12-28-08, 12:49 AM | |
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I honestly believe that bulking from weight training has a lot to do with not only the mode of training, but genetics. As someone who easily builds muscle, I know I won't bulk from CLX because she doesn't do enough sets of each exercise to make me bulk. I really think it comes down to knowing your own body.
Also to me bulking isn't necessarily getting bigger, to me bulking is getting more muscle size than the individual wants. To some the larger size muscle may make some women feel less feminine. To me I say bring on the muscle, it's better than an bunch of extra fat. :-)
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12-28-08, 01:03 AM | |
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I'm worried about this too. In the test group she said no one got bigger, but they all followed 1200-1400 calories diets. There are also weighted crunches and ab work, and that's not a good place to build muscle under fat.
I did Slim Series often and was watching my diet and didn't see any big changes with it, so maybe heavy weights is what my body needs and I'm going to give it a try. If you put on enough muscle your metabolism is supposed to go up so you can eat more though. Noone in Chalene's workouts look bulky to me - even though she is lifting almost as much as Cathe, Chalene is not as buff as Cathe - does diet just play the part in that? |
12-28-08, 06:42 AM | |
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: South Jersey
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IMO - Um, wouldn't worry about it. I'm not even remotely familiar with this Chalene thing but I've done some VERY heavy lifting routines, being trained by a pro body builder/figure gal, and I got smaller, not bigger. I was working in a gym doing bodyweight+ deads and squats, etc., which I'm pretty sure this chick won't have you doing, & following a pretty normal diet. I'm a mesomorph and theoretically build muscle easily although I don't find that to be so.
Putting on weight is not necessarily the same thing as putting on size; I'd worry more about what the mirror says than what the scale says. (Seriously, if you look good, who cares what you weigh?) Rock your program, girl!
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12-28-08, 08:16 AM | ||
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Chalene is not as lean as Cathe either. The less body fat you have the more ripped your muscles look. I would guess Chalene has around 20-21% body fat (comparable to a VS model) and Cathe has around 14-15% (figure athlete). Take a look at how lean Jari Love is, she is not bulky. Cathe isn't either really. The are both very small and buff. I would bet both Cathe and Jari wear a size 0-2! |
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12-28-08, 08:17 AM | ||
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Ummm, I don't think what Cathe lifts in her workouts is what she lifts in real life. She has to last throughout the entire filming day and I'm sure there are multiple takes of each segment. Chris of SNM posted that one day filming meso 1, Cathe and crew had to do literally 1000 push ups over the course of the day. I don't think even Cathe would create a single workout with that many push ups in it! You can even see that her weights 'magically' change during the STS clips because she had to lighten up as the day went on. ITA that diet plays a role too. Cathe has veins popping and 6 pack abs. Chalene has neither, but still looks very good IMO. JP44 (Joan) |
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