What has your experience been with lifting heavy weights?

daisyduke · 02-28-19, 12:25 PM

Do you get smaller and tone up?

Do you bulk?

Get hurt and sick?

Thank you in advance

susan p · 02-28-19, 01:03 PM

Personally, I gain weight doing heavy weights. I've done two experiments and gained weight both times. I gained muscle and fat together.

A personal trainer I was in a class with at time time of my first round of experimentation said "well of course!" when I complained about gaining weight lifting heavy weights. Apparently she thought that was just normal. She said "that's why bodybuilders have build and cut phases."

I keep hearing that lifting heavy weights will make you smaller. . . doesn't happen that way for me. I wish it did. I wouldn't mind being heavier if I was smaller. . .

wlorrie · 02-28-19, 01:26 PM

---Heavy lifting for me would be matching Chalean in CLX or Cathe in Slow and Heavy. I've never done the really heavy gym weights.

I tighten up and lose a few inches. My weight says about the some unless I diet. I have not gotten sick or injured, but sometimes I have to take it easy on my shoulders. I never got the "cut" look...I just look firmer.
Lorrie

bzar · 02-28-19, 01:45 PM

certain parts of my body get cut, like shoulders, lats, arms and thighs.

unfortunately, my abs are just flab no matter what I do.

upperwside · 02-28-19, 02:15 PM

I've never had an injury lifting heavy. I do gain muscle and get cut.. But I look too muscular if I keep lifting heavy .. I look my best while lifting heavy.. Then doing high rep lower weight workouts. It's a cycle thing. Lately I'm mostly doing Hamelin, Lekfit and a Cathe live once a week.. And I'm not living heavy and am happy with my shape and muscle tone. I'm 46,so think it's an age thing.

daisyduke · 02-28-19, 02:25 PM

Upperwside- I think that’s what I need to do... cycle in heavy and light. How do you like lekfit?

MsThistlebottom · 02-28-19, 02:26 PM

Four years ago, I did four months of heavy weight training (with a good nutrition program) with a trainer. I got noticeably leaner AND gained a lot of weight, which of course freaked me out because I was already overweight. It couldn't have been "all muscle" because I put on at least 8 pounds. As Susan said, I wouldn't mind being heavier if I were smaller.

I didn't get injured (in fact, I rarely got sore), but I would often wake up in the middle of the night absolutely famished. I really miss the heavy weights and feeling super-strong, like I could take on the world.

upperwside · 02-28-19, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by daisyduke

Upperwside- I think that’s what I need to do... cycle in heavy and light. How do you like lekfit?

I LOVE it!! Every week she puts up a hour long each bounce and sculpt workout. I love the intensity on the rebounder. The music is amazing.. And I have fun each and every workout.. While being challenged. She has a free 7 day trial. All the workouts are archived and there are a lot of them. The bounce is a mix of cardio and sculpting.. She has a modifier doing the cardio on the floor of you don't have a rebounder.. And the sculpt is full body sculpting. My bum is firm and lifted. You need 3, 5 and 10 pound hand weights, a rebounder, band, and ankle weights.

bubbles76 · 02-28-19, 04:00 PM

I lift heavy for ME, which is maximum 30 pound dumbbells. I don't have a barbell yet

I think those would be considered light or moderate weights for heavy lifters. I get stronger and tighter, but not bigger. I wish. I do not bulk or get hurt or sick. I guess I get smaller, because the harder I work out, the less I eat. The only way I "cut" is with body weight or light weight, high reps.

Julia · 02-28-19, 08:46 PM

In my personal experience I was very, very skinny in my 20s and I lifted heavy and it really made me look great without any bulk. I lifted heavy and had a trainer while lifting heavy I looked amazing and felt good.

Now at 44 if I lift heavy I get huge in size, doesn’t matter what I eat. Right now I’m in a debulking phase using my fitness loop/resistance bands for upper and back to Callanetics. I always go back to trying the heavy lift but always end up regretting it and each time the debulk phase lasts longer than the time before. At 5’2 (3/4) quarterback shoulders and thunder thighs are just not a good look, however I always lift moderate for my butt and lower body or my buns turn into pancakes.

