Will lifting weights give me bulky arms?

The fear of bulking up keeps many women away from the exact training their arms need. On the bat wings episode, Nikkiey says lifting heavy builds lean, defined muscle, not large, bulky muscle. She is also blunt that it would take a lot to get to bulky. In her arm workout video, she pushes back on the idea that women can't handle heavy weight and says you can challenge yourself more than you are lifting right now.

If your arms still look soft after training, the problem isn't the weights. Nikkiey says visible arm definition usually starts showing at around 22-25% body fat or lower for most women. At 30-35%, the muscle is there but buried under fat, so no number of tricep exercises will show it on their own. That's why she puts nutrition first, with protein a priority, and then uses strength training to build the muscle that creates definition and gives your skin something to hold on to.

So the plan isn't to avoid weights. It's to lift with real intensity, focus on the triceps, shoulders and upper back, and pair that with eating that brings body fat down.