As a male, I’ve spent about 30 min, 5 days a week doing weights for years. I will never get anything close to a bodybuilder physique. No one should be worried about randomly bulking up overnight.
stavros · 15h ago
Worrying that you'll bulk up overnight is like worrying that you'll wake up thin one day. It takes effort and is a very gradual process, one which most people never achieve, as you say.
My issue with lifting weights is the possibility of injury, I've already injured myself a few times even with trainer supervision. However, they're the best way to ensure you're active as you age, so I do them carefully.
giantg2 · 15h ago
My forearms are bulky, and it was not intentional haha
SoftTalker · 15h ago
If you want a serious bodybuilder physique you need to almost live in the gym. And most of them take steroids also.
ninetyninenine · 15h ago
It’s also genetics. 30 minutes is more than I need.
There have been muscular women in track & field for a century
Because women were not allowed to race longer than 800m (eventually 1500m in 1972) they developed extreme fitness at those shorter distances.
If you look at old photos they were very muscular despite not having modern fitness equipment or doping drugs.
If you look at modern 100m-800m elite women, some are even more muscular than bodybuilders.
ragazzina · 15h ago
>If you look at modern 100m-800m elite women, some are even more muscular than bodybuilders.
Can you give an example? Julien Alfred looks like someone you could see any given day at the grocery store. I think I've seen women more muscular than Prudence Sekgodiso at yoga classes I've attended in the past.
I suppose I mean distances under 400m, pure sprinting.
800m+ tends to be less muscular, at least not visibly when not racing at 100% effort
gyudin · 15h ago
It starts to feel like neoliberalism is indeed a death cult with extra steps
jxjnskkzxxhx · 15h ago
> Neoliberalism is contemporarily used to refer to market-oriented reform policies such as "eliminating price controls, deregulating capital markets, lowering trade barriers" and reducing, especially through privatization and austerity, state influence in the economy.
Wanna share what the connection is between this article, and neoliberalism?
My issue with lifting weights is the possibility of injury, I've already injured myself a few times even with trainer supervision. However, they're the best way to ensure you're active as you age, so I do them carefully.
Because women were not allowed to race longer than 800m (eventually 1500m in 1972) they developed extreme fitness at those shorter distances.
If you look at old photos they were very muscular despite not having modern fitness equipment or doping drugs.
If you look at modern 100m-800m elite women, some are even more muscular than bodybuilders.
Can you give an example? Julien Alfred looks like someone you could see any given day at the grocery store. I think I've seen women more muscular than Prudence Sekgodiso at yoga classes I've attended in the past.
https://lsusports.net/imgproxy/ODHxe4usjQ5c6Fwojf5qcwodl0mMa...
I suppose I mean distances under 400m, pure sprinting.
800m+ tends to be less muscular, at least not visibly when not racing at 100% effort
Wanna share what the connection is between this article, and neoliberalism?