Guest guest Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 I bought the BFL book, but now hear there's also a BFL for women book. Whats the difference? Are the eating plans and exercises still the same? I've also heard from a biokenetics guru that if you weren't active when very youngh (or rather, if you haven't built a lot of muscle before) you can forget about building nice muscle. I do understand that you automatically loose muscle when growing old but sure you should be able to build some? (i'm in my mid 20's though, but he says its a lost case, i'll only shape up what iv already got) He also says you wont easily change your butt shape (i need too, desperately) and calves are a born given... i want NICE calves! Any comments or suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 My first thought. " What a moron. " Good thing I don't say everything that pops in my head out loud. LOL Most of us hear prefer the original body for life. The BFL for women tends to be very shallow and not very specific. Kind of a do what makes you feel all warm and fuzzy. We also tend to have a little harsh feelings toward the author for using all those great examples of people of achieved their goals using the original BFL, not her version, without giving credit to the Bill's program. On to your guru guy: What is his definition of very young? If you're in your twenties I would call that young. I'm 40. Not old but not young any more either. I can't believe he said it's a lost cause for you. You can build muscle, you can change your shape. It won't be easy, it won't be fast, and you may be working against some genetics but you can do it. Muscle shape does tend to be genetic. There's also a thing called Mucsle Memory. The best way to explain it is that once build muscle those fibers, that mitochondria remembers where it was and what got it there. So if you slack for whatever reason, 2,3,4, years and start working out again, the muscles say " Yo, I remember this, oh yeah, let's get working " and bounce back to that previous state more easily. I slacked off and on for several years but got back to my 2000 measurments in about 6 months with a significant gain in lean mass. I contribute a lot of that to muscle memory (and hard work) Take a look at what you've got, at what you're parents have, and you can decide how much of change you can expect. I've got my dad's muscle structure, Big ol calves, big legs, long quads (they end way down on top of my knee), fat round muscles. I kid and say I come from " farm stock. " My hubs has skinny, flatish muscles, He's got a good inch between the bottom of his quad and his knee, and his calves have nearly no roundness to them. He's worked for years and can't get them to shape but he has almost no fat on them. Squats and lunges are great for rounding out a butt. You may not end up with a JLo booty or be a Beyonce look alike but with the right work and good diet you can make it rounder if you tend to be flat. Just search through those archives on Bodychangers and you'll see what I mean. There are some folks there that start out skinny and flat (mostly guys) that shape up real nice. Good luck, you can do it. Then go back and show your guru just what hard work and perserverance can do. Deb On 2/14/06, gertha_schulze <no_reply > wrote: > I bought the BFL book, but now hear there's also a BFL for women book. > Whats the difference? Are the eating plans and exercises still the > same? > > I've also heard from a biokenetics guru that if you weren't active > when very youngh (or rather, if you haven't built a lot of muscle > before) you can forget about building nice muscle. I do understand > that you automatically loose muscle when growing old but sure you > should be able to build some? (i'm in my mid 20's though, but he says > its a lost case, i'll only shape up what iv already got) > > He also says you wont easily change your butt shape (i need too, > desperately) and calves are a born given... i want NICE calves! > > Any comments or suggestions? > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Your biokenetics guru is full of hooey. You¹re only 20 fergodsake. You can do or be anything you want to be. I¹d be dangerous if I was 20 something again, with what I know now. Your body has the same musculature that everyone else does unless you have some sort of bizarre muscular defect or disease that belongs on the Discovery channel. I¹ve been lifting weights since 1980, that¹s 26 years. In 1998 I changed the way I was lifting. My body changed with it. If you want nice calves, do donkey raises and calf raises and run and you will have them. I hope you didn¹t give that ³guru² any money... On 2/14/06 12:38 AM, " gertha_schulze " <no_reply > wrote: > I bought the BFL book, but now hear there's also a BFL for women book. > Whats the difference? Are the eating plans and exercises still the > same? > > I've also heard from a biokenetics guru that if you weren't active > when very youngh (or rather, if you haven't built a lot of muscle > before) you can forget about building nice muscle. I do understand > that you automatically loose muscle when growing old but sure you > should be able to build some? (i'm in my mid 20's though, but he says > its a lost case, i'll only shape up what iv already got) > > He also says you wont easily change your butt shape (i need too, > desperately) and calves are a born given... i want NICE calves! > > Any comments or suggestions? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 > Your biokenetics guru is full of hooey. To put it politely, yeah he's full of more than 'hooey'! ;-) Here's just ONE example of a woman who at age 53 started lifting weights (NO prior athletic background) she became a Grand Nationals Bodybuilding champ at age 75 - yeah tell me you cant be lean and mean at any age! http://www.agelesstraining.com/aboutus.htm And this is my fave pic of the mom, : http://www.agelesstraining.com/gal-08.htm joni --------------------------------- *old age aint no place for sissies* ~ Bette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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