Many people, mainly women, resist strength training because they’re concerned it’s going to make them “look big” or muscle bound.
Here is the irony: Strength training shapes you smaller.
That’s because a pound of muscle is much smaller and takes up less space than pound of fat. A pound of fat is about the size of a big grapefruit. In contrast, a pound of lean muscle is about a size of a lemon.
Using these analogy, imagine how great you would look and feel if you swap 20 pounds of fat (think 20 grapefruits) for five pounds of lean muscle (think 5 lemons).