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How does it feel to be a female bodybuilder?

In one word? Amazing.

In a primarily male-dominated industry, it’s a very empowering feeling to walk into a gym and impress guys with how much you can lift. I usually am the only woman in my gym working with weights (the rest chat on the cardio machines), and the amount of respect I get simply for being a woman lifting weights is amazing. I put a lot of time into it and it is truly my life’s passion.

In a given day, I get positive and negative comments for what I do from both genders. Many are of admiration, like “you’re so strong” or “wow, you are so determined!”, but some people also don’t understand the dedication it takes and the specific “bigger” look I may be going for. For example, I get a lot of “don’t get too big” and “you look like a man!”.

Negative comments aside, being a female bodybuilder has given me so much. Not only in making me look intimidating and badass, but in giving me the confidence and strength internally with my own struggles/obstacles. I’m no longer insecure or afraid of what others think of me. I can handle any challenge. At the end of the day, it’s my life, not theirs

How does it feel to be a female bodybuilder?

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  • My questions are how much time and commitment does it take to continue to look like your picture? How many supplements? How much steroid-like powders? How much clean eating? I get that you like feeling and looking strong, but is this lifestyle one you can maintain easily and economically for a lifetime?
    You "look intimidating and badass," but what is most important is "the confidence and strength internally with my own struggles/obstacles. I’m no longer insecure or afraid of what others think of me. I can handle any challenge."
    Do you need muscles to not feel insecure or afraid of what others think of you? Do you need muscles to handle challenges? I posit that you don't. For whatever reason, you've chosen to wear physical strength as your armor. I'm sure this works on some levels.
    It IS your life.
    I challenge you to use counseling to resolve nagging issues. Muscles don't make internal fears go away. You've built a level of confidence through developing a routine, setting goals, achieving what you set out to do and pushing to another level.
    You don't have time to consider fears when you're pumping iron on your 15th rep, or an added 10 pounds on the bar.
    Muscles don't give your security or dispel fears or push you past a challenge. It's the journey you've taken to achieve your fitness goals that have done that. They are A means to an end. Congratulations for making such headway. But there are modest ways to achieve the same results. They involve assertiveness training.
    You don't need a gym, bar or supplement powders. It has little to do with what you're eating and costs a short time investment with a counselor or life coach.
    You've chosen an unusual path and look. If you're satisfied with how you feel and look, there's no need to tout it unless you want to hear from naysayers.

    • Agree on this part as well!

  • That I really can't say, I'm not haha. I am more of the regular skinny woman I guess.

    • skinny girls are da bomb

Most Helpful Guys

  • The fact that your the only women in your gym who is working with weights make you stand out more. A female bodybuilder need not only a tough body, but also a tough personally, to shrug off negative comments from people that oppose female bodybuilding. :)

    • Yes you are right

  • Your body is amazing and inspired me to do 35 push-ups right now!

    • Good to know that i inspire someone

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  • I respect the dedication that you have and am glad that it helps you with your own struggles in life. However, the physical appearance of female body builders is a turn off to me.

    • I have the same perspective

    • @Grond21 I feel the same about male bodybuilders. Extremes are not attractive. I say the same about male and female models. Those are all extreme looks. A healthily fit middle of the road looking person seems most attractive to me. I don't find a skinny runner man or woman attractive. Nor a musclesless male or female model. Nor a plus sizer. Toned, able to do the life tasks that need to be done. What are all those excess muscles for? Did Arnold ever use all those muscles for anything but show? FITness means overall strength to live life. I can dig in my garden, ride my bike, get up and down off my sofa, walk a few miles, hunt and fish, lay sod in my front yard using a pickaxe. Shovel and remove dirt for several hours a day. I don't have big muscles. But I am toned and fit enough to do all those tasks. I get a bit sore if I work too long, but it's a GOOD sore. I've accomplished my goals and my garden, yard, house look good too!

    • Good for you. That seems like a very healthy perspective

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  • Nice words. Cheers to a world with more female body builders 💪

  • I'm not a bodybuilder but I workout regularly and started to gain some muscles and I already receive sarcastic comments like: why do you need muscles, are you a man? Why do you do push-ups, are you a man? why do you want to look like a man? My relative/cousin/neighbour walks 15 minutes regularly and that's enough not to gain weight.
    Bitch! I'm gaining strength and control over my body, big butt and skinny body isn't my goal.
    And then they go like: Why do you want to be strong, are you a man? 🙄

  • Firstly respect for all the women who are into bodybuilding, as everyone thinks is just a guy stuff. I am a big fan of female bodybuilders 😍

    • Thanks

  • As a male I can't answer the question, but you're clearly doing great and looking fit and healthy. :)

  • Do female bodybuilders find only other bodybuilders attractive? If not, does it have to be a sport type of person?

    • Not its not like that. Any one who is normally fit is ok

    • Ok. Thanks. :-)

  • Maybe I should write something about my life as a farmer. You sparked a idea

    • I'd read that! I'm very curious what life is like as a farmer.

  • Very well said mam, it is your body and you should not listen to what others say about it.
    As long as you do things you like you don't have to worry about others.

  • ngl she doesn't look like a human

  • I obviously have no idea. But I heard that women who take steroids are constantly horny.

    • No we use the energy at gym

    • Well if you are a natural body builder awesome. I much rather go on a date with a female bodybuilder vs a BBW.

  • I'm not particularly attracted to muscle bound women but I don't know if I would just arbitrarily have a blanket no as my response to the chance to spend a little time with a woman who is a body builder.

  • Your right amazing. It’s amazing what one can do when you put your mind to it. Fitness is a way of life not anyone can be a body builder weather your male Or female. The amount of time amd deduction amd discipline it takes is amazing. I have been in the gym working out pretty much my whole adult life and it has given me confidence amd structure in my life. I am proud of you for everything you have accomplished

  • your body is amazing. always be proud of it

  • I still think women body builders are sexy ladies, if they have muscles on them great, doesn't make them any less feminine.

  • Sexually, you won't be attractive to guys as comapred to decently worked out models. Woman are supposed to be gentle and bit submissive. Softness is our thing. So I guess you're a turn off to men sexually..

  • Wow, what an achievement! I really liked the positivity & confidence. Thanks for inviting me 🤗

    • Welcone

  • Man and woman are build different naturally. Woman are soft and sensitive man has harder skin.

    It's not bad to do a body building and it's good to be fit, but the extra muscles looses that charm man looks into a woman.

  • Get the face corrected please 🙏

  • Great my take. I love your positive attitude. Its so refreshing. My best wishes are certainly with you :)

  • You always post same pic try different sometimes 😅 good body though and just a suggestion instead of pointing out what others don't like or why inspire them with how you achieved yours like what all you did how you began why you began, bc whatever say or do people won't change there mindset untill you dhow them how you achieved your results so that will be more inspiring maybe 😊

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