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Can Women Build Big Muscles? Why Women Can't Build Big Muscles
By Chris Chew, Thu Dec 8th
Why Is It Difficult For Women To Build Big Muscles "I don't want to workout lifting weights because I don't want tobuild big muscles " or "I just do aerobics and sit ups to loseweight because if I lift weights, I may build muscle and lookedlike a man." Ladies. Have you made these comments before? Awww... c'monladies, if you have ever uttered these words, you have just donea terrible disservice to yourself and are missing out on manygreat benefits that working out with weights can give you. Haveyou ever pointed to your belly or butt and sweetly proclaimed,"I want lose weight here." So managed to convince yourself thatsweating profusely is the answer to a slim and beautiful bodyand you hit the gym day in and day out just to sweat off yourtummy or butt fats!
So you peddle away on your stationary bike in the gym just likelittle hamsters or frantically stepping away on the step upmachine and then you woefully do crunches after crunches in thehope of having a flat belly and a well rounded shapely butt notrealising that there is no such thing as spot reduction. You never even bother take a look at the weight lifting machinesor the free weights lying everywhere in the gym not to say eventouching those weights. Gosh.this terrible myth of building bigmuscles on women is creating so much fear in women causing themnever 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 areon special supplementation and specially designed trainingsystem. Some of those muscle bound ladies you have seen may evenbe taking steroids which are banned and obviously harmful. nevernever 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 oftetosterone, a male hormone that encourages your muscles togrow. In fact, women have ten to thirty times less ofbodybuilding hormones, tetosterone than their male counterparts.Women who accept the myth that they will build big muscles ifthey workout with weights will miss out on all of the benefitsthat weightlifting and bodybuilding can offer. This myth is soingrained in women's psyche that even after explaining the factsto my women clients, they are still afraid to lift weights. Sowill women who lift weights in their workouts build more muscletissue? Yes, of course, but it will not be those big hugemuscles like those of bodybuilders. Your muscles
will just toneyour body shape resulting in a tight, firm, healthy, attractiveand desirable body. The body shape that is ever so sexy andhealthy. Yes, you may have noticed an increase in weight whenyou step on a scale. This is because muscles weigh more thanfat. Thus, as you increase your muscle tissue, your weight willincrease but your fats will be reduced giving you a well tonedsexy body which most women can only dream of. Muscle burn calories naturally even when you are sleeping. Infact, research has shown that for each kilo of muscle you build,you will burn 70-100 more calories per day. So, if you gain 2kilos of muscle and lose 2 kilos of fat, you will burn about 75more calories per kilo, which equates to burning 150 additionalcalories per day, which translates into 4200 additional caloriesper month and ultimately results in a fat or weight loss of 7-8kilos a year without doing anything! One kilo is 2.2 pounds.Doesn't that sound great? Another reason that women should do weightlifting is the benefitit can have on your bones. Weight training is a powerfulpreventive action against osteoporosis, a disease caused byporous bone and low bone density. Women has a much higher riskthan men to suffer from osteoporosis. In fact, most women willsuffer from this disease as they age. Those plagued withosteoporosis have an increased susceptibility to fractures.These fractures can even be fatal. So, women should exercisewith weight to strengthen and increase bone density. Researchhas shown that six months of weightlifting may increase bonemineral density by as much as 15 percent. As you increase yourmuscle tissue, your bones must adapt to accommodate thisincrease in your muscle mass . So your bones respond byincreasing in density. The result? You will own a strongerskeletal structure and a reduced risk for osteoporosis. So, don't completely swear off weightlifting fearing thattraining with weights will build big muscles and turn you intoan Incredible Hulk! You won't and you can't. Period. OK girls, the weights are over there. Let's lift them now! Havethe last laugh when your girl friends tell you that they don'twant to lift weights and yet watching you transform your bodythat will make heads turn when you are in your bikini. About the author:Chris Chew is a fitness personal trainer based in Singapore. Hecount actors, models, pageant winners and other celebritiesamongst his clients. He is the author of "Burn Fat Build MusclesFast" ebook at http://www.sgfitnessonline.com His runs a fitnessschool at http://www.sgfitnessonline.com and has appeared in themedia and TV on numerous occassions.
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