FabSwingers.com forum: Female bodybuilders

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I know i've mentioned this before. But cor blimey!! I usually go to an all mens gym. But, the other day a bodybuilding couple came in. All i'm saying is i had to go downstairs and do my workouts.

...was getting a bit hot and bothered upstairs. Now, how do i find someone who squats?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

At the risk of sounding sarky, try the gym?

Lots of guys try their hand at bodybuilding these days, thusly aren't that hard to find wherever you go, it still has far less appeal amongst women however, so you'd be best off trying the gym, being the location they're most likely to congregate.

Of course, there'll be buckets of testosterone fuelled guys after them also.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

can fully appreciate the hard work that goes into the whole bodybuilding side of things, male or female, but would rather go the powerlifters and strong men types, that are just BIG lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Naah. I'm sticking to my gym. I want to concentrate in my workouts. That would just annoy me lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I could squat 200kg before I broke my leg

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I could squat 200kg before I broke my leg

Cool beans

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mrs is looking into taking up body building at the moment those of you who have seen her on cam will know it won't take much to start competing. X

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

Love to see fit women down the gym in skin tight Lycra.

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By *ig and daftMan
over a year ago

Love with life

"Love to see fit women down the gym in skin tight Lycra.

Especially that fat one called Elsie

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By *hemissinglinkMan
over a year ago

Greatt Barr

"I could squat 200kg before I broke my leg

FAAAAAAARK that's some weight

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

"Love to see fit women down the gym in skin tight Lycra.

Especially that fat one called Elsie "

oi my names not Elsie

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

"Love to see fit women down the gym in skin tight Lycra.

Especially that fat one called Elsie "

Friend of yours is she?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I could squat 200kg before I broke my leg

You mentioned this is another thread and I commented but lost the thread so didn't see if you replied. Are you sure you could deadlift 200kg? That's an extortionate amount for a woman (no disrespect intended, it's just that a lot of blokes who bodybuild couldn't manage that weight)

If it is definitely 200kg then fair play that's very impressive.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sorry, saw you wrote squat, not sure why I read it as deadlift.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I alwais train hard.. but the key is nutrition to gain the size

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By *hemissinglinkMan
over a year ago

Greatt Barr

"I could squat 200kg before I broke my leg

If it is definitely 200kg then fair play that's very impressive. "

She said 'squat' tbf. That's a lot but not uncommon for a woman. The leg muscles are extremely powerful in both men and women.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was a competitive powerlifter and British bench press champ and record holder. I squatted and deadlifted 200kg and benched 130kg.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I was a competitive powerlifter and British bench press champ and record holder. I squatted and deadlifted 200kg and benched 130kg. "

Erm, how much is the train ticket from London to Reading?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do bodybuilding jsut to look goood on the beach to grab the womans eyes to my 6pack

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I was a competitive powerlifter and British bench press champ and record holder. I squatted and deadlifted 200kg and benched 130kg. "

Haha, fair play! Very impressive.

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By *egasus NobMan
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Here you go popeye ... not a bodybuilder but there's some squatting in here ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x1x48u3RzQ

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I squatted and deadlifted 200kg and benched 130kg."

Amazing, I could never bench 130kg, but then I've always been a crap bencher, well done.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I was a competitive powerlifter and British bench press champ and record holder. I squatted and deadlifted 200kg and benched 130kg. "
. Wow that's a lot. that about what I can life on a good day. Rach could bench about 100kg befor we had kids now about 80kg with out over doing it x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I could squat 200kg before I broke my leg

FAAAAAAARK that's some weight

Becareful though as my mate said they could lift 30kg dumbell in each hand. He's a strong lad and back then I didn't know much of weights and what your average person lifts. He changed gyms and when I went with him a while back. He got his pounds and kilos mixed up, lol. Saying what you can lift in pounds sounds much more impressive than kilos, lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"can fully appreciate the hard work that goes into the whole bodybuilding side of things, male or female, but would rather go the powerlifters and strong men types, that are just BIG lol"

Love this

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I could squat 200kg before I broke my leg

If it is definitely 200kg then fair play that's very impressive. "

and dont confuse bodybuilders with powerlifters.

a world of difference

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

give me all the figure and bikini competitors

female BB`ers are awesome tho. you can learn a thing or 2 from them regardless of your sex

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I could squat 200kg before I broke my leg

If it is definitely 200kg then fair play that's very impressive.

and dont confuse bodybuilders with powerlifters.

a world of difference"

ya powerlifters are all gut

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I could squat 200kg before I broke my leg

If it is definitely 200kg then fair play that's very impressive.

and dont confuse bodybuilders with powerlifters.

a world of difference"

Bodybuilding = aiming to build the most muscle to lowest bodyfat ratio possible.

Powerlifting = aiming to build the most strength in the Squat, Deadlift and Bench Press.

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By *hinaManMan
over a year ago

Twickenham

"I was a competitive powerlifter and British bench press champ and record holder. I squatted and deadlifted 200kg and benched 130kg. "

I am really impressed! A bench press of anything over 100kg is incredible

(I'm nowhere near that level lol)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I was a competitive powerlifter and British bench press champ and record holder. I squatted and deadlifted 200kg and benched 130kg.

