Will Lifting Heavy Make Women Look Bulky?

There's a lot of women out there afraid to pick up a barbell because it might make them look bulky or masculine... but is that actually true? Brooke and Christian give us the scoop.

[chap]

If were that easy, all guys who ever picked up a weight would look but they

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The truth has been spoken, thanks mister fubar!

[johnstonefield]

Great video, you nailed it right out the gate with "body composition is more of a combination of hormones and what you are eating and less of a function of how you are lifting"! I love how down to earth your channel is, giving the "answer" then explaining things in depth.


Here's my ranting answer to the question:
Short answer: No.
Long answer: Not without steroids.
Longer Answer: Typically women lack the hormonal support to build very large amounts of muscle, if you aren't getting outside help with this you can lift all you want and you will just never look like a pro bodybuilder woman. Even looking at professional women powerlifters, which we are probably in a golden age of right now by the way, you can see this. They just can't naturally get that big, most of the "bulky" look comes from the amount of body fat they put on to build as much muscle as possible and to give them better leverages for lifts. If you look at the lower body weight competitors you can see this even more clearly, their lower weight class prevents them from putting on additional weight to help their lifts, they show you can get extremely strong as a female without being "bulky". In addition to this no one casually training will approach these professionals in terms of muscle mass or strength anyway.


This question is similar to men thinking that lifting heavy will make them wake up looking like Mr. Olympia one day or that running a few miles will give them the body composition of a professional marathoner, it drives me crazy.

[seefplo]

Why using bulky women to prove weight wont make you bulky when she is bulky herself?

[sidhayes]

Nice but, "builds lean muscle." What's that? Apparantly, there is non lean muscle, or less lean muscle.