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Heavy weight training and NBE
November 16 2006 at 6:22 PM
HS29 (Login HS29)
I am wondering if anyone here is a serious weightlifter/exercise freak that is using NBE?
And if so, are you having positive results?
I am by no stretch near a low bodyfat % or have great muscle mass, but I am leaning that direction and wondering if I'm gonna lose what little I do have eventually.
Most ladies I see in the fitness competitions either have no boobs or have had them surgically augmented.
Is there hope?
Again, not looking to be Arnold Schwarzenegger, but am certainly trying for much more muscle mass and a lower body fat. I eat fairly healthy and incorporate lots of healthy fats in my diet.
Thanks anyone who's got experience here. I've searched the WWW and haven't really found anything to support this idea. I see most automatically go for augmentation- I will not do that to my body.
I did see ONE lady who is a body builder w/ huge boobs and she swears they are natural. She never lost hers due to the heavy exercise.
But hey, if I have great muscle tone small boobies, I think I could live w/ that. Eventually... :-D
Vicky A
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Re: Heavy weight training and NBE
November 17 2006, 9:53 PM
Strenuous physical exercise, i.e. exercise that seriously stresses the body, is always going to be negative for breast size. As you say yourself, women you see in fitness competions do not have much natural boobage.
Henri
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SENIOR MEMBER
Re: Heavy weight training and NBE
November 17 2006, 10:04 PM
Although most body building excercises will decrease the breast size because of the muscles worked, I think depending on what "level" you are trying to get to will determine the size boobs you have. There are different level/catagories in body building, but by just doing what you are proposing you won't necessarily become Arnold!!!
For you, I would think there is going to be some boob loss, but not to the extreme if all you are trying to do is decrease your body fat which in turn increases your muscle mass. At the gym my hubby goes to, there are two girls that I'll use an example ~ one is so muscular that at first glance I swore she was a guy until I was corrected, but she was top in her level locally/regionally; then there was a girl that was on a different level, very tight muscles, low body fat, but looked normally proportioned that lost her boobs by a cup size, so like a C to a B. Her only goal was to look really good and bring her fat down, and without it sounding gross or sick, she looked really good, and unfortuantly showed it off to everyone but thats another story...... It all depends on your overall goal. So I guess thats your answer.
Hope that helps.
waxingmoon
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SENIOR MEMBER
Re: Heavy weight training and NBE
November 18 2006, 12:41 AM
I don't know if I will be much inspiration to you, because I am starting at such a small size (36aaaa which through NBE has increased to between 36aaa and 36aa). I have weight trained for several years and I teach exercise classes about 3 hours a day. My small breast size was not caused by my weight training or exercise, I believe I have had a long standing hormone imbalance.
Those professional body builders often reduce body fat for competition or photo shoots into the single digits - which for women is unhealthy. Even low teen body fat amounts can cause a woman hormone imbalances. Consider as well that it is likely pro body builders will use steriods - women included - and you have a recipe for hormone trouble that will definitely reduce breast size.
If you keep your body fat between 15 - 20% you will look lean and still have enought fat for NBE. Muscle building alone does not reduce breast size. There may be a slight loss due to toning the pectoral muscles, but that will be replaced when you build up the pecs.
However, your bra band to cup size proportions may suffer. I have increased mass in my pecs, lats, and serratus anterior muscles which at one point due to water weight gain had me temporarily at a 38 bra band size - and far, far too many a's behind it cup size wise. Without weight training, my band size would be a 34 and my cup size aa and nearing a full A.
I agree that your overall look will be enhanced through weight training - a toned body looks great. Keep your body fat reasonable and you can grow your breasts and you muscles.
Keep us posted on how your doing.
Waxingmoon
Buffy
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SENIOR MEMBER
Re: Heavy weight training and NBE
November 18 2006, 6:16 PM
I work out 5 days a week-- not a body builder but I definitely lift heavier than any other female I see at the gym. I push it as hard as I can! My body fat is 16% and I've still been able to grow boobs.
I think it's interesting that people still believe in "spot reduction," for example: if you do too many exercises for your pecs it will burn off the fat in your boobs. This has been long dispoven; however, I know from watching a big-boobed friend of mine get in shape that getting good pec muscles will lift and tighten the boob area- potentially making them look smaller. All the muscles really did was reduce sag, which I think is a good thing.
