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BurnyEyes

BurnyEyes

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Hi everyone. I'm trying to lose about 15-20 pounds. I wanted to do this originally with just changing my calorie intake and eating habits because I have problems being too physical (blood pressure problems, lightheadedness, etc).
But today this is what I did and it wasnt too terrible..

-Rode my excersize bike for 30 minutes (made me sweat pretty good), not too high-intensity though
-20 bicep curls
-10 of those butterfly things (on a weight machine my brother has)
-20 crunches
-10 on each leg of some excersize where you stand straight and hold your leg out to the side to work your outter thigh muscle (saddlebag slimmer?)

if I did something similar to this everyday, and take in 1400 calories a day would this be an effective excersize? (I'd like mostly to lose weight in my hips and thighs) Is there anything I should do less or more of or add anything? (I cant do more than 30 mins on the bike though, it KILLS me, haha)

Any help would be appreciated!! thank you!
 
I hope that one of the cal-counters on board can hop in here and advice you on calorie intake, however I can just suggest:
  1. 1 hour a day workout is plenty.
  2. Take one or more rest days each week.
  3. Vary your workout to avoid boredom (that leads to demotivation!)
  4. You cannot target bodyfat on any area of your body either by dieting or by exercise. You may be able to build muscles in a target area in order to improve tone - for example, you girls can work on the pecs in order to raise the breasts, but you cannot burn body fat in any particular area by targeting it with an exercise.
If your body stores excess fat on your hips and thighs, then it will slowly reduce as you cut calories below your daily requirements. Working out will help you to reduce fat, will help you maintain your metabolism, and will help you get fit.
 
hello, Great routine, I can tell you this, I do some running, and Incline walking and elliptical machine at good resistance and high incline and let me tell you it has toned my legs and tightened them up.
 
BurnyEyes said:
Hi everyone. I'm trying to lose about 15-20 pounds. I wanted to do this originally with just changing my calorie intake and eating habits because I have problems being too physical (blood pressure problems, lightheadedness, etc).
But today this is what I did and it wasnt too terrible..

-Rode my excersize bike for 30 minutes (made me sweat pretty good), not too high-intensity though
-20 bicep curls
-10 of those butterfly things (on a weight machine my brother has)
-20 crunches
-10 on each leg of some excersize where you stand straight and hold your leg out to the side to work your outter thigh muscle (saddlebag slimmer?)

if I did something similar to this everyday, and take in 1400 calories a day would this be an effective excersize? (I'd like mostly to lose weight in my hips and thighs) Is there anything I should do less or more of or add anything? (I cant do more than 30 mins on the bike though, it KILLS me, haha)

Any help would be appreciated!! thank you!
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It's impossible to say if 1400 calories is appropriate for you or not. At a minimum we'd need to know your weight and activity level outside of the gym.

And for your reference, you're not able to select where you lose fat. It comes off in a pattern that's predetermined by our genetics, unfortunately.

As far as exercise selection goes, in your case I'd focus more on exercises that promote muscle preservation while losing fat. Let's face it, you're not doing this to weigh a certain weight - ultimately you're doing this to look a certain look, which requires the optimization of the fat to muscle ratio.

What exercises promote muscle preservation best? Typically it's the big, compound exercises where you're squatting, lunging, deadlifting, pushing, and pulling. The isolation stuff like the "saddle bag slimmer" (I think you're talking about an abduction machine) don't give you a lot of return on your investment.
 
Have found a program I think?

Started off with swimming, then got to grips with a neglected garden, gym is cost wise out of my reach for both me and hubby at the moment.
Thanks all for your ideas and opinions shared so far, have found something on Amazon called Fitness on Demand, there are a couple of DVD's, a three day workout and abs programme, might suit hubby as he seems keen on this one! anyone seen or heard of it? Let me know
Joss
 
I can use the following workout routine,..

Monday Chest+back,..
Tuesday Bicep+triceps,...
Wednesday Shoulder+abs,...
and repeat it again ,..its give me great result very quickly,..
 
shawn12 said:
I can use the following workout routine,..

Monday Chest+back,..
Tuesday Bicep+triceps,...
Wednesday Shoulder+abs,...
and repeat it again ,..its give me great result very quickly,..
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Personally I'd never promote a strength training program that has an entire day dedicated to arm training and no leg training at all.
 
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