Female Weight Training Fears: Why girls won’t get “Big and Bulky.”

I can’t believe I’m actually dedicating an entire section of this guide to this topic.

But, I know if I don’t, most of the women who read this guide will ignore the majority of it
because… they are afraid of getting too big and bulky and muscular like a guy.

And it’s this fear that prevents the majority of the female population from getting
anything close to positive results from weight training.

It’s this fear that has most women wasting their time every single workout doing nothing
productive in any way, shape or form.

It’s this fear that prevents most women from lifting anything heavier than a 3 pound pink
dumbbell.

It’s this fear that keeps most women away from free weights and compound exercises.

It’s this fear that forces most women to do endless sets of higher reps over and over
again.

It’s this fear that ensures most women will never create progressive overload.

I can go on and on and on here.

That’s because it’s this fear that most women have about getting too big, bulky,
muscular and manly looking that is literally stopping them from actually getting the body
they truly want.

And honestly ladies… this fear couldn’t possibly be more idiotic.

Let me explain…

Testosterone

You’ve heard of testosterone, right? It’s typically known as the “male hormone” even
though both men and women produce it. Men just happen to produce SO MUCH MORE
of it than women do that we just decided to refer to it as the male hormone.

Well, did you know that testosterone plays the largest role in predicting how much
muscle a person can build and how quickly they can build it?

It’s true. And this of course brings us right to the big secret.

Why women WON’T/CAN’T get “big and bulky.”

How shall I put this? Ok, I got it…

Women do not have nearly enough testosterone to EVER get anywhere near as
big and bulky as they are so scared of getting anywhere near as quickly as they
are so scared of it happening.

Seriously.

If I could scream that directly into the face of every girl reading this, I would.

Because no matter how hard a woman purposely tries to get that big, bulky, overly
muscular and manly looking body that most women are scared to death of getting…
they never EVER will.

Even if they made it their one goal in life and did nothing but work to make it happen. It
would still never happen anywhere close to the degree that women are so scared it
might.

Well… unless of course they use steroids.

How some women DO get big and bulky.

You know the women who actually are big and bulky? The female bodybuilders, certain
female wrestlers/athletes, or just plain old female freaks? You know, the ones that every
female is so afraid to look like and are probably responsible for putting this fear into their
heads in the first place?

Well, they all used steroids and various other drugs that screw with their hormone
levels and allow them to get bigger, bulkier and manlier than any normal female WILL
EVER COME CLOSE TO GETTING.

Hell, it allows them to get bigger and bulkier than the majority of men can ever get.

And this brings me to another important point.

Most men can’t get as big and bulky as women are afraid of getting.

I kid you not. Most of the men in the world have TONS more testosterone than most
women (like 20 times more), and that means we can build MUCH more muscle than you
ever will MUCH faster than you ever will. And, even we can’t get as big and muscular as
most women are afraid of getting.

There are guys in gyms all around the world doing everything they can possibly do to
get as big as they can as fast as they can, and not one of them is doing it anywhere
near the degree that most women hilariously think they will do it at.

Seriously. Building muscle is a painfully slow, extremely gradual process for men. And
you women will never even come close to reaching these amazing “painfully slow”
levels that us guys can.

Yet, women insanely think they will not only reach those levels, but greatly exceed
them.

It’s just a super idiotic/hilarious thought. Which brings up yet another important point.

The rate of muscle gain for men and women.

I’m going to mention this again later, but it makes sense to mention it now as well.

Let’s pretend that we live in some magical fantasy world where women are actually
capable of getting the type of muscular manly body they are afraid of getting. It will
never happen, but let’s just pretend that it can.

Most women think it will happen overnight. Like one day you’ll lift something heavier
than a 3 pound dumbbell or do less than 15 reps and the next day you will have gained
50lbs of muscle.

Here’s the thing about that. Even with steroids, it’s not possible.

For the average natural male doing everything right under the best possible
circumstances, the average rate of muscle gain will be between 0.25-0.5lbs of muscle
per week.

