Workouts at home for a teen girl

Jas-ras

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Hey everyone. I'm a teen girl who just turned 18. I used to workout an hour a day at the gym but I've recently cancelled my membership cuz I stressed myself out too much going and the cost got too much. So anyways I wanna resume working out at home. So does anyone have any great fat burning workouts that can be done at home? Also any workouts to tone the belly? I eat around 1200 possibly. Look at my post " help here's what I eat" to see what I consume. Thanks for the help :)
 
hello? anybody there to help? :]
 
Well, there is really no such thing as a .. "belly toner" beyond having a low fat percentage and getting some abs. For most people in reasonable health it is more about the body fat percentage than about having actual abs, most people have some of those hiding in there somewhere.

For a good simple workout do the basic big movements: Squats, deadlifts, push (bench press), pull (rows). That'll work all your major muscle groups. You can do those exercises with water jugs, sandbags, filled grocery bags or whatever if you don't have weights.

For working out, eating 1200 seems a bit low but I don't have your vitals so it'd be pretty dumb of me to say anything pretending to be clever about that. Just remember that if you're doing weight loss sometimes you need to eat more to get your body going again. It sort of tends to plateau a little if you under-eat too much. (in before people starts screaming starvation mode)

If you want to just burn energy without building muscle some interval training, or if you're in good shape, high intensity interval training, is, from what I've read, the best way to both burn energy (calories) and improve cardiovascular health. This is very taxing for the body tho, so don't over-do it. You'll work yourself into over-training pretty fast if you're not in good shape and over-do HIIT. There is a GREAT post in the weight-loss-through-exercise part of the board about HIIT, that also gives good advice that can be applied to plain interval training. The good thing is it can be done with running, cycling, burpees or basically anything involving the big muscles of the body.
 
thanks for the help :]

what ive begun doing is belly dancing for half an hour. im not a beginner at belly dancing so it was fun to get back into it. sometimes i put on my stiletto heels and belly dance lol . other times i carry 5 pound weights in my hands as i move my entire body to the beat of the song.

does this sound like a good or efficient workout? its super fun let me tell you that ;)
 
I'm not that familiar with belly dancing, but dancing in general can be a good form of cardiovascular exercise.... so if you enjoy it, then keep doing it!

You could also take a look around on you-tube for exercise videos and compile a list of workouts that you enjoy and that you can do throughout the week. I would suggest trying to do some workouts that incorporate some strengthening, or incorporate the exercises that clever plant suggested above into your belly dancing so that you maintain your muscle mass over time.
 
i have recently bought the stair stepper...and it feels good to be back on a machine lol.

i cant wait to incorporate this workout with the other ones you guys have told me about. thanks soo much :]]]
 
Try this work out. It's great for ab toning:
 
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