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02-28-19, 12:25 PM
daisyduke Join Date: Jun 2004	What has your experience been with lifting heavy weights? Do you get smaller and tone up? Do you bulk? Get hurt and sick? Thank you in advance

02-28-19, 01:03 PM
susan p VF Supporter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Kansas City	Personally, I gain weight doing heavy weights. I've done two experiments and gained weight both times. I gained muscle and fat together. A personal trainer I was in a class with at time time of my first round of experimentation said "well of course!" when I complained about gaining weight lifting heavy weights. Apparently she thought that was just normal. She said "that's why bodybuilders have build and cut phases." I keep hearing that lifting heavy weights will make you smaller. . . doesn't happen that way for me. I wish it did. I wouldn't mind being heavier if I was smaller. . .

02-28-19, 01:26 PM
wlorrie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Central Mass	---Heavy lifting for me would be matching Chalean in CLX or Cathe in Slow and Heavy. I've never done the really heavy gym weights. I tighten up and lose a few inches. My weight says about the some unless I diet. I have not gotten sick or injured, but sometimes I have to take it easy on my shoulders. I never got the "cut" look...I just look firmer. Lorrie

02-28-19, 01:45 PM
bzar Exchange Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: PalmTreeVille	certain parts of my body get cut, like shoulders, lats, arms and thighs. unfortunately, my abs are just flab no matter what I do. __________________ ~jeannine Miyagi: Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Wax on, wax off. Breathe in through nose, out the mouth. Wax on, wax off. Don't forget to breathe, very important. [walks away, still making circular motions with hands] ~ Pat Morita, The Karate Kid, 1984 disclosure: in the years 2002-2004 i had a professional relationship with a distributor of fitness videos; see profile.

02-28-19, 02:15 PM
upperwside Join Date: May 2008 Location: On Canada 💗	I've never had an injury lifting heavy. I do gain muscle and get cut.. But I look too muscular if I keep lifting heavy .. I look my best while lifting heavy.. Then doing high rep lower weight workouts. It's a cycle thing. Lately I'm mostly doing Hamelin, Lekfit and a Cathe live once a week.. And I'm not living heavy and am happy with my shape and muscle tone. I'm 46,so think it's an age thing.

02-28-19, 02:25 PM
daisyduke Join Date: Jun 2004	Upperwside- I think that’s what I need to do... cycle in heavy and light. How do you like lekfit?

02-28-19, 02:26 PM
MsThistlebottom Join Date: Apr 2009	Four years ago, I did four months of heavy weight training (with a good nutrition program) with a trainer. I got noticeably leaner AND gained a lot of weight, which of course freaked me out because I was already overweight. It couldn't have been "all muscle" because I put on at least 8 pounds. As Susan said, I wouldn't mind being heavier if I were smaller. I didn't get injured (in fact, I rarely got sore), but I would often wake up in the middle of the night absolutely famished. I really miss the heavy weights and feeling super-strong, like I could take on the world. __________________ Joan "When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people." -- Abraham Joshua Heschel

02-28-19, 04:00 PM
bubbles76 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Jersey	I lift heavy for ME, which is maximum 30 pound dumbbells. I don't have a barbell yet I think those would be considered light or moderate weights for heavy lifters. I get stronger and tighter, but not bigger. I wish. I do not bulk or get hurt or sick. I guess I get smaller, because the harder I work out, the less I eat. The only way I "cut" is with body weight or light weight, high reps. __________________ "You humans have the potential to be the most wonderful beings there are - if you can get past all these enormous stupid spots you seem to have in your hearts. It's not your fault. You just don't know how to work your hearts right yet. That's why there are dogs." - Jim Butcher, Zoo Day

02-28-19, 08:46 PM
Julia Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: NYC	In my personal experience I was very, very skinny in my 20s and I lifted heavy and it really made me look great without any bulk. I lifted heavy and had a trainer while lifting heavy I looked amazing and felt good. Now at 44 if I lift heavy I get huge in size, doesn’t matter what I eat. Right now I’m in a debulking phase using my fitness loop/resistance bands for upper and back to Callanetics. I always go back to trying the heavy lift but always end up regretting it and each time the debulk phase lasts longer than the time before. At 5’2 (3/4) quarterback shoulders and thunder thighs are just not a good look, however I always lift moderate for my butt and lower body or my buns turn into pancakes.