And for females? Half that.

Read that again, ladies. I just told you that AT BEST, a MAN with a billion times more
testosterone than you (exaggerated for effect) can only gain half of a pound of muscle
per week at most. And most men won’t even be able to reach that amount, and
definitely not every week for a significant period of time. Hell, most men past the
beginners stage should be happy with 10-15lbs of muscle gained PER YEAR!

And like I said, for women… it’s half that. That means, AT BEST, the average woman
purposely trying to get big and bulky and huge will only be able to gain 1 pound of
muscle PER MONTH! And that’s assuming you’re doing everything as perfectly as
possible and trying to build muscle as quickly as you can.

For the love of God, go back and read that part again too.

Have I done enough to eliminate this fear for you now? I sure hope so because…

You are preventing the results you want.

Here’s a question. What type of body do you want?

Go ahead ladies, think about it.

Got it? Ok, now let me guess.

You want to look toned and defined (I knew I was going to mention those words again).
You want to be fit and tight and firm and lean and athletic looking, while at the same
time always appearing completely feminine and hot/sexy/awesome in general.

Well, guess what? To get that body, you are going to need to build some muscle.

And guess what else? You know all of those things you are avoiding because you think
they will make you big and bulky and manly?

Well, it’s those very things that are required in order for any amount of muscle to be
built.

You see, we all build muscle the same way. We all require the same muscle building
fundamentals to be in place. We all need a similar amount of volume, frequency and
intensity, we all need to force progressive overload and lift heavy weights that are truly
challenging for us, and we all need to ensure certain dietary requirements are in place
(more on that later).

Whether you are male or female, whether you are looking to build 5lbs of muscle of
50lbs of muscle. It doesn’t matter. The things that need to be done for muscle to be built
will always need to be done in order for you to build any amount of muscle

And, because most women lift “girly” weights for high reps, and avoid doing big
compound exercises, and avoid using lower reps, and avoid using free weights, and
never attempt to make progressive overload happen or lift anything heavier today than
they lifted 100 workouts ago… most women will never build any muscle.

Do you know what this all means? It means you are preventing yourself from getting the
type of body you want because of a fear of getting a body that you can’t actually get
(without a ton of steroid use, at least).

How’s that for irony?

Your fear of getting “big and bulky” is what’s stopping you from getting toned and fit and
lean and firm and athletic and sexy and blah blah blah.

The solution.

So ladies, please… stop worrying about getting too big and too muscular, and start
doing the things that need to be done in order to build some muscle and get the body
you want.

You don’t have to lift hundreds of pounds on every exercise like a guy might, but you do
have to lift weights that are challenging for YOU and continue to push yourself to
progress and gradually lift heavier and heavier weights over time. This is progressive
overload, and it’s a requirement for muscle to be built.

You will likely also have to use free weights and compound exercises and lower reps
and many of the other things you’ve avoided doing.

Like I said, these are the things that need to be done in order for muscle to get built.
You either do them and build muscle, or you don’t. Simple as that.

And sure, some of us may only want to build 5lbs of muscle and some of us may want
to build 50lbs.

But, there is still no difference whatsoever in terms of the approach. The same things
still have to be done. The only difference is, when someone only looking to build a
smaller amount of muscle reaches that goal, they stop right there and just maintain from
that point on. The person looking to get “bigger and bulkier” would just keep on going.

So ladies, I beg of you… throw away the 3lb pink dumbbells and start challenging
yourself and doing all of the things that I’ve explained throughout this guide are optimal
for muscle to be built.

You won’t get huge and manly. You won’t get big and bulky. And the muscle you do
gain sure as hell won’t be gained quickly or suddenly to the point where you wake up
one day and all of a sudden appear to be any bigger/bulkier than you wanted to be.

Women are just not built for it genetically. Hell, that kind of thing couldn’t even happen
to men using steroids (let alone women who aren’t).

Instead ladies, all that will happen is that your body will slowly begin to look more and
more like what you’ve always wanted it to look like.

I guarantee it.