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Originally Posted by riverfish1
can anyone point me to resources for convincing females (specifically my gf) that starting strength won't immediately turn them into female bodybuilders? Including anything about how making your muscles "long and lean", high reps low weight, etc is pretty much bull**** would also help? The GF is insisting that she wants her muscles to be "longer and leaner" and since the fitness industry talks about it, it must be true.
honestly, all of the magazines that i read (M&F hers, Fitness Rx for women, and fitness) support lifting! they don't follow SS, but they do provide variations of all the major lifts, explanations of how to correctly do each lift, etc.
best part... really hot pix of great bodies.
is anyone surprised that branch won the arnold? he just looks grosssssss to me.