While this woman is beautiful in her own way, I certainly
don’t strive to have her physique.
Also, orange isn’t really my color. I think it should be reserved for Oompa Loompas and
Halloween.
Seriously, do you know how difficult it is for women to put
on body mass? I didn’t think
so. Hormones are the key. Why do men get big and muscular as a
result of heavy weight training?
Testosterone. Women produce
a fraction of the testosterone that men produce. In fact, men have 20 times or more the amount of
testosterone in their bodies that women have (1). According to JC Deen of JCD Fitness, “Since testosterone is the main determinant of the ability
to grow in size and strength, it only makes sense that someone with much lower
levels (women) will never achieve the same size as someone with much more of it
(men) (2).” Women who do
look like men have taken some drastic steps in that direction that have little
to do with lifting heavy weights (3).
Ladies, what does this mean for you? Unless you are injecting synthetic
testosterone on a regular basis or you have naturally high testosterone levels,
you are NEVER going to get big and bulky as a result of heavy weight
training. Just an FYI, the number
of women who have naturally high testosterone levels are few and far
between. In fact, I know women
who’s testosterone levels are so low that their doctor’s have prescribed them
testosterone to make their bodies function normally.
Here’s another piece to the
puzzle. Since testosterone is the
main determinant of the ability to grow in size and strength, why aren’t all
men big and muscley? Um…
because it is HARD to get big and muscley, even as a man with loads of
testosterone. Not only is it hard,
but it takes time i.e. years and years.
It also takes a perfectly clean diet full of dense protein, great
genetics, more than eight hours of sleep a night in a completely dark room, and
a repetition scheme of 8-12 for 10 sets with a maximum rest period of one
minute between sets. Sounds like a
fun Saturday night to me! You have
to be willing to work past the point of discomfort (physical and mental) to
achieve a super muscular build, and most people are unwilling to get off the
couch.
Let me ask you this, what in the world is wrong with women
looking muscular? I again
attribute this to society. Not all
women want to look like skinny Hollywood actresses. I certainly don’t.
I like muscle definition, strive for it, and want to look like these
women.
I am hoping to look half as fit as these ladies at the end
of my journey. If you think they
are big and bulky, then I guess I’ll be big, bulky, and so proud of it!
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