"I don't want to get BULKY"

Don't eat carbs---especially at night. Drink teatox and wrap yourself in sweet sweat, with a waist trainer. Do more cardio---do it fasted because it's better. Eat six meals a day.

The reality is women have been bombarded with the image of weightlifting to be associated with big and bulky women.

The media has also contributed to this by showing females in the gym conducting body weight exercises, using only bands, and light weights.

It's time to lay this myth to rest for once, and for all.

Most women begin their journey weight training and immediately report their clothes are tighter, they feel bigger, and the scale was going up versus down.

The reality is the nutrition component plays a substantial role. Resistance training increases appetite and what's generally happening in this situation is women are eating more and increasing their glycogen stores; overall increasing their size. It's a very simple fix ----the caloric surplus is the reason women are getting bigger, not the "heavier" weights.

If you are concerned with your physique getting "bigger" lose more fat. In order to achieve a "bulky" like size, the female body would need a great deal of testosterone.

In my experience, the women who strength train on a consistent basis achieve the physique they are ultimately seeking. The female body comes in many different shapes and sizes and each body responds differently to strength training.