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Women’s Fitness Expert: What You NEED To Know About Dieting & Exercise | Dr. Stephanie Estima
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Will Lifting Weights Make You Bulky?
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The second myth — that progressive overload will make women look like bodybuilders — draws one of Dr. Estima's most quotable lines. Saying you'll bulk from lifting is like saying a trip to the supermarket will make you Lewis Hamilton. With 10–20 times less testosterone than men, the vast majority of women simply cannot accumulate bodybuilder-level muscle mass. The few who do, she notes, are genetic outliers. The 'bulk' feeling some women experience early in training is typically muscle inflammation and swelling under a layer of body fat; as fat reduces over time, the muscle definition emerges rather than bulk expanding. [1] — Dr. Stephanie Estima "Fear of getting bulky keeps millions of women away from the weight room — but it's a physiological fantasy. With 10–20x less testosterone t…" 25:08
Fear of getting bulky keeps millions of women away from the weight room — but it's a physiological fantasy. With 10–20x less testosterone than men, virtually no woman has the hormonal environment to build bodybuilder-level muscle, even with heavy progressive overload.
97 to 98% of women don't have the hormonal environment to bulk up from lifting heavy weights — it's physiologically near-impossible for most.
