Women: No Bulk-No Fat-Lotta Shape
June 25th 2008 12:46
Today I set out my assumptions before I enter into the text of my argument. I assume that a maturing female does not want to carry around bodyfat that she doesn't need to carry around. I assume that she would like to be of an ideal scale weight and yet maintain a feminine shape. I assume that she does not want to appear bulky in her clothing whether she is carrying any extra bodyfat or not. I assume that a diet-exercise program which leaves a woman lighter on the scale but lacking her feminine shape would not exactly please her even though she might be overjoyed with a desired weight loss.
Is there a way for women to remove bodyfat and still keep a pleasing shape. Is there a Goldilocks fitness program that removes and keeps off fat and does not strip away shape or add muscle that can easily be taken for fat when it is beneath clothing? If you have read my last couple of posts you know that I don't think intense dieting or dieting intense cardio like running or hour long elliptical sessions are the method. They destroy muscle and less muscle means less shape and less caloric demand.
Obviously, a Goldilocks fitness program must remove fat and retain shape by keeping the body just right-not bulky and not stringy. That is not an easy task but it can be done by someone willing to dedicate some time to it(and, more than time, energy).
Goldilocks consists of a diet whose effect is a caloric deficit of a few hundred calories a day. If you think you burn about 2000 calories a day, I would think 400 or 20% would be a reasonable target. This is a slow loss diet because slow retards the body's response to caloric deficiency: tearing down muscle. It is also just enough to be difficult to maintain. The body's response will be to ramp up hunger. You will be able to do it though. And at that rate you have a good chance to lose a goodly amount of fat.
In addition to this slow diet I suggest that a women pursue weight training with everything she has. That means no more silly woman-training, like doing a thousand reps with a two pound weight-to avoid bulk. No, you are going to work like men do-as heavy as you can and as often as you can. You are trying to burn calories and keep your muscle and thereby your shape. If you do not work all out you will be sending a puny signal to your body that you are not really intent on change. If you go all out your body will know that it cannot get rid of your muscles in response to the diet. Your actions will constantly tell it that it not only needs the muscles it has but also could really use some more.
The result will be a body that is fit without bulk and without muscle loss. Your legs and arms will firm up, your chest will be strong for the task it has(You know what I mean.)Your shoulders will be straight and slighty wider at the same time as your abdomen shrinks. Your hour glass figure will be enhanced.You will also have definition in your body that highlights your fitness.
Now, I know that the religious tenent of femininity says that weights will make you bulky. It is nonsense,but hard to jettison. So,I suggest that you keep an open mind. Start the above diet, go to the gym and train with weights as hard as your fitness level permits, and see what transpires. If you discover that you gain muscular bulk at an Arnold pace, do two things-stop lifting (it will disappear) and write NMF immediately. We will sell your training secrets to men,many of whom really want to bulk up and can't becaus theire muscles just won't grow big like yours.
I suggest that what will really happen is that you will find this Goldilocks system really productive and exciting. You will see good results and you will feel like someone who has the know-how to shape her body. Or you can treadmill until the cows come home and be happy that, although you are still fat, you are not bulky. Your servant, as always.
Is there a way for women to remove bodyfat and still keep a pleasing shape. Is there a Goldilocks fitness program that removes and keeps off fat and does not strip away shape or add muscle that can easily be taken for fat when it is beneath clothing? If you have read my last couple of posts you know that I don't think intense dieting or dieting intense cardio like running or hour long elliptical sessions are the method. They destroy muscle and less muscle means less shape and less caloric demand.
Obviously, a Goldilocks fitness program must remove fat and retain shape by keeping the body just right-not bulky and not stringy. That is not an easy task but it can be done by someone willing to dedicate some time to it(and, more than time, energy).
Goldilocks consists of a diet whose effect is a caloric deficit of a few hundred calories a day. If you think you burn about 2000 calories a day, I would think 400 or 20% would be a reasonable target. This is a slow loss diet because slow retards the body's response to caloric deficiency: tearing down muscle. It is also just enough to be difficult to maintain. The body's response will be to ramp up hunger. You will be able to do it though. And at that rate you have a good chance to lose a goodly amount of fat.
In addition to this slow diet I suggest that a women pursue weight training with everything she has. That means no more silly woman-training, like doing a thousand reps with a two pound weight-to avoid bulk. No, you are going to work like men do-as heavy as you can and as often as you can. You are trying to burn calories and keep your muscle and thereby your shape. If you do not work all out you will be sending a puny signal to your body that you are not really intent on change. If you go all out your body will know that it cannot get rid of your muscles in response to the diet. Your actions will constantly tell it that it not only needs the muscles it has but also could really use some more.
The result will be a body that is fit without bulk and without muscle loss. Your legs and arms will firm up, your chest will be strong for the task it has(You know what I mean.)Your shoulders will be straight and slighty wider at the same time as your abdomen shrinks. Your hour glass figure will be enhanced.You will also have definition in your body that highlights your fitness.
Now, I know that the religious tenent of femininity says that weights will make you bulky. It is nonsense,but hard to jettison. So,I suggest that you keep an open mind. Start the above diet, go to the gym and train with weights as hard as your fitness level permits, and see what transpires. If you discover that you gain muscular bulk at an Arnold pace, do two things-stop lifting (it will disappear) and write NMF immediately. We will sell your training secrets to men,many of whom really want to bulk up and can't becaus theire muscles just won't grow big like yours.
I suggest that what will really happen is that you will find this Goldilocks system really productive and exciting. You will see good results and you will feel like someone who has the know-how to shape her body. Or you can treadmill until the cows come home and be happy that, although you are still fat, you are not bulky. Your servant, as always.
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