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Tatyana
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Ok so it is actually five pounds of ugly fat, but it does seem that pictures get a point across moreso than words.
The number of times I have heard women say they don't want to lift weights as 'they don't want to bulk up'.
Muscle is not bulky.
Muscle also will burn calories, whereas fat will just basically make more fat, whenever it can.
If you get the % bodyfat ratio in a lean zone for women, probably around 16-20%, when you eat, the insulin response, which basically stores fat in the form of triglyceride, protein in the form of amino acids, and carbohydrates in the form of glycogen, will direct more of these nutrients to muscle, not fat.
If you are in the situation where you find you want to lose some weight, consider what sort of weight you want to lose.
Just dieting will more than likely end up with a smaller, but still as fat you.
A 150 lb woman with 20 % body fat is not going to look the same as a 150 lb woman with 30 % bodyfat. So stop focusing on the number on the scale.
Women have less muscle than men to begin with, and that is because we are constructed differently, and we have a different sex hormone profile.
Unless a woman takes male hormones, steroids, she will never look 'like a man' when she trains with weights.
Most of the pictures that women see of female bodybuilders are when they are in competition condition, which means their bodyfat is at the minimal amount they can achieve (usually under 10%), and they are dehydrated.
All the prep that they do for a competition usually only lasts for about three days.
You will also lose muscle with age, unless of course you train with weights.
It is basically use it or lose it.
Below is a CT scan of two thighs, one is a younger woman that trains, the other is an older woman that doesn't train.
The center white circle is the femur/thigh bone.
The red is muscle.
The yellow is fat.
Check out the difference.
There is also no such thing as just 'toning' the muscle. You either build it up and have it, or you don't. There isn't anything else there besides some connective tissue, ligaments, fat, muscle and skin.
You choose which one you would rather have.
The number of times I have heard women say they don't want to lift weights as 'they don't want to bulk up'.
Muscle is not bulky.
Muscle also will burn calories, whereas fat will just basically make more fat, whenever it can.
If you get the % bodyfat ratio in a lean zone for women, probably around 16-20%, when you eat, the insulin response, which basically stores fat in the form of triglyceride, protein in the form of amino acids, and carbohydrates in the form of glycogen, will direct more of these nutrients to muscle, not fat.
If you are in the situation where you find you want to lose some weight, consider what sort of weight you want to lose.
Just dieting will more than likely end up with a smaller, but still as fat you.
A 150 lb woman with 20 % body fat is not going to look the same as a 150 lb woman with 30 % bodyfat. So stop focusing on the number on the scale.
Women have less muscle than men to begin with, and that is because we are constructed differently, and we have a different sex hormone profile.
Unless a woman takes male hormones, steroids, she will never look 'like a man' when she trains with weights.
Most of the pictures that women see of female bodybuilders are when they are in competition condition, which means their bodyfat is at the minimal amount they can achieve (usually under 10%), and they are dehydrated.
All the prep that they do for a competition usually only lasts for about three days.
You will also lose muscle with age, unless of course you train with weights.
It is basically use it or lose it.
Below is a CT scan of two thighs, one is a younger woman that trains, the other is an older woman that doesn't train.
The center white circle is the femur/thigh bone.
The red is muscle.
The yellow is fat.
Check out the difference.
There is also no such thing as just 'toning' the muscle. You either build it up and have it, or you don't. There isn't anything else there besides some connective tissue, ligaments, fat, muscle and skin.
You choose which one you would rather have.
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