How to Overcome Your Fear of Building Muscle and How to Start Building Muscle ASAP
Embrace Your Real
Julie Ledbetter
5.0 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Do you have a fear of bulking up? Are you worried that you will turn into the hulk if you start lifting weights? If so, don't worry – you are not alone. Many women feel this way, but it is essential to overcome your fear and start building muscle.
In this episode of Embrace Your Real, we will talk about why muscles are crucial, how to overcome your fear of bulking up, and some tips for getting started.
Are you ready?!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there beautiful human you're listening to Embrace your real with me Julie |
| 0:04.8 | Ledbetter a podcast where I empower you to just be you with each episode I dish you a |
| 0:10.3 | dose of real talk and actionable advice for building your confidence, honoring your body, |
| 0:15.2 | and unconditionally loving your authentic self. |
| 0:18.0 | Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace your real, let's get it, let's go. Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Embrace real podcast If you have a fear of bulking up, I know for me when I first |
| 0:36.4 | started getting into weightlifting, it really took some time for me to start doing it consistently |
| 0:41.6 | because I was scared honestly that I would turn into the Hulk. |
| 0:44.5 | I remember telling my boyfriend at the time who's now my husband, there's no way you'll |
| 0:48.7 | find me in the weight room. I don't want to be one of those bulky women and I know that |
| 0:52.2 | many women feel this way but it really is |
| 0:54.7 | essential to overcoming your fear when it comes to building muscle and so in today's |
| 0:59.5 | episode I am going to help you give you kind of tips and just information as to how you can |
| 1:06.2 | overcome your fear of building muscles so that you can start building muscle. |
| 1:10.9 | So if that is you, if you are in this boat, if you have maybe this |
| 1:14.6 | fear and you want to overcome this fear so that you can start building muscle, |
| 1:18.1 | tune in, be sure to take some notes. If you have a friend or a girlfriend in your |
| 1:22.0 | life that you feel like would |
| 1:22.9 | really benefit from this specific episode I just ask that you share it out with |
| 1:26.1 | them and also if this episode helps you in any way if you could just screenshot it |
| 1:31.1 | and post it up on your Instagram story or your social media |
| 1:34.4 | be sure to tag me julier led better and tag Embrace surreal I always love |
| 1:38.1 | connecting with you guys that way so before we dive into this episode I had to share this review of the day, Liz Ray K.S. |
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