using my arms to pull, not just letting momentum move them. But I was really surprised at how quickly my arms got toned this way because I had so many friends say the cross trainer machine would do nothing.

I'm 41.

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Anonymous wrote:You need to lift heavy (in combo with eating right). Contrary to what some people think, lifting heavy will not make you bulk.

What is lifting heavy? I use 6 lbs and 8 lbs presently.

I think it means that doing like, three sets of reps leaves you at the point of failure. I could do three sets of 10 bicep curls with 8 pounds VERY easily, and while I workout I'm not like some crossfit gym rat or anything. Doing 3 sets of 10 bicep curls with 25 pounds and I'd probably be close to muscle failure, if I could even finish that at all. And I think in the end it means like, doing pull ups until you fail (bicep curls with your whole body).

So pick a weight where you think it would be legitimately challenging to finish 3 sets of 10 reps with.

This. Most women can lift more than they think, but aren't familiar with what that muscle failure feels like if they've never done formal weight training. I am also a huge fan of the Tabata type workouts where you do a weight lifting move alternating with a cardio type move. I personally get better results when my heart rate is elevated while I lift. Another way this works for me is doing some hard cardio before lifting (such as starting on the treadmill at OTF before moving to the floor for strength). It makes my heart rate go up more once I get to the weights parts of my workout. If I just lift without doing cardio either beforehand or mixed in, I get stronger but I don't get leaner. If I do Tabata I can't lift as heavy as I do when I do cardio followed by weights, but it still gives me good results.

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Anonymous wrote:This doesn't apply at the extreme end but I've found that most men who lift heavy end up strong but fat and most women look great.

Because the guys are willing to be fat in order to lift more. It's not about the lifting routine. I'm a weightlifter but I'm not willing to put on weight to get stronger, so I'm not a great weightlifter.

I am glad you found yourself an excuse. Look up Sumi Singh.

I personally would prefer that excuse to the being able to lift a little more as an excuse to be FAT.

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Anonymous wrote:This doesn't apply at the extreme end but I've found that most men who lift heavy end up strong but fat and most women look great.

Because the guys are willing to be fat in order to lift more. It's not about the lifting routine. I'm a weightlifter but I'm not willing to put on weight to get stronger, so I'm not a great weightlifter.

I am glad you found yourself an excuse. Look up Sumi Singh.

What a bizarre and hostile comment. She's very strong and that is not a look I want at all, but I'm sure she does so good for her.

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Anonymous wrote:This doesn't apply at the extreme end but I've found that most men who lift heavy end up strong but fat and most women look great.

Because the guys are willing to be fat in order to lift more. It's not about the lifting routine. I'm a weightlifter but I'm not willing to put on weight to get stronger, so I'm not a great weightlifter.

I am glad you found yourself an excuse. Look up Sumi Singh.