01-07-2015, 01:40 PM
Hi Dianna
In my yoof I did quite a bit of weight training and it surprises me just how much of that I have maintained down to this day. I can only go by my own experience, but high weights-low reps made me pump up like Popeye! It was just about the most effective way I knew to put on muscle bulk. Which I seemed to be able to do with remarkable ease compared to my training buddies, and was something they would rib me about at every possible occasion. I can only assume I had/have high testosterone levels, as even now it almost feels that just lifting a packet of peanuts my arms shout POWER!
And yes, strength=mass is a pretty accurate equation. It is possible to tweak it a little bit, but the reality is that smaller muscles are not going to be as strong. A choice we are making I suppose.
I am slowly recovering from ME (Chronic Fatigue) and trying very hard to get rid of the (many) excess pounds I accumulated and rebuild my underlying fitness. By happy coincidence the best methods to do that are the low impact/low muscle development programmes that you mention. The trick of course is to maintain the discipline to follow the process through. But dayum, I do miss donuts!
Excellent work on your own efforts by the way!
I do agree that hormones have a profound effect on our metabolism. My family medical history has proved that beyond doubt. A small imbalance one way and the body goes into overdrive and almost eats itself, then a tweak the other way and you are piling on the pounds so fast you can almost see the needle move on the scales while you are standing there!
Of course, here we are talking about NBE and re-educating the body to respond in a more female manor. Far wiser ones than I (thank you Lotus if you read this) have shown that to make real progress it is a matter of finding the right balance, rather than swallowing a few herbs and hoping for the best. But it does seem to be that changing body shape is relegated to more of a side effect of growing boobies than an objective in itself? And what can be done is basically just loose the weight and eventually... hopefully... let the muscle shrink by themselves under the influence of PM?
Huggy
In my yoof I did quite a bit of weight training and it surprises me just how much of that I have maintained down to this day. I can only go by my own experience, but high weights-low reps made me pump up like Popeye! It was just about the most effective way I knew to put on muscle bulk. Which I seemed to be able to do with remarkable ease compared to my training buddies, and was something they would rib me about at every possible occasion. I can only assume I had/have high testosterone levels, as even now it almost feels that just lifting a packet of peanuts my arms shout POWER!
And yes, strength=mass is a pretty accurate equation. It is possible to tweak it a little bit, but the reality is that smaller muscles are not going to be as strong. A choice we are making I suppose.
I am slowly recovering from ME (Chronic Fatigue) and trying very hard to get rid of the (many) excess pounds I accumulated and rebuild my underlying fitness. By happy coincidence the best methods to do that are the low impact/low muscle development programmes that you mention. The trick of course is to maintain the discipline to follow the process through. But dayum, I do miss donuts!
Excellent work on your own efforts by the way!
I do agree that hormones have a profound effect on our metabolism. My family medical history has proved that beyond doubt. A small imbalance one way and the body goes into overdrive and almost eats itself, then a tweak the other way and you are piling on the pounds so fast you can almost see the needle move on the scales while you are standing there!
Of course, here we are talking about NBE and re-educating the body to respond in a more female manor. Far wiser ones than I (thank you Lotus if you read this) have shown that to make real progress it is a matter of finding the right balance, rather than swallowing a few herbs and hoping for the best. But it does seem to be that changing body shape is relegated to more of a side effect of growing boobies than an objective in itself? And what can be done is basically just loose the weight and eventually... hopefully... let the muscle shrink by themselves under the influence of PM?
Huggy