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[chinadoll]

Hi! I have been observing this forum for quiet some time now and finally decided to join. All you guys have put out some good sound advice that I have taken and went from 135lbs 120% bf
to 125lbs 17% bf. I wasn't big to begin with but I did want some more muscle definition. The only muscles that I had were in my legs which I was losing slowly. But not any more.

Thanks

 

[new@gettinbig]

AWESOME!! Keep it up and TRAIN HARD!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sassy69]

WOW 120% to 17% AMAZING RESULTS! (j/k )

Congrats girl! Keep it going!

 

[magdelana]

Congragulations on your success Chinadoll!

I hope to see you here often now. There are a lot of smart and friendly people here who will make you feel so welcome.

 

[chinadoll]

OOPS! I meant 20% Thanks all for the warm welcome.

 

[chinadoll]

Spatterson in reply to your question, I have not reached my goal yet but I am not far. My goal is 16% bf and the lbs don't matter. But I do think that I will continue to set new goals for my self. I have come to terms with the fact that I will let my body grow to its fullest potential naturally. I now know that I will not grow to be huge. I really like the athletic look with added muscle. I see a woman with muscle as a strong confident being. I get the looks now at the gym when I go for the extra plates and not the pink dumbells and I laugh. Some women just don't get it do they. I have lost more fat by adding extra pounds on the bar and building muscle that by cardio alone in these last 4-months. I am loving my new look I would just like to add more muscle to my upper body. My legs are probably my best feature as of now. So work work work is what I will do. I do have a question. Every woman wants wash board abs, I have a flat midsection and I can feel the muscle is there and sometime see it a little espically when working abs. Do you think that the muscle is maybee too small? I have added some weight resistance not much but some. Will this hurt or help?

 

[SheHuLK]

welcome Chinadoll!! glad to hear that you've 'crossed over' to the fitness world, and left the pink weights behind ya!

 

[wyst]

I missed this one before...

Welcome aboard, CD. Just guessing from your name...are you Chinese? I'm Japanese (American) and it would be nice to have someone of a similar body type to compare notes with from time to time...

Either way, welcome!

Wyst

 

[chinadoll]

Sorry, Wyst. I am not chinese, I just really love their deco and am in awe of china related pieces (dolls etc)

 

[wyst]

No need to apologize, Chinadoll. It's all good!



Wyst

 

[wannabeBB]

Chinadoll,
I'm a newbie here and am curious about your training. What kind of split did you do? And how much cardio did you do?
I'm always looking for advice.

 

[The_Monster]

Welcome aboard!

 

[chinadoll]

wannaBB, I do a 4-day split it goes like this

Day 1
Chest and Back
Day 2
Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps
Day 3
Legs
Day 4
Abs

after day one I take one day off and then repeat.

I do cardio for 30min 5-6 day a week, the only day I sometimes skip is leg day. Only because I can barely walk when I leave the Gym.

And thanks all for the warm welcome.

 

[FitFossil]

... the only day I sometimes skip is leg day. Only because I can barely walk when I leave the Gym.

SKIP leg day!????
That's blasphemy! It's my favorite. I love being so sore it hurts to use the for at least 5 days. If it's less than that, I'm disappointed. But then I'm someone who actually loves the taste of protein shakes

 

[chinadoll]

I must have been misunderstood. I sometimes can't do cardio on leg day. I also looooove leg day. Some times when I leave the gym I can barely walk much less run or bike. I neeeever miss leg day sometimes I wish I could recover faster to do it more.

 

[FitFossil]

Oh! you meant skipping cardio on leg day. Can't blame you there. Whew!!