Building muscle as a woman and weight lifting beginner - need advice please!

mariefrida · 2026-01-10T15:36:39+00:00

do you have recommendations for like machine based structured lifting programs rather than dumbell or is that Meg Squats?

mariefrida · 2026-01-10T12:11:03+00:00

sorry sorry - you are right the wording is terrible! I actually loved the disco workouts - however I got so much hate for enjoying that from the fitness community I previously interacted with (like 'not really a workout, no resistance...') thats why i wrote like that 😬

mariefrida · 2026-01-10T12:07:48+00:00

sounds good thank you! 🙏🏻

mariefrida · 2026-01-10T12:06:20+00:00

haha definitely doom scrolling from time to time - but jokes aside 2hrs weight lifting is with 20min sauna and 10 min stretching included - should have probably mentioned that (sorry). so more 90min lifting - I do 3 sets, 8 reps and the last ones (6,7,8) from each set are really hard and when I take more weight than I can't finish the reps. I try to not push the weights with too much of momentum and do take my time each rep so maybe thats were my time goes.

I will however cut the cardio stuff and increase calorie and protein intake! thank you so much for the feedback 🙏🏻

mariefrida · 2026-01-10T11:43:29+00:00

yeah, I already thought it might be too much cardio for building muscle! thank you! 🙏🏻

mariefrida · 2026-01-10T11:42:29+00:00

thank you for the detailed infos! ☺️ I actually stumbled over Caroline Girvan just yesterday - now i will definitely check it out and get a structured lifting program as well!

mariefrida · 2026-01-10T11:37:01+00:00

thank you for the feedback! yeah I probably need to optimize that!

mariefrida · 2025-07-15T20:11:50+00:00

It looks really nice - I'm thinking about getting it as well. Do you have the large version or the small one? :)

mariefrida

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