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It makes perfect sense that women would be concerned about getting bulky from lifting weights.
Unless it was a specific goal — as in bodybuilding for bodybuilding’s sake — most women I have talked with over the years are more concerned about losing inches and firming up. The majority of those women have also expressed concerns about using weights to achieve those goals.
“I don’t want to get bigger.”
“I don’t want big muscles.”
“I don’t want to look like ‘those’ women in bodybuilding magazines.”
All legitimate comments, but all unfounded worries.
I ran across a great article recently, “Top 10 Reasons Heavy Weights Don’t Bulk Up the Female Athlete,” by fitness experts Tim Kontos, David Adamson and Sarah Walls that I’d like to share with Southwest Voice readers. The following points are taken from the article.
1. Women do not have nearly as much...
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