Ah the famous why question I have noticed it alot over the past year - why do you lift weights, why would you want muscles, why, why,why!!
Never was that question asked when I ran on the treadmill or worked on my core, but hang out in the weight section and suddenly everyone is asking!
The questions are genuine as well, they aren't said with judgement or anything, they are genuine questions as to why a girl is lifting weights.
Never have I heard someone go up to my boyfriend and ask him why are you weight training - but this week alone I have been asked why I am weight training and what get from it.
So what do I get from training weights?
Well the first is a sense of achievement - when I move up a weight, squeeze out one more rep and really push my self to work harder it feels amazing - don't get me wrong I get the same satisfaction from running long distance or the extra sprint, but with weight training I feel it on a different level.
I also like feeling 'pumped' afterwards, seeing the muscle definition is such a great feeling, one days the abs will surface!
Some people don't understand why a girl would like to feel muscular, but it is what I am working towards to yes I love to feel it, the same way some one who is loosing weight feels when they fit into a smaller dress size for example, it shows your working hard and achieving your goals.
I never thought I would see the day when I was happy that my sleeves were getting tighter.
It has also improved my confidence, for the first time ever I actually like the way my body is going, I feel leaner and tighter and love the way I look and feel, some days i have are off, but the off days are becoming less and less, and loving myself is becoming so much easier.
So then I was asked what is my goal and had I ever considered body building or competing, in all honesty I had once, but then thought there is no way I could do this and just dismissed it. But now I am seriously looking into it and thinking this is something I want to do.
Everyone is different and some women want to be muscular and some women don't. Don't think you will be butch from lifting or become a huge body builder from training - that is a whole other level of training - what you will get is a lean, sexy, muscular body, so I would recommend it 100%, try it... you may even like it!
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