Stephanie Estima

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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Women’s Fitness Expert: What You NEED To Know About Dieting & Exercise | Dr. Stephanie Estima · 29 Jun 2026 podcast

This one is women getting bulky.

Okay.

Women are still scared that if they engage in a program of progressive overload, which is to say that you are, maybe you are lifting heavy weights, maybe you are doing more volume, meaning you're doing more sets or more repetitions, that somehow you are going to bulk up.

as if to say that they're going to start looking like a physique competitor, a bodybuilder.

It is the equivalent of saying, well, if you drive to the store to get some groceries, that you are going to be on par with Lewis Hamilton and you're going to be a Formula One driver, right?

It's just almost impossible for, I'm going to say 97 to 98% of women don't have the hormonal environment to bulk.

There are a few genetically gifted outliers that absolutely can, but for the most part, women cannot bulk.

I don't have as much testosterone as you do.

You have like 10 to 20x more than I do.

So even if we train the same way, I'm never going to be able to put on as much muscle mass as you.

But a gal can continue to dream, right?

I can continue to hope.

So bulking up, it's not a thing.

What I will say, though, actually, what I will say is some people, when they do start lifting weights initially, they will start to feel a little thicker, right?

Because the muscle is a little bit more swollen.

There's also a layer of fat that usually sits on top of the muscle.

So as you begin to lose body fat, your muscles will begin to poke through.

Let's say, but sometimes that's why people will feel bulk.

They'll say, oh, I'm getting, I started and I stopped because I was getting bulky.

It's just a sort of a swelling or an inflammation, let's say, of the muscle underneath.

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