Skinny Fat

Yes I was skinny fat.

This was at a 1/2 marathon. Very thin with very little muscle..bad posture too! 

Skinny fat definition - Skinny when looking at with very little muscle tone!

So while yes I was thin - I had barely any muscle.

Twiggy skinny arms - cellulite - flabby - jelloish.

When I met Brad wayyy back in 2003 - I was a running fiend. I was running 4-6x a week and weight lifting consisted of very light weights - a ton of reps  - maybe 2x a week. So basically I was maintaining my skinny fat frame. Not adding any muscle.  I weighed around 115-118 pounds and had about 96-97 pounds of muscle only.

It took me about 2 years to add muscle. Thats right 2 YEARS!!  

2 years of lifting heavy weights - with great form - 3x a week for about an hour each session.

I gained about 3-4 pounds of muscle. Giving me about 101 pounds of muscle. So yes my scale weight went up a couple of pounds - but it took years for this to happen.

So when people (women) say they have gained 5 pounds of muscle in a month - it is one of three things..
1. they are shooting steroids
2. they have eaten wayyy too much and have put on some extra fat
3. they are a freak of nature (I mean this in a good way) - they put on muscle extremely easily - think girls with fantastic genes with ripped arms and they never lift weights - I have two friends like this :) JEALOUS!

So most likely if your scale is going up and you are lifting weights it is NOT muscle!!!!

It is very hard for women to gain muscle VERY VERY hard! Just like it is hard for us to drop pounds - muscle is just as hard - harder really.

When I lift now - I lift very differently than I did way back in 2003.

I lift heavy. More frequently. And way more reps. 

But remember it takes a lonnngggg time to build muscle. A very long time! 

Keep doing your cardio. Keep your food clean. And lift! Ladies lift as heavy as you can....you won't get bulky!