A lot of women are still concerned about heavy weight training.
Sure, they know that cardio isn't the answer - it hasn't gotten them the results they want yet... but in the past when they've lifted heavy, they've bulked up!
And the standard trainer response is - "That's impossible! Women don't bulk up with weight lifting!"
But what happens if that's actually happened to you?
Here is what to do:
First - Master Scale Weight
Scale weight is simple:
• More Calories Consumed = Heavier Scale Weight
• Less Calories Consumed = Lower Scale Weight
If you think it is anything other than that, you have been watching too many commercials for the Açai Diet Cleansing Scam.
Seriously, don't complicate scale weight, scale weight is simple.
The Calories of Muscle And Fat
I know this is a gross oversimplification, but deal with it:
3500 calories = 1 pound of fat
or
3500 calories = 1 pound of muscle
It requires the same calories either way.
and 5lbs of fat is bigger in size than 5lbs of muscle
That means that if you were weight training and built some muscle, and your diet remained exactly the same... you'd actually get smaller.
Whoa! That's Freakin Mind Blowing! Say It Again!
1.) It requires the same calories for a pound of muscle or a pound of fat.
2.) A pound of fat is bigger
3.) A pound of muscle is smaller
4.) If your diet stayed the same, and you started weight training and "building muscle" you'd get smaller because muscle is smaller than fat.
That Doesn't Make Sense! Why Do I Bulk Up?
Well... you have to sustain that fat right?
If you don't keep feeding your fat, it goes away.
You feed it with calories.
So to add muscle... you have to add calories.
The way a girl bulks up is by feeding the muscle... and feeding the fat.
Basically you work out and you start eating more.
But I Deserve More Food Because I Worked Out!
Studies have shown that women are more likely than men to justify eating more because they worked out.
When the craving for some crap food kicks in, you let yourself off the hook because you got in a good workout.
"I deserve it!"
or
"I'll just work out more tomorrow!"
or
"I can just have a little more!"
are all things we tell ourselves that keep us fat.
And make no mistake - it's the FAT, not the MUSCLE - that has us feel bulky.
What You Really Want
You really want muscle instead of fat.
But you bulk up when you get muscle on top of fat.
So don't feed the fat.
Stop justifying eating crap.
Lets Review
If you feel bulky: It's because of fat, not muscle.
Feeling bulky as a female is ALWAYS a food issue.
Feeling bulky is NEVER a workout issue.
A little muscle isn't a bad thing - the picture to the right illustrates muscle without fat.
Stop feeding your fat.
Your fat is like a stray dog, it'll leave if you just stop feeding it.
The reason that men and women in my Platinum Coaching Club are getting stronger and LEANER is because they are coached, and they are accountable to their FOOD and they're WORKOUTS.
Josh Hillis
