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Can Women Build Big Muscles? Why Women Can't Build Big Muscles Easily. |
by:
Chris Chew |
Why Is It Difficult For Women To Build Big Muscles
"I do not want to workout lifting weights because I do not want to build big muscles " or "I just do aerobics and sit ups to lose weight because if I lift weights, I may build muscle and looked likeman."
Ladies. Have you made these comments before? Awww... c'mon ladies, if you have ever uttered these words, you have just doneterrible disservice to yourself and are missing out on many great benefits that working out with weights can give you. Have you ever pointed to your belly or butt and sweetly proclaimed, "I want lose weight here." So managed to convince yourself that sweating profusely isanswer toslim and beautiful body and you hitgym day in and day out just to sweat off your tummy or butt fats!
So you peddle away on your stationary bike ingym just like little hamsters or frantically stepping away onstep up machine and then you woefully do crunches after crunches inhope of havingflat belly andwell rounded shapely butt not realising that there is no such thing as spot reduction.
You never even bother takelook atweight lifting machines orfree weights lying everywhere ingym not to say even touching those weights. Gosh.this terrible myth of building big muscles on women is creating so much fear in women causing them never to train with weights at their detriment.
Ladies! If you are listening, I want to say this loud and clear. There is no way women will build big huge muscles unless you are on special supplementation and specially designed training system. Some of those muscle bound ladies you have seen may even be taking steroids which are banned and obviously harmful. never never touch steroids to build msucles.
So the, why is it difficult for women to nuild big muscles? Well, it is simply because you do not have enough of tetosterone,male hormone that encourages your muscles to grow. In fact, women have ten to thirty times less of bodybuilding hormones, tetosterone than their male counterparts. Women who acceptmyth that they will build big muscles if they workout with weights will miss out on all ofbenefits that weightlifting and bodybuilding can offer. This myth is so ingrained in women's psyche that even after explainingfacts to my women clients, they are still afraid to lift weights. So will women who lift weights in their workouts build more muscle tissue? Yes, of course, but it will not be those big huge muscles like those of bodybuilders. Your muscles will just tone your body shape resulting intight, firm, healthy, attractive and desirable body. The body shape that is ever so sexy and healthy. Yes, you may have noticedincrease in weight when you step onscale. This is because muscles weigh more than fat. Thus, as you increase your muscle tissue, your weight will increase but your fats will be reduced giving youwell toned sexy body which most women can only dream of.
Muscle burn calories naturally even when you are sleeping. In fact, research has shown that for each kilo of muscle you build, you will burn sevenzero-onezerozero more calories per day. So, if you gain two kilos of muscle and lose two kilos of fat, you will burn about sevenfive more calories per kilo, which equates to burning onefivezero additional calories per day, which translates into fourtwozerozero additional calories per month and ultimately results infat or weight loss of seven-eight kilosyear without doing anything! One kilo is two.two pounds. Doesn't that sound great?
Another reason that women should do weightlifting isbenefit it can have on your bones. Weight training ispowerful preventive action against osteoporosis,disease caused by porous bone and low bone density. Women hasmuch higher risk than men to suffer from osteoporosis. In fact, most women will suffer from this disease as they age. Those plagued with osteoporosis haveincreased susceptibility to fractures. These fractures can even be fatal. So, women should exercise with weight to strengthen and increase bone density. Research has shown that six months of weightlifting may increase bone mineral density by as much as onefive percent. As you increase your muscle tissue, your bones must adapt to accommodate this increase in your muscle mass . So your bones respond by increasing in density. The result? You will ownstronger skeletal structure andreduced risk for osteoporosis.
So, do not completely swear off weightlifting fearing that training with weights will build big muscles and turn you intoIncredible Hulk! You will not and you can't. Period.
OK girls,weights are over there. Let's lift them now! Havelast laugh when your girl friends tell you that they do not want to lift weights and yet watching you transform your body that will make heads turn when you are in your bikini.
Aboutauthor:
Chris Chew isfitness personal trainer based in Singapore. He count actors, models, pageant winners and other celebrities amongst his clients. He isauthor of "Burn Fat Build Muscles Fast" ebook at http://www.sgfitnessonline.comHis runsfitness school at http://www.sgfitnessonline.comand has appeared inmedia and TV on numerous occassions.
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