I am really impressed! A bench press of anything over 100kg is incredible

(I'm nowhere near that level lol)"

The 100kg mark in the bench is a good level of strength for the average built guy, but far from incredible. Its actually a far more technical lift than most people realise, and those with long arms (like me) will find its extremely hard to get to grips with.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I was a competitive powerlifter and British bench press champ and record holder. I squatted and deadlifted 200kg and benched 130kg.

I am really impressed! A bench press of anything over 100kg is incredible

(I'm nowhere near that level lol)"

Thanks, I have been lifting weights for 25 years, started as a competitive weightlifter then progressed to powerlifing as I was better at that. Keep at it, you get way stronger as you get older

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I was a competitive powerlifter and British bench press champ and record holder. I squatted and deadlifted 200kg and benched 130kg.

I am really impressed! A bench press of anything over 100kg is incredible

(I'm nowhere near that level lol)

Something I wanted to know on a seated bench press. What percent of it do you use your chest and percent is shoulders? I lift an extreme amount (at my peak). Although due to my shoulders being really strong and quite broad compared with my chest. I feel my shoulders maybe pushing a lot of the weight

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

unless your talking the top tiers of both sports there isnt much in it between weights being shifted by the BB`ers and PL`ers. And even at the top some of the weights the BB`ers are shifting is fcuking scary

some of the best BB`ers started out as PL`ers and made the transition. You`ll find the best in both sports are beastly strong

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I was a competitive powerlifter and British bench press champ and record holder. I squatted and deadlifted 200kg and benched 130kg.

I am really impressed! A bench press of anything over 100kg is incredible

(I'm nowhere near that level lol)

Forget seated as a main chest staple unless its a plate loaded machine. flat benchpress incorporates alot of front deltoid/shoulders into the lift so alot of people dont rate it so much for chest building.

If your gonna do flat i`d suggest pre-fatigueing the chest muscles with some DB or cable flies beforehand. This makes the chest work twice as hard during flat bench so you get more out of it

otherwise i`d go decline which gives more pectoral engagement and takes out some of the shoulder work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"unless your talking the top tiers of both sports there isnt much in it between weights being shifted by the BB`ers and PL`ers. And even at the top some of the weights the BB`ers are shifting is fcuking scary

some of the best BB`ers started out as PL`ers and made the transition. You`ll find the best in both sports are beastly strong"

Most BB's do the basic lifts in their bulking phase and can lift big weights however in general, BB's are way better at reps with a certain weight than PL's are as they rarely do 1 rep max's as PL's do. I remember reading an article in Flex magazine at least 15 years ago where a BB squatted X amount of weight for 10 reps but the PL could only do 8 but in the 1 rep max, the PL did 70kg more and the BB only 30.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Here you go popeye ... not a bodybuilder but there's some squatting in here ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x1x48u3RzQ"

Cheers big ears. I'd have a look.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

some of the best BB`ers started out as PL`ers and made the transition. You`ll find the best in both sports are beastly strong

yeh BB`ers are defo conditioned more towards reps. more reps = greater muscle hypertrophy which is the BB`ers end goal for growth

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"yeh BB`ers are defo conditioned more towards reps. more reps = greater muscle hypertrophy which is the BB`ers end goal for growth"

According to Elliot Hulse (check out his youtube videos, they're great) its not actually the rep range that's important, but the time under tension - studies I've read suggest its somewhere around 40-60 seconds of tension time that causes muscular hypertrophy, anything lower is more strength based neurological efficiency, anything higher is endurance.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I was a competitive powerlifter and British bench press champ and record holder. I squatted and deadlifted 200kg and benched 130kg.

I am really impressed! A bench press of anything over 100kg is incredible

(I'm nowhere near that level lol)

That's why I use it as it kills two birds with one stone. I was just wondering what percentage of the weight are the shoulders taking? Secondly I do noticed the isolated machines are different and you push more with your chest. I am happy with my strength and general fitness regarding lifting weights.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"yeh BB`ers are defo conditioned more towards reps. more reps = greater muscle hypertrophy which is the BB`ers end goal for growth

im a great believer in TUT training. i was doing it before i even knew it existed. just always felt right training that way

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I was a competitive powerlifter and British bench press champ and record holder. I squatted and deadlifted 200kg and benched 130kg.

I am really impressed! A bench press of anything over 100kg is incredible

(I'm nowhere near that level lol)

i reckon percentages will be dependent on bio mechanics. the shorter limbed guys seem to do really well flatbenching. ive got freaky long arms so my shoulders dont agree with flat unless my forms spot on. decline feels better to me and gives my shoulders a break while hitting chest better

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"yeh BB`ers are defo conditioned more towards reps. more reps = greater muscle hypertrophy which is the BB`ers end goal for growth

im a great believer in TUT training. i was doing it before i even knew it existed. just always felt right training that way"

I think a big reason we do 'reps' is simply because that's what everyone else does and thusly there's a familiarity to it, I don't know if simply lifting a weight into the contracted position and holding it for a minute or so would yield the same muscle building results however.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

What are you guys on about??

