I don't want to get bulky.

                                        Honestly, if I hear the phrase "I don't want to get bulky,"
                                               one more time with regards to lifting weights.....

First, it's really great when someone says it to you; knowing full well that you lift weights.  Well, thank you very much for confirming that you most definitely DO NOT want to look the way that I do.  Nope, it's not a compliment.     But the great thing about LIFTING AFTER 50 is that you don't give a s&*t.  I am bulky because I need to lose weight, fact.

Second, lifting doesn't make you bulky, fat does.  I know that you think you will look like The Incredible Hulk if you lift weights but you won't.  The woman who do look like men; well, they actually try to look like that by taking anabolic steroids.  Woman are naturally different than men, we cannot get big like men do unless we take these horrible drugs.  Of course some woman can get bigger muscles than others; just due to having great genes but typically we just get strong and fit.

Thirdly, the bulky look that everyone is referring to?  Well, that's fat.  The fat that covers the muscles which make you look bulkier.  Of course if you don't lose any weight and grow a bit of nice lean muscle then you will look bulky.  That is where the weight loss comes in; which is where I am at now.  I know there is muscle in there somewhere; and I am determined to find it.  Muscle helps you to lose weight as it boosts your metabolism.  

Myths about women weight lifting.  

As we age we lose muscle mass, fact.  Sad but true and if you have little of it; then you are in trouble as you age. The only way to fight the natural occurrence of losing it; is to gain it.  I cannot tell you the difference in how I feel now compared to before I got back into lifting.  Sure in the beginning you might be sore but lift through it and you come out feeling and being strong.

Honestly ladies, do you really think that you will look like Arnold Schwarzenegger if you hit the weight section in the gym?  Not going to happen, I promise you.  What will happen, is that you will be taking control of how you look.  By lifting weights you can actually sculpt your body to look the way that you want it to.   Getting strong is a good thing.  Being a physically strong woman is great not bulky.