Livi's got a great point there...
generally speaking, it's not 'too much muscle' so much as it's the layer of FAT on top of the muscle!
I invite you to stop by the Ladies who Lift forum here at 3FC - we have a lot of VERY knowledgeable people including certified fitness trainers and at least one actual competitive bodybuilder and lots of good advice about training...
Also, I'd like to direct your attention to Krista Scott Dixon's website at
http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html - it's unique in that it focuses on women and weights. On her "Crap List" she refutes the myth that women can get 'too big' from weight training as follows:
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You can get too big from weight training. Sorry, I thought we were all over that idiocy by now, but the Globe and Mail's style section for July 28, 2001 tells me that to wear the new fashions I have to have a nice back. Okay, I can dig that. But then they give me my workout tips for it: doing some kind of row with a 2 to 5 pound weight, working my way up to 12-15 reps. Don't use any more weight, the article cautions, otherwise you'll add unwanted bulk. FOR THE LAST F***ING TIME, YOU CANNOT GET TOO BIG FROM LIFTING WEIGHTS! A NON-DRUG-USING MALE TRAINEE WOULD HAPPILY CRAWL ON HIS LIPS THROUGH A FIELD OF LEECHES TO ADD FIFTEEN CRUMMY LITTLE POUNDS OF MUSCLE A YEAR! DO YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE SOMEHOW SO SPECIAL THAT YOU WILL DEFY THE LAWS OF PHYSIOLOGY AND SUDDENLY BECOME HUGE ONE DAY? WAKE UP AND SMELL THE GO****MNED TESTOSTERONE, HONEY! WHAT'S THAT? YOU CAN'T? OH, PERHAPS THAT IS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU BULK UP???? RAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH KRISTA SMASH!!
Phew, I feel better now. Must have been a steroid-induced rage ahahahahaaaa!!