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Originally Posted by lawleypop
As the title says, I have a bunch of work out questions...
My work out is generally 35 minutes of the eliptical and 1.5 hours worth of weight lifting. I generally go every other day and just do a full body workout (well... legs and arms). I do most of the circuit area on the cardio area of DBAC and then some of the equips on the 1st floor by the entrance (chest flies, calves, and those 2 leg machines that work your hamstrings/quads/thighs)
a) I want to get strong, but not beefy. What's the best way to go about this? I generally try and do 5 sets of 12 reps of a moderately heavy weight...not enough that I'm STRUGGLING by the 12th, but enough that it gets really hard on the last couple of sets.
b) I have a lot of fat. Arm fat, boob fat, my thighs have a bit of excess fat but it's not gross or anything... What's the best way to trim? I heard building muscle is the best way to burn fat, but idk. Help pls.
c) I AM VERY HIPPY AND I HATE RUNNING. But I wanna trim my waist. Back when I was 16, I got down to about 110 pounds... I had a small[er] waist (I was probably around a size 8)... but ****, all I did was run and run and run. I don't wanna run, I hate it. What else can I do?
d) When I do arm exercises (especially when I'm on the last few reps), I find it REALLY hard not to tense up my neck... Like, I actually don't know how to push myself to complete the last few reps without tensing up my neck. I tense it so bad that I can normally feel something being pulled. Needless to say, I think it's pretty dangerous, lol. If I lower the weight, it's not challenging enough. If I up the weight, it's too much. I generally can't even finish 2 sets.
that's all I can remember for now.
[I know that "changing your diet" is an obvious answer to all of these, but... I eat kinda healthy and I'm not really interested in spending lots of money on meat and shit  ]
Edit: by beefy I mean I don't want to look like a guy... I'm not scared of having muscle, I just hate scrawniness/skinnyness |
Hey cherry, I been working out for quite a while and lost my belly fat to shine out those cool packs lol. Still haven't reached 6 pack yet, on its way. As souldier said, you can't spot lose the fat in no way.
a) Try this website out:
www.myfreetrainer.com
It is pretty neat and has almost everything laid out for you. Anyways, I still have made a few changes for my preferences. For example, I'm between beginner-intermediate and instead for 3 sets and 10-12 reps for some exercises, I only do 2 sets with 8-10 reps but heavier weights.
However, women don't have much testosterone so it's hard to gain muscle mass for ladies, so try to do more 12-15 reps and 2 sets. This will increase the endurance, shape up those muscles and also build a few gradually.
b & c) I hate to break it out to you, but building muscles won't help reduce fat. It doesn't matter if you can bench press 250lbs or squat 400lbs. It will only increase your muscle mass and maybe a bit of fat loss at max. To lose fat you need to do aerobics, that's the most efficient way to burn those calories.
The other main point is WATCH what you eat!! I don't drink pops, soda, juice. I don't eat at McDonalds or some other junk food places. I at most can't resist eating pizza once in a while, like once in 2 weeks or so.
If you run for 2 miles and eat a ham-burger, you would gain fat. The reason behind this is because to lose fat, you are suppose to go into calorie deficit. Therefore, make sure you burn more calories than you eat. But don't starve yourself. Eat healthy and exercise (aerobics).
If you don't like to run, you can swim, go biking, skating, hiking, etc. But running and swimming are the most efficient ones though to lose fat faster. Biking and skating don't take much lol, it won't really get your heart beat up, unless you're going like super fast lol. Hiking is good if you do atleast 5-6 miles against running on your own pace for 20-30 min.
