03-12-2015, 05:12 PM
So, we have a bunch of threads now about exercise, and to be honest...
Mostly because of ME...
It's getting to look like a bodybuilding forum here and there.
I guess because that's my background.
I have to accept an unhappy truth...
We can't work out like men, and try to look like women. Just don't work.
I tried to workout yesterday with far lower weights (E.G., 60 pounds for the squat, no increase.) Push harder, rest less, etc.
Wiped me out. I was done with the workout sooner, but didn't feel that great. When I do heavy weights, I at least feel some accomplishment. When I do light weights, I feel wiped. Unless I go to girl weights....
(Lightbulb comes on)
So, technique, etc, is good.... Heavy can be good....
But the exertion is producing wrong result, so... Follow the plans that help a woman sculpt the parts she wants?
I feel defeated there, but maybe that's a necessary step?
After all, there's this one:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=22772 (Feminize back/chest shape)
From the thread "Physical Strength" @ http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=24326:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.ph...t=strength
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.ph...t=strength
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=14442
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.ph...pid=140896
I knew I had to focus on the bottom of the body, especially the butt, but.. I need to now tinker with details. I have broad knees, for instance, from the squatting. (Given the weight, go figure!) But, that doesn't work along the whole leg - and a wider knee, with a smaller upper thigh? That's a tell. So I need to really research it and see when and where certain muscles are affected. E.G., Gluteus Medius helps to make the hip line more feminine, but growing that specific muscle with squats, say, is impossible - just doesn't hit the muscle. Nor do deadlifts, nor running or sprinting, or (almost every other exercise).
And I'm noticing the hamstrings aren't right - not fast enough, not able to endure enough. going up 3 flights of stairs, or dragging a box, and those muscles are screaming! (Also means I'm not diverse enough in exercises and exercise modalities.)
I just don't feel right giving up ANY strength. Mass, sure - if I could get to "strongman" strength with pipe-cleaner arms, great! but that's not possible.
I'll keep tinkering and experimenting, though, and let everyone know.
Meantime, I think the butt articles, and bodyweight exercises (including squats) are still essential, and I do know how to make stretching a major workout - which would help shape our usually unfeminine upper body, though how MUCH it'll do to alleviate bulk, I cannot even speculate. Dance for aerobics, stretching for upper body, bulking certain muscles, and lots of fat burn with that diet modulation? That's a full year of experimenting and documenting by itself, I think.
New Year's Resolution, maybe?
-Jean
Mostly because of ME...
It's getting to look like a bodybuilding forum here and there.
I guess because that's my background.
I have to accept an unhappy truth...
We can't work out like men, and try to look like women. Just don't work.
I tried to workout yesterday with far lower weights (E.G., 60 pounds for the squat, no increase.) Push harder, rest less, etc.
Wiped me out. I was done with the workout sooner, but didn't feel that great. When I do heavy weights, I at least feel some accomplishment. When I do light weights, I feel wiped. Unless I go to girl weights....
(Lightbulb comes on)
So, technique, etc, is good.... Heavy can be good....
But the exertion is producing wrong result, so... Follow the plans that help a woman sculpt the parts she wants?
I feel defeated there, but maybe that's a necessary step?
After all, there's this one:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=22772 (Feminize back/chest shape)
From the thread "Physical Strength" @ http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=24326:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.ph...t=strength
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.ph...t=strength
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=14442
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.ph...pid=140896
I knew I had to focus on the bottom of the body, especially the butt, but.. I need to now tinker with details. I have broad knees, for instance, from the squatting. (Given the weight, go figure!) But, that doesn't work along the whole leg - and a wider knee, with a smaller upper thigh? That's a tell. So I need to really research it and see when and where certain muscles are affected. E.G., Gluteus Medius helps to make the hip line more feminine, but growing that specific muscle with squats, say, is impossible - just doesn't hit the muscle. Nor do deadlifts, nor running or sprinting, or (almost every other exercise).
And I'm noticing the hamstrings aren't right - not fast enough, not able to endure enough. going up 3 flights of stairs, or dragging a box, and those muscles are screaming! (Also means I'm not diverse enough in exercises and exercise modalities.)
I just don't feel right giving up ANY strength. Mass, sure - if I could get to "strongman" strength with pipe-cleaner arms, great! but that's not possible.
I'll keep tinkering and experimenting, though, and let everyone know.
Meantime, I think the butt articles, and bodyweight exercises (including squats) are still essential, and I do know how to make stretching a major workout - which would help shape our usually unfeminine upper body, though how MUCH it'll do to alleviate bulk, I cannot even speculate. Dance for aerobics, stretching for upper body, bulking certain muscles, and lots of fat burn with that diet modulation? That's a full year of experimenting and documenting by itself, I think.
New Year's Resolution, maybe?
-Jean