female fitness

Dr. Josefina Monasterio is a 71 year old bodybuilder. She shares her inspiring philosophy, lifestyle and fitness on her Youtube channel. Source.

Got me wondering, how many of you girls have no idea what you weigh? I know my height for sure, but I couldn't give you a guess on my weight. I stopped weighing because I found it less stressful for bulking, as I always felt small, weak and disappointed when I wasn't gaining. So ladies, how...

Week 6 (5/9 - 5/16) and Quarter 2 (4/25 - 5/16) Updates Here we are, half-way through the 12-week challenge! About 25% of the initial entrees are still with us. Whose going to tough it out the remaining 6 weeks? Once again, we have a more detailed quarterly update for this week. This is the...

Before and After Never had a tiny butt to begin with, but I certainly felt like I needed to add shape and lift (and volume doesn't hurt :P). I have been lifting on and off for 2 or 3 years, but I've only seriously been consistently lifting and doing glute workouts for 6 months. After photo was...

Buddy matching time! Last year, we had over 1500 people sign up for the survey. This year, I've got an amazing partner in crime, /@lightnthedark to make it way better than before! tl;dr - Do the survey and GET A SWOLEMATE BY VALENTINE'S DAY. Link -...

So by this point we all know around here that calories are based on things like TDEE's and BMR's, age and height, activity level, etc. But everyone seems to have different splits! How did you come up with your splits? For example, I think MPF defaults to 35%C, 35%P, 30%F for weight loss. I...

Hi, I’m just starting out my journey in to fitness trying to figure out where to start and putting a routine together. I am currently about 167cm/ 64kg (5’6”/ 141lbs), with a 26” waist and UK 30H/ 28HH (I think this is a K/L US cup) bra size. I am hoping to loose as much boob as possible, but...

Lift really big? Run really far? Finally get that yoga pose you've been struggling with? Perhaps you stuck to your fold plan and now know you can achieve it? Whatever your success, we want to know about it! P.s. You break intergalactic xxfitness law if you preface your comment with "well it's...

Hello, I read the book but am having difficulty understanding how to follow this program. I used to follow the strong curves gorgeous glutes program by Bret Contreras & felt like things were more explicit & easier to follow. But I started TLS bc I wanted a more balanced workout routine & not...

This is small potatoes compared to the amazing gains I see on so many of you ladies in here, but I'm proud. Before and after of me from October 2017 to this morning. In between, I've lost about 10 kilos (22 lbs) as part of a fitness journey of around 1 year, from 86 kg (189 lbs) to 76 kg (167...

Hi there! I’m a 23 y/o female that is 125lbs (down from 190!!) and am trying to get toned and strong since right now I’m a weakling. I consider myself relatively well educated when it comes to exercise in terms of form, anatomy, etc. My issue is that, because I have the strength of a wet...

I'm a novice with weights at the gym, so have started out with the machines. I'm still kinda figuring out what the right weight setting is for me. I have strong legs but lack strength in my upper body, especially shoulders. For some exercises, 'to failure' is obvious. E.g. on the leg press, I...

OK so I (44f) have a weight range that I like to stay within when I’m being fairly relaxed and cruisy about my workouts & eating. I also have a certain number that when I see it on the scales it’s like the 'oh-shit-get-your-ass-back-in-gear' moment. Once I get going and focus properly on my...

It'd be cool to see what like 5+ years of lifting will do for a woman! Also, age, years trained, bw, height, programs used, nutrition, or whatever else would be neat to see.

Background: 5'4" 16F, relatively new to lifting, maxes are S: 62.5 kg, B: 27 kg, D: 80 kg Before I started lifting, I would do 3 Bailey Brown YouTube videos with a resistance band every day: this one, this one, and this one. They're pretty much just banded glute activation exercises: donkey...

EDIT 1/14/2014: IF YOU'RE COMING TO THIS NOW, SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, HERE IS WHAT I CURRENTLY LOOK LIKE. I OVERCAME "ORTHOREXIA" AKA ONLY EATING CLEAN FOODS, AND NOW I FOLLOW "IF IT FITS YOUR MACROS" AND HAVE FINALLY GAINED SOME SOLID MUSCLE MASS Thanks so much for all the support, ladies. If...

Hey All, This morning, someone hacked one of the mod accounts and temporarily changed all of the subreddit themes to one of a more political nature. This has also occurred in other subreddits, through mod accounts, so it seems to be a coordinated attack across the platform. I've locked the...

What are your thoughts on UA shoes? I'm looking for a shoe that's suitable for strength training 3x a week and one cardio heavy day. Currently I'm wearing a pair of low top vans which are great for barbell squats (it forces me to really plant and drive through my heel) but terrible in any high...

Topic of the week - Cycling! You are probably going to notice a bit of a bias in this post, as while I've been riding ~10 years now and varied across road/comfort/mountain bikes I am predominantly a road cyclist, because I gotta go fast, on tarmac, wearing skin-tight clothing (don't judge me)...

I enjoyed looking at all of the DEXA data from /@jedidvena so I figured I'd add mine. Album of results + pics: . I used the Google photos "auto" option to brighten them up a bit but otherwise no filter. Pics were taken first thing in the morning with no pump; posting swolfies online without a...