Hi everybody,
I am new to this site and I am looking for some help.
I am female, 23, about 5'6 and weight 130 lbs.
I have been working out for about a month now.
The part I am most unhappy with is thighs (inner and outter), stomach started taking shape and I see a difference there. I need to get ready for summer.
I go to the gym 2 times a week, I do 30 min cardio (treadmill) and do some weights (mostly legs).
All your suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much
Weight loss
Moderators: Boss Man, cassiegose
Have you tried something like an Adductor machine?
Or you could try an exercise for the Legs, where you use a Rubber band.
1. You stand Feet together on the rubber band, holding both ends.
2. You move one Leg, to about 40 degrees, then move it back, and then repeat with the other Leg.
3. Your Upper Body remains in the same place, and no moving like a Crab. You should finish where you started.
4. This is crudely how it's done
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If you do that for about a minute a time, maybe once or twice in a Leg session, you might find some benefit.
Or you could try an exercise for the Legs, where you use a Rubber band.
1. You stand Feet together on the rubber band, holding both ends.
2. You move one Leg, to about 40 degrees, then move it back, and then repeat with the other Leg.
3. Your Upper Body remains in the same place, and no moving like a Crab. You should finish where you started.
4. This is crudely how it's done
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If you do that for about a minute a time, maybe once or twice in a Leg session, you might find some benefit.
Hello Boss Man
that seems like a good exercise.
What I am hoping to do is to get rid of 10-15 pounds. I know that going 2 a week at the gym is not enough but I am trying to make it 4-5 times a week. I know that lifting weight and cardio is not going to do it but this is where i am running into problems:
food intake. I dont know what to eat that is going to benefit me, I dont know how far apart meals should be and things like that. What things to avoid.
And would it be possible to get some help in creating a exercise plan that will help me to get there?
Thank you Boss Man
that seems like a good exercise.
What I am hoping to do is to get rid of 10-15 pounds. I know that going 2 a week at the gym is not enough but I am trying to make it 4-5 times a week. I know that lifting weight and cardio is not going to do it but this is where i am running into problems:
food intake. I dont know what to eat that is going to benefit me, I dont know how far apart meals should be and things like that. What things to avoid.
And would it be possible to get some help in creating a exercise plan that will help me to get there?
Thank you Boss Man
Indeed. What I said to you, was only going to target the area in question, but I should apologise for not making it clear, how modest if anything, the beneft of doing those things would be, in reducing Fat from that area of the body.
Reducing Fat in specific areas, (Spot Reducing), is notoriously difficult. That's not to say it's impossible, but it's highly possible what I said for you to try, will be of some benefit, but achieving what you want from such things, to the full extent, is going to be very hard to do.
Though they can be incorporated into your regime, if you so choose.
Reducing Fat in specific areas, (Spot Reducing), is notoriously difficult. That's not to say it's impossible, but it's highly possible what I said for you to try, will be of some benefit, but achieving what you want from such things, to the full extent, is going to be very hard to do.
Though they can be incorporated into your regime, if you so choose.
Targetting the areas that you have fat is not going to specifically make them better. Machines like abductor/adductor are huge wastes of space. You will have MUCH better luck with exercises like squats. It's important to hit all muscle groups. But no exercise itself is going to make the fat go away in that area. That is done by reducing overall body fat.
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Sarah
Hello again
I have started adding more exercises into workout plan.
For the first time I started doing the Hack Squat and although it was a bit uncomfortable I liked it. It was more challenging then leg press and other leg exercises.
Squat itself - I am a bit scared to do it. How should I work way and wahat will help me?
Lunges - I am not used to them either and I know these are good exercises.
Should I be doing full body workouts everytime I hit the gym or seperate them?
I have started adding more exercises into workout plan.
For the first time I started doing the Hack Squat and although it was a bit uncomfortable I liked it. It was more challenging then leg press and other leg exercises.
Squat itself - I am a bit scared to do it. How should I work way and wahat will help me?
Lunges - I am not used to them either and I know these are good exercises.
Should I be doing full body workouts everytime I hit the gym or seperate them?
i would do full body workouts if i was you
for squats you should have a trainer show you but baiscally keep yuor head up, squat down and back, keep all the wt on your heels, go down to at least parallel..start with the bar only and increase as you go...same thing for lunges really too just a different action
for squats you should have a trainer show you but baiscally keep yuor head up, squat down and back, keep all the wt on your heels, go down to at least parallel..start with the bar only and increase as you go...same thing for lunges really too just a different action
Lifting weight and cardio is whats goin to make you lose this fat. As far as food goes, eat clean healthy foods and eat about 5 -6 meals a day and try to spread them out about 3 -4 hours.chez wrote:
What I am hoping to do is to get rid of 10-15 pounds. I know that going 2 a week at the gym is not enough but I am trying to make it 4-5 times a week. I know that lifting weight and cardio is not going to do it but this is where i am running into problems:
food intake. I dont know what to eat that is going to benefit me, I dont know how far apart meals should be and things like that. What things to avoid.
If you want to know how many calories per day you need to maintain and lose weight go here:
http://nutrition.about.com/od/changeyou ... lguide.htm
This guide will tell you how many calories per day you need to maintain and lose weight.
Also, if you want to see how long it will take you to lose this weight,
go to this site. It takes your calorie deficit ( how many calories you consume - how many calories you burn. ex consume:2500 burn 3000 calories. Calorie deficit = 500calories.) and figures out how long it will take.
http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_loss.html
I beg to differ. Spot Reduction is physically impossible.Boss Man wrote: Reducing Fat in specific areas, (Spot Reducing), is notoriously difficult. That's not to say it's impossible, but it's highly possible what I said for you to try, will be of some benefit, but achieving what you want from such things, to the full extent, is going to be very hard to do.
http://www.intense-workout.com/spot_reduction.html
Read about it there
Anyways, hope this helps =]
- caden
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