when is a woman too fit?

jimgoose wrote: »

riddled with cellulite.

Now take this with a grain of salt if you will, but in my experience *ahem* women who lift weights have far far less of that than women who starve themselves or even those who run as a sport. I've actually seen cellulite near vanish on a woman who took up lifting weights. Her skin overall got better too. OK it was experience of a small group of women, but it was noticeable. My theory at the time was lifting weights increases the bodies production of testosterone* and human growth hormone and this is what had the effect? I gather small doses of HGH is used on the sly by models because of it's youthful effects.

The other advantage with building lean mass is muscle burns calories just sitting there, even when you're asleep. Male(and I presume female) bodybuilders have to eat huge amounts of grub in training to keep up with the calorific demand of their muscles. On a smaller scale with ordinary women lifting weights it means that counting calories is not even close to the issue it would be if you were just on a diet.





*the ladies have testosterone too, only in much smaller amounts than men, so no danger in turning into a muscle monster. Hell if it was that easy men with their higher test levels would all look like Rambo with little effort. There are vanishingly few all natural bodybuilders in competitions. Vitamin S is required to get to those sizes and huge, gargantuan effort and dedication. Pump me full of roids and I'd just become an angry fat bastard, as opposed to my current angry skinny bastard.