I am new and want to tone up

cara54 · Post by **cara54** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:32 am

Hi there everyone i am new here ,and want to tone and tighten. i have started walking 3 mile day,and only have dumbbells to work with, I was wondering if any one can tell me where to start , thanks Cara[/b]

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:03 pm

what do you wiegh now?

what are you aiming for?

how heavy are your wts?

how much training experience do you have?

what do you eat?

how many meals a day?

sleep??????

i.e. more info needed

cara54 · Post by **cara54** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:42 am

hi there and thanks for your reply..
weight 150 lbs
aiming foe 125 lbs
WTS are 1lb 3lb 5lb 10lb
have no training experience
eat preaty much anything
3 meals a day
sleep 7 hours ,,
can you help me get started please cara xx

littleshelly · Post by **littleshelly** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:57 am

Look into clean eating. Cannot get lean and tone eating anything you want. Strength training 3 days a week, HIIT cardio. Mix the cardio up. Don't do the same thing everyday. Eating clean and strength training are the key. Getting your heart rate up during cardio also.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:46 pm

training - http://www.elitefts.com/documents/body_barbell.htm

eating - about4681.html

let me know how this looks for you

DianaB · Post by **DianaB** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:19 pm

cara54 wrote:hi there and thanks for your reply..
weight 150 lbs
aiming foe 125 lbs
WTS are 1lb 3lb 5lb 10lb
have no training experience
eat preaty much anything
3 meals a day
sleep 7 hours ,,
can you help me get started please cara xx

Swanso, please review her EXPERIENCE with training.
1 Arm Push-ups? Dips? Mixed Grip Chins? SL training when there is not any bilateral training experience....
Body is a Barbell is a good program, but c'mon, when some one has never trained that's just asking for injury and disappointment.

Cara, can you get to a gym? IMO that a true beginner like yourself needs to learn some basics, and the best way to do that is to work with a trainer or even a friend with at least SOME training experience. After you learn some basics lifts, you can learn to adapt them to do at home, or better yet, continue at the gym.
If you have no possible way of getting to a gym, try the video series by Jari Love. It will ease you into resistance training and you already have the equipment needed to do the work-outs. The instruction is good and will teach you the basics is good form to avoid injury.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:03 am

obviously it's a blue print D i thought you would've caught onto that...bilateral lower leg wortk isn't the end all of training, most of life is one one leg and what are we gonna do 100 reps of squats???

why would she get injured from a bodyweight program and not a video???

DianaB · Post by **DianaB** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:06 am

swanso5 wrote:obviously it's a blue print D i thought you would've caught onto that...bilateral lower leg wortk isn't the end all of training, most of life is one one leg and what are we gonna do 100 reps of squats???

why would she get injured from a bodyweight program and not a video???

How would anyone learn proper form without someone to show it to them, hence video if gym is not possible.
How would someone with no experience modify a blueprint, particularly since the person has no idea what the exercise is?
Starting out with bilateral work is much safer than unilateral. The act of walking takes 2 legs, as does the act of standing. We don't generally hop from place to place.
I'm just saying.