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Best Equipment For Women To Build Muscle
One of the most common questions we get from our female members is, “What equipment do I need to build muscle?” You can use a few different setups, but some setups are particularly good for gaining muscle size and strength. Let’s take a look.
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Survey Results: The Most Attractive Female Body Composition (Muscle, Fat & Proportions)
I surveyed 1,072 men to see which female body shapes, body fat percentages, and features they found the most attractive. I drew dozens of different illustrations, adjusting them in subtle ways, so that men could pick between women with varying amounts of muscle and fat, different muscle proportions, and different bone structures.
I also surveyed 394 women, asking them how much muscle they wanted to build, their ideal body fat percentage, and which muscles they wanted to emphasize in their training.
Unlike with male bodies, where men and women preferred different physiques, men and women tended to agree on which female bodies were the most attractive. Most of the men and women we surveyed voted for the same degrees of muscularity and leanness, and preferred women’s bodies with the same general shape and proportions.
In addition to asking which body shapes men preferred (giving them one choice), I also asked which bodies they found attractive (allowing them to select as many choices as they wanted). Most female body shapes and body fat percentages were attractive to at least some men.
In this article, we answer a few questions:
- How muscular is the most attractive female body?
- What’s the most attractive female body-fat percentage?
- What muscle proportions do men prefer?
- Do men prefer thicker thighs in women?
- Do men prefer bigger butts in women?
- Do men prefer thinner or thicker women?
- How do men feel about women getting cosmetic surgery?
Does Birth Control Affect Muscle Growth?
A lot of women ask, does birth control make it harder to gain muscle? By how much does it affect muscle gain? What is the best birth control option if you care about muscle?
Birth control pills are one of the most popular contraceptives, with one study showing that 80% of sexually active women have taken them at least once. This is something, then, that could affect most women, especially at ages when they’re most eager to build muscle.
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The Women’s Guide to Squatting for Muscle Size
Squats are the bulking lift for women. They’re amazing for bulking up their quads and glutes, and they stimulate more overall muscle mass than any other lift, with the possible exception of the deadlift. But there are many different squat variations, each with its own distinct advantages and disadvantages.
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The Best Muscle-Building Supplements for Women
There are only a few supplements that are good for helping women build muscle. They’re well-researched, affordable, healthy, and safe, too. But good luck finding them amongst the thousands of ineffective supplements lining the shelves. Especially since most of those supplements are marketed toward men trying to get jacked or women trying to get thinner.
In this article, we’ll go over the best muscle-building supplements for women eager to get bigger and stronger. We only recommend a few supplements, and most have whole-food alternatives. None are mandatory.
We haven’t covered every single muscle-building supplement here, but we’ve got over a decade of experience helping thousands of women bulk up, and we keep up with the research published every month. Feel free to ask us questions in the comments.
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How To Gain Weight For Skinny Females
In this guide, we’re going to talk about a muscle-building diet plan designed for naturally skinny women who are trying to gain weight. Make no mistake, this isn’t a weight-loss diet plan. It’s not even a diet for the average woman who wants to become leaner and stronger. This is a bulking diet for women, a diet that will help you gain weight. Lean weight from muscle, yes, but the scale will still move up.
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How to Get Wider, Curvier Hips Naturally And Fast
If you’re a naturally skinny woman with naturally narrower hips, you might be wondering: is it even possible to get bigger, wider hips? Why do some females have narrower hips? Are there any exercises to widen the hips? What’s all this talk about the waist-to-hip ratio, and how can I improve my ratio naturally?
These are questions we get a lot. So inside this article, we’ll be talking about why so many women want to have wide hips with a small waist, what we can’t change, what we can change, and some action steps you can take today to quickly start adding inches to your hip measurement to immediately start improving your waist-to-hip ratio.
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How Much Muscle & Strength Can A Skinny Woman Gain?
So you’re a woman who starts lifting weights. How much muscle can you expect to gain? How long does it take for that extra muscle to become noticeable? And how big and strong can you get during your first year? What are good lifetime goals?
Or maybe you’ve been lifting for a while, and you’re wondering how strong you should be by this point.
You might also wonder if you could ever build too much muscle. Is that realistic? Would your genetics ever allow you to become too bulky? And how long would that take?
So, to figure out how much muscle and strength you can expect to gain, let’s break the question down into two parts:
1. How much muscle can a woman expect to gain? And how fast?
2. How much strength can she expect to gain?
3. How does this change if you’re a naturally thin woman?
Let’s delve into the research.
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All-Natural Weight-Gainers: Two Recipes
Looking for an all-natural weight gainer to build muscle mass? If you’re tired of whey isolates, maltodextrin, and a million different additives, give these natural weight gainers a look.
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Women’s Warm Up Routine Before Lifting
Looking for a good warm-up before lifting weights? Should you stretch? What does a good warm-up routine include?
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