Comments on: How can women gain weight by gaining muscle?

By: Monte

Monte — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:10:36 +0000

Not sure what your lifting regimen consists of but 3 sets of 8-12 reps with 1 minute between sets should be good. I’m not sure how you are feeling after your last set but you should just barely be finishing it. If you are trying to pack on muscle make sure you are getting 1 gram of protein for every pound you weigh. Hopefully you are doing at least two exercises from each muscle group Arms, Legs, Back, Chest Ab with a day of rest in between exercise bouts.
If you are surprised you aren’t turning into a hulk it is because women lack the amount testosterone men have. Are you trying for size or definition or both? Also how much cardio are you doing? If you do too much you burn off muscle.

By: chickenfriedrice

chickenfriedrice — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:13:47 +0000

try doing one arm and\or two arm curls. bench press is more for you chest than it is for your biceps.

By: pollitically incorrectproud

pollitically incorrectproud — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:26:53 +0000

For a woman you are already fairly strong and yes you can gain weight by adding muscle for a person your size benching 140 is very good. 160 leg press is fairly good to. considering how big you are you are doing very good but you can still do better if you want.
Also you may want to try putting some space between your workouts so your body can recuperate since muscle comes from the body repairing damaged cells which is spurred on by exercise thats why protein is needed to build muscle.