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Feedback/Questions   I'm afraid I'll get "big"!!! I just want to
"tone".  How did they get so big?  You're worried that if you
start lifting weights, that you'll become muscle-bound, and then
one day, if you stop it will all "turn to fat".  Uh-huh.  And
you probably still believe in the tooth fairy and worry that an
asteroid might kill you...  We can't help you if you're going to
be irrational about this. Physiologists will tell you that it is
virtually impossible for the vast majority of both men and women
to get "big" from weightlifting unless they go to extremes and
also take additives like steroids.  Of course, when you meet
people who look too big, and ask them if they took steroids,
what do you think the answer will be?  Of course, they will deny
it; because society frowns upon it, it is unhealthy, dangerous,
stupid, in some cases it is illegal, and if nothing else, it is
seen as "cheating".  Tha