November 16 2006 at 6:22 PM
HS29 (Login HS29)
I am wondering if anyone here is a serious weightlifter/exercise freak that is using NBE?
And if so, are you having positive results?
I am by no stretch near a low bodyfat % or have great muscle mass, but I am leaning that direction and wondering if I'm gonna lose what little I do have eventually.
Most ladies I see in the fitness competitions either have no boobs or have had them surgically augmented.
Is there hope?
Again, not looking to be Arnold Schwarzenegger, but am certainly trying for much more muscle mass and a lower body fat. I eat fairly healthy and incorporate lots of healthy fats in my diet.
Thanks anyone who's got experience here. I've searched the WWW and haven't really found anything to support this idea. I see most automatically go for augmentation- I will not do that to my body.
I did see ONE lady who is a body builder w/ huge boobs and she swears they are natural. She never lost hers due to the heavy exercise.
But hey, if I have great muscle tone small boobies, I think I could live w/ that. Eventually... :-D
Vicky A
(Login VickyA)
Re: Heavy weight training and NBE
November 17 2006, 9:53 PM
Strenuous physical exercise, i.e. exercise that seriously stresses the body, is always going to be negative for breast size. As you say yourself, women you see in fitness competions do not have much natural boobage.
Henri
(Login henriettahippo)
SENIOR MEMBER
Re: Heavy weight training and NBE
November 17 2006, 10:04 PM
Although most body building excercises will decrease the breast size because of the muscles worked, I think depending on what "level" you are trying to get to will determine the size boobs you have. There are different level/catagories in body building, but by just doing what you are proposing you won't necessarily become Arnold!!!
For you, I would think there is going to be some boob loss, but not to the extreme if all you are trying to do is decrease your body fat which in turn increases your muscle mass. At the gym my hubby goes to, there are two girls that I'll use an example ~ one is so muscular that at first glance I swore she was a guy until I was corrected, but she was top in her level locally/regionally; then there was a girl that was on a different level, very tight muscles, low body fat, but looked normally proportioned that lost her boobs by a cup size, so like a C to a B. Her only goal was to look really good and bring her fat down, and without it sounding gross or sick, she looked really good, and unfortuantly showed it off to everyone but thats another story...... It all depends on your overall goal. So I guess thats your answer.
Hope that helps.
waxingmoon
(Login waxingmoon)
SENIOR MEMBER
Re: Heavy weight training and NBE
November 18 2006, 12:41 AM
I don't know if I will be much inspiration to you, because I am starting at such a small size (36aaaa which through NBE has increased to between 36aaa and 36aa). I have weight trained for several years and I teach exercise classes about 3 hours a day. My small breast size was not caused by my weight training or exercise, I believe I have had a long standing hormone imbalance.
Those professional body builders often reduce body fat for competition or photo shoots into the single digits - which for women is unhealthy. Even low teen body fat amounts can cause a woman hormone imbalances. Consider as well that it is likely pro body builders will use steriods - women included - and you have a recipe for hormone trouble that will definitely reduce breast size.
If you keep your body fat between 15 - 20% you will look lean and still have enought fat for NBE. Muscle building alone does not reduce breast size. There may be a slight loss due to toning the pectoral muscles, but that will be replaced when you build up the pecs.
However, your bra band to cup size proportions may suffer. I have increased mass in my pecs, lats, and serratus anterior muscles which at one point due to water weight gain had me temporarily at a 38 bra band size - and far, far too many a's behind it cup size wise. Without weight training, my band size would be a 34 and my cup size aa and nearing a full A.
I agree that your overall look will be enhanced through weight training - a toned body looks great. Keep your body fat reasonable and you can grow your breasts and you muscles.
Keep us posted on how your doing.
Waxingmoon
Buffy
(Login Buffeee)
SENIOR MEMBER
Re: Heavy weight training and NBE
November 18 2006, 6:16 PM
I work out 5 days a week-- not a body builder but I definitely lift heavier than any other female I see at the gym. I push it as hard as I can! My body fat is 16% and I've still been able to grow boobs.
I think it's interesting that people still believe in "spot reduction," for example: if you do too many exercises for your pecs it will burn off the fat in your boobs. This has been long dispoven; however, I know from watching a big-boobed friend of mine get in shape that getting good pec muscles will lift and tighten the boob area- potentially making them look smaller. All the muscles really did was reduce sag, which I think is a good thing.