You are FAT. yes YOU. FAT!

Ok now that i have gotten your attention, this entry is for the female of the species.

This is the most common mistake I see with women. They are under the notion that if they even touch a heavy weight they will sprout gigantic muscles out of nowhere. This is a very incorrect belief. Women simply do not have the testosterone levels in their body to grow such muscles without a great deal of hard work and a near perfect diet.

Yes, it is possible for some women to develop muscles quickly to an extent if they are prone to building muscles easily, but this doesn't happen overnight and if you did see you were developing muscles quicker than you would like you could easily adjust your training before it got out of control.

More important is the fact that most women aren't even lifting enough weight to challenge themselves and thus stimulate an overload and increase their strength. A lot of this though is condoned in popular fitness magazines for women.

They often show pictures of women going through their workouts lifting 5 pound dumbbells. Most women, who have been working out hard enough, can more than likely handle more than this, probably significantly more. A good example is this lady I have been training recently. When she first started with me she was lifting quite light weights, as she was new to weightlifting.

As we worked though, I gradually increased the weights and now she is lifting more weight than even a few of the guys in the gym! My point is, even though she's now shoulder pressing 40 pounds, you can tell she has gotten much stronger but still has not developed massive muscles to any stretch of the imagination.

If anything, she has gotten leaner and more defined and is looking much better than when we started. So, if you're a char boh and are either starting or working on a strength training routine, don't be afraid to include a couple of heavier days in your lifting where you really push yourself and try and lift as much as possible.

You aren't going to get big and bulky because of it and will mostly likely actually get leaner and possibly smaller (muscle is more dense than fat tissue) since the increased muscle mass will help to increase your metabolism.


Bush Frog, Out.