Why Add Bulk to Bulk?--heavy weights

"If you use heavy weights you will just bulk up!" "If you use heavy weights you will look like a body builder or a man! "

If you have ever heard these statements you were misinformed.

When I joined my first boot camp I was told they used heavy weights and if I needed to use lighter weights I could bring my own- but would be using the 15+lb in no time. I did use my own in the beginning and worked hard, did some research and quickly moved up. Here is what I found out through my own experience and some research…

Women are often hesitant about weight training, especially when their goal is to lose weight. When women use heavy weights they develop a more symmetrical, feminine shape. For the first time I could look at my arms and think "wow they look really tone!"

Eric from Chandler’s most popular boot camp says…

Heavy is relative to each person's strength levels. But, all women should lift "heavy" weights if fat loss is their goal. Muscle is metabolically active and the more muscle a person has, the faster their fat loss efforts will be. Women will NOT get bulky lifting "heavy" weights. Women get bulky because they don't lose fat from bad dietary habits and ineffective exercise programming. Not from using weights that effectively challenge their muscles. The sooner women understand that, the sooner they will stop wasting time using insignificant hand weights that do zero for building lean muscle and increasing their metabolisms.

Think about this for a second...

If you performed a series of push-ups on your knees every other day would you get big and bulky? --Of course not!

BUT, did you know that performing push-ups on your knees is about 1/3 of your body weight? So, if you weight 150 lbs, you're essentially performing a chest press with 50lbs or 25lbs per arm. Are you getting big and bulky from performing knee push-ups? Of course not!

So what do you think?--grab some heavy weight and start lifting at home or through a great boot camp program like mine! At Bruning Intense Circuit Training I have 10lbs dumbbells for you to try. You can always start with no weight or bring your own to class. I look forward to training with you! See you in class!