Getting ripped for girls

Hi. I'm a girl and i want to get ripped. I don't want to get big but have a lean muscular built but not huge muscles. For that should i do weights everyday or on alternate days?

Original Post by kidsurgeon:

Hi. I'm a girl and i want to get ripped. I don't want to get big but have a lean muscular built but not huge muscles. For that should i do weights everyday or on alternate days?

Weights 3 times a week.

 

The chances of you getting huge is next to none.

 

1. Starting Strength
2. Stronglifts
3. New Rules of Lifting

Choose one and follow :)

^ Ditto.

I personally started with New Rules of Lifting for Women. It was a little less intimidating since it was designed for women but still encourages heavy lifting.

I've also followed Female Body Breakthrough, New Rules of Lifting (original) and Starting Strength. All of them are excellent programs.

I lift three times a week with 48 hours off weights between lifting sessions.

It is pretty hard to get "huge" for a girl unless you take steroids. 

You can get ripped though by lifting heavy and following any of the above named programs

Thank you everyone 

I do competitive weightlifting, and I've found that some people (myself) cannot actually get "big"! The best way I've gained lean muscle is to really kick up the cardio lose some of the fat covering your muscles (so you can actually SEE the muscles you've been working on) and focus on a low carb, high protein diet. Along with a good lifting schedule alternating with body weight exercises (no weights, just using your own body weight. Push ups, squats, ab work, ect), you should see a difference in no time!

I thought you were a guy who wanted to get ripped "for girls" - to impress girls.  Clicked on it thinking I want the same advice.

Original Post by johnnywhisky01:

I thought you were a guy who wanted to get ripped "for girls" - to impress girls.  Clicked on it thinking I want the same advice.

If you want to impress the ladies, don't forget that 60% of your muscle mass is below the waist.  Don't just work the "vanity" muscles but also work them legs and butt!!

Original Post by dbackerfan:

Original Post by johnnywhisky01:

I thought you were a guy who wanted to get ripped "for girls" - to impress girls.  Clicked on it thinking I want the same advice.

If you want to impress the ladies, don't forget that 60% of your muscle mass is below the waist.  Don't just work the "vanity" muscles but also work them legs and butt!!

Ditto to the butt.

Original Post by johnnywhisky01:

I thought you were a guy who wanted to get ripped "for girls" - to impress girls.  Clicked on it thinking I want the same advice.

hahaha well im a lesbian so if i am getting ripped its for girls haha

Original Post by kidsurgeon:

Original Post by johnnywhisky01:

I thought you were a guy who wanted to get ripped "for girls" - to impress girls.  Clicked on it thinking I want the same advice.

hahaha well im a lesbian so if i am getting ripped its for girls haha

On training women by Coach Rippetoe:

• The vast majority of women cannot get large, masculine muscles from barbell training. If it were that easy, I would have them.
• Women who do look like men have taken some rather drastic steps in that direction that have little to do with their exercise program.
• Women who claim to be afraid to train hard because they “always bulk up too much” are often already pretty bulky, or “skinny fat” (thin but weak and deconditioned) and have found another excuse to continue life sitting on their butts.
• Rip: "You would look better if you gained about 10 lbs of muscle" Woman responds with look of utter horror. Rip: "Trust me, I've been looking at women a long time, and I'm really good at it."

Get a barbell training program (Starting Strength) and control your diet.

thanks michael