...all i wanted to say was female bodybuilders are gorge.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

its all about trying new things and just finding what works best for you

some days the gym is my laboratory and i train like a mad scientist

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What are you guys on about??

...all i wanted to say was female bodybuilders are gorge.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I was a competitive powerlifter and British bench press champ and record holder. I squatted and deadlifted 200kg and benched 130kg.

I am really impressed! A bench press of anything over 100kg is incredible

(I'm nowhere near that level lol)

Well I think there's a little trick to work out of you are working it right. Lift as heavy as you can for a certain amount of time and when you finally stop due to fatigue. Wherever you feel it most. That's where you are working the hardest and when you go to do the next exercise. You will notice what muscle you used the most in the previous exercise. Also if you don't mind trainers/mates doing this, but get them to look/feel the squeeze for each rep and your memory will know then what your training methods are like.

I am 6ft, 12 stone 4 and a swimmers build. With about 15% body fat. I am more muscular than thin, but I am no where near ribbed/having a six pack as I need a routine diet for that. My arms, legs, etc are average and I have quite broad shoulders.

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By *ackandkateCouple
over a year ago

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If you're getting stale or think you're platteauing, try repping at 80% of your max for 40 reps over 7 sets.

ie, if you bench 100kgs, try to do 40 reps of 80kgs over 7 sets.

Do as many reps as you can in first set, and the same for the following sets.

Each set you go till you fail.

It sounds easy but you soon stiffen after the first 3 sets.

This is a good routine to break the monotony that many feel sometimes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If you're getting stale or think you're platteauing, try repping at 80% of your max for 40 reps over 7 sets.

ie, if you bench 100kgs, try to do 40 reps of 80kgs over 7 sets.

Do as many reps as you can in first set, and the same for the following sets.

Each set you go till you fail.

It sounds easy but you soon stiffen after the first 3 sets.

This is a good routine to break the monotony that many feel sometimes

Shifting my routine after 12 weeks I find works a treat. Which includes the machines I use, the amount of reps/sets I do, but they roughly work out I would lift the same amount of weight. If I lift what I normally do.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The generally agreed standards of being strong in any given lift are (all with free weights):

Overhead Press 100% bodyweight

Bench Press 150%

Squat 200%

Deadlift 250%

The set and rep scheme used is less important than ultimately increasing the weight you're lifting.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I could squat 200kg before I broke my leg

If it is definitely 200kg then fair play that's very impressive.

She said 'squat' tbf. That's a lot but not uncommon for a woman. The leg muscles are extremely powerful in both men and women. "

My legs are strong as fuck, not sure how much I could squat though. I horse ride 3 times a week, push big heavy wheelbarrows etc so would like to find out.

I have leg pressed 200kg in the past though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I could squat 200kg before I broke my leg

If it is definitely 200kg then fair play that's very impressive.

She said 'squat' tbf. That's a lot but not uncommon for a woman. The leg muscles are extremely powerful in both men and women.

My legs are strong as fuck, not sure how much I could squat though. I horse ride 3 times a week, push big heavy wheelbarrows etc so would like to find out.

I have leg pressed 200kg in the past though."

In general, most people can leg press a lot more than squat, as an example when I was competing and regularly squatting 180 to 200kg I could leg press 350kg and I've known guys who squat 300 to hit near on 500kg.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I never pushed myself, was just in the gym with an ex and had a quick go so no idea what my real limit is. I have 17 inch calves that are pretty solid.

All I know is my seat and legs can keep me on a half ton animal throwing itself about and trying to dump me.

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By *agamuffin1970Man
over a year ago

North Leeds

Flame haired I think you've got us all swooning lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That's no way to talk about your ex! Lol

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By *hinaManMan
over a year ago

Twickenham

"The generally agreed standards of being strong in any given lift are (all with free weights):

Overhead Press 100% bodyweight

Bench Press 150%

Squat 200%

Deadlift 250%

The set and rep scheme used is less important than ultimately increasing the weight you're lifting."

Given that I am 68kgs then 150% would be 102kgs so like I said before anything over 100kgs is very impressive. For Flameredhaired to have benched 130kg is quite a feat.

P.s if I ever bench 100kg I'm starting my own thread haha

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By *oundthebendMan
over a year ago

wales

I'm a bodybuilder and powerlifter, I'm

Currently 5 weeks out from my first powerlifting meet of the year current lifts are 140b 200sq and 240 dead at 82kg

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By *oundthebendMan
over a year ago

wales

"Mrs is looking into taking up body building at the moment those of you who have seen her on cam will know it won't take much to start competing. X

If you ever need advice on prep feel free to pm me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So much has been said here i wish I was capable of talking about all of it. Still interesting to read everyone's ideas/beliefs on fitness though. If you all really care that much about your bench press I urge to look up Tom Venuto and read some of his stuff. Handy for BB, PL & strength training/conditioning.

For me it's not that simply squat..all about women that powerlift -bum, thighs & testosterone. They are honiest women I know & I know a few (Ex athlete)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's not women that simply squat*

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