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Why is it 'toning' in women's and 'weight training' in mens?

Anyway,

Am I really going to get stronger lifting eight and ten pound dumbells doing strength exercises? It just seems that everyone thinks women don't lift enough weight for fear they will get bulky. Well, I'm not really afraid of that, but I still don't know what to do.

Right now all I have access too are the dumbells I already own (5,8,10) and a stability ball. I do tricep extensions, bicep curls, shoulder presses, pushups, bridge poses, leg raises, and ball crunches and oblique ball crunches. 3 sets of 10 for each. That's my full body strength training. Should I be doing more, will I be ok without doing deadlifts or benchpresses? I know to move up in weight when it becomes to easy.

When I go back to school I will have free access to the gym, I'd like to use more than just the elliptical trainer, but to be honest, I really don't know how to do anything. I don't want to go in there and just 'try,' not just because I'll look stupid but because I don't want to hurt myself:rolleyes:

I've tried to find the answer in posts, but I guess what I'm looking for is too specific.

Any help will be appreciated.:)
 
I don't know if this will help but I was looking at my wife's Oxygen magazine (this months issue, September 2006) and there is a great section in there on workouts with only dumbells for all muscle groups. It would be great for a beginner such as you.
Not much help as I am still trying to wake up here, but something I was just looking at and is right here in front of me.
 
kittyhartman26 said:
Why is it 'toning' in women's and 'weight training' in mens?
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Because a lot of women still have the misconception they will get big, bulky and muscular from lifting weights. The truth: Muscle growth is the providence of testosterone and women don't have enough natural testosterone to gain big muscles.

Am I really going to get stronger lifting eight and ten pound dumbells doing strength exercises? It just seems that everyone thinks women don't lift enough weight for fear they will get bulky. Well, I'm not really afraid of that, but I still don't know what to do.
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You'll need to lift heavy, I mean heavy! If you can deadlift 100lbs, do it! Jenn deadlifts 215 last time I looked and she's no where near big and bulky.

Right now all I have access too are the dumbells I already own (5,8,10) and a stability ball. I do tricep extensions, bicep curls, shoulder presses, pushups, bridge poses, leg raises, and ball crunches and oblique ball crunches. 3 sets of 10 for each. That's my full body strength training. Should I be doing more, will I be ok without doing deadlifts or benchpresses? I know to move up in weight when it becomes to easy.
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Hell yes! You need to train the CNS and musculature synergistically. Can you pay for a gym? If yes, do so. Universities often sell memberships at rates that beat out commecial gyms.

You need to incorporate bench pressing, shoulder pressing, rows, pull-ups, squats, deadlifts. Make those the core of your workout, fill in the gaps with isolations.

When I go back to school I will have free access to the gym, I'd like to use more than just the elliptical trainer, but to be honest, I really don't know how to do anything. I don't want to go in there and just 'try,' not just because I'll look stupid but because I don't want to hurt myself:rolleyes:
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Again, look at my last two paragraphs.

Also, look here:

www.exrx.net

That will get you started in seeing the form.
 
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Lift as heavy as you can while still being safe and having perfect form. The goal is to always increase intensity in some for or another. Just maintain perfect form :)

5, 8 and 10 pound dumbbells may be your max for some exercises. It may not be anywhere near enough for other exercises though. For example, you can lift way more than 10 pounds on a leg lift :)
 
i'm guessing she means leg raises or leg press.

women typically are equal in strength, or stronger, than men when it comes to leg strength.

A woman who does not use anabolic steroids will not get huge and 'man like' with heavy weights.
Instead they'll get a body similar to Beth Horn:

I always tell women to 'lift weights like a man' if they really wanna get in good shape.
 
No, I'm really not afraid at all of getting bulky, I know it won't happen. I actually have very strong legs, not sure how it happened, but I think they're rather shapely, depsite being strong. So bring it on!:D
 
kittyhartman26 said:
No, I'm really not afraid at all of getting bulky, I know it won't happen. I actually have very strong legs, not sure how it happened, but I think they're rather shapely, depsite being strong. So bring it on!:D
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Then in that case, do you want to cut at all before doing any strength work?

If you want to cut some fat, I'd recommend HGM's beginner first phase.

If you want to go straight into a muscle building regimen, probably Art of Waterbury.
 
I wanted to back up my statement about women lifting heavy and not gaining big muscles. Here is Patricia (a woman I talk back and forth with at my other site) weighing in at 121lbs and pulling a 315lb deadlift. Does she look like a huge, hairy guy?

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A woman who does not use anabolic steroids will not get huge and 'man like' with heavy weights.
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Neither will most men. Its the same with guys who start lifting and say "I dont wanna be like a body builder or anything."
 
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