How to Look Like a Fitness Model

By Ryan Kelly

Women often ask me what they can do to get toned and healthy without looking like a female bodybuilder straight out of ESPN2. Well, the good news is that women cannot gain that much muscle mass naturally. Testosterone is necessary to gain muscle mass, and women simply do not have a lot of it naturally. Those women on ESPN2 are injecting testosterone... or to put it another way, they are using steroids. All steroids do is mimic testosterone, making the body think it has more than it does. If you don't put those substances in your body, you won't look like the women of ESPN2.

Since you cannot gain large amounts of muscle mass as a woman, it makes no sense to do bodybuilder-style low rep workouts with high weight. You would just end up hurting your joints without doing any good for your body. Of course, despite even this you could do them, but they will not do you much good since you simply won't gain the muscle that males do. What you should do is high repetition weight resistance work and a lot of cardio. The high rep weight resistance work will tone your muscles while the cardio will burn away excess body fat, leaving you with the physique of a fitness model!

This "fitness model" look is what the women from the cover of magazines like Muscle and Fitness Hers have, and it is very sexy. These women are not on steroids, and they do not look like men! Instead, they are strong, toned women. Do workouts with high reps and low weight with a lot of cardio to look like this yourself.

Ryan is a 275 pound natural bodybuilder from Arizona. He runs the Muscle Building Section of Good E-Books.com, where he lists his favorite books for building muscle mass. Visit http://www.goode-books.com/gainmuscle.html today to see Ryan's picks!