Many women are afraid to work out with weights. They are afraid that they will develop the huge muscles they see in woman body builders, but their fears are unfounded. The media gives the wrong impression when they feature women body builders. These women are shown when they are at their peak contest development or when they are lifting weights. Their skin is thin and body fat is at its lowest point in order to show off the muscles’ details. The women are never shown in a relaxed stance, but instead are shown tight and pumped from exercise.
Also, women body builders only look like body builders once or maybe twice a year after competition training. It is a misconception that the average woman who works out with weights will be too muscular and lose her feminine curves. This misconception may deter a woman from weight training. One may eliminate resistance training from the workout routine, but resistance training can produce the kind of lean and tight look with curves that women crave.
Some men and women think of weight training as unfeminine or unladylike, especially if a woman is power lifting or body building. Society has its own ideas of what is masculine and what is feminine behaviour. These are only opinions that not everyone agrees with. However, it is a fact that a woman must work really hard to become muscular using weights. She must use weights to become a power builder if she wants large muscles. It does not happen when weights are used just to tone the muscle.
It is harder for women to become muscular using weights because women are less genetically predisposed to building muscle than men. A female body builder may have 5 kg more lean muscle mass than the average woman, but her male counterpart can outweigh the average man by 50 kg in lean muscle mass.
A male body builder cannot hide the fact that he is a body builder, even when fully clothed. However, a female body builder looks like the average female when she is dressed. Women do not have the hormonal makeup to develop large muscles, so the muscles developed during weight training are much less pronounced than those of men.
Weight training will help women reshape their bodies without adding muscle bulk. Weight training helps a woman with shaping, toning and building muscle mass without producing bulk.
It is very possible for a woman to reshape and define her body without adding bulk to the muscles.
If a woman wants large muscles, it is almost impossible to get them without years of working for them. Even then, it is very difficult for women to build large muscles, but if a woman wants sleek lean arms, rock-hard abs, a tight back and buttocks, and long lean legs, she will find that weight training can deliver all of these things and more. Don’t be afraid of weight training, ladies. It can get you where you want to go.
