Daily Exercise

[adorefaith]

don't those weight machines for legs add bulk?

 

[Filipe]

^dont add bulk, if she put very low weight like 5 - 10 kg, and doing it very fast, results.
Like she´s using low weight and doing lots of times and fast ones per set, the muscles doesnt work.

She could also doing it on elliptical with low speed and fast movement, bt the results arent the same as this.
With weight training she can burn calories faster than doing cardio

 

[Filipe]

The Best Pilates Core Workout Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWqetvphLEU
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[Carrme]

awe Filipe thank for the tip. I wa worried about adding bulk. I'm on my way to work out now.
take care everyone xo

 

[sill]

I just finished an hour of power yoga

 

[TommyGirl]

My yesterday`s workout: cycling to town and back, about 8 km, and aerobic class 45 min + ab-exercises. Today`s my yoga day.

And about weight-training, it`s better to use some weights than nothing, because for women it`s really hard to get results without. You won`t get muscular using 10-15 kg ( at least ) for legs, but toned you will get. Weight-training also brings your metabolism up. And cardio is important part of training if you want to tone yourself. So don`t be afraid of weights, you won`t become bodybuilder ( i have years of experience )

 

[adorefaith]

thanks filipe and tommygirl for the info. good to know. i too have always avoided weights because i was worried about adding bulk. are you sure, though, that it doesn't add bulk at all? i know i won't get body building type muscles, but i find that even after a few months of consistent cardio workouts, my measurements have increased....i am more toned, it's definitely not fat, but i feel like rather than becoming slimmer and leaner, my muscles have become (even if only slightly) bulkier than when i don't work out. does anyone else experience this? i have a very small build and am slim (not skinny, but slim..) and i feel like my muscles are quite responsive to exercise... it only takes a few weeks of consistent exercise before i feel like i am noticing that my jeans are actually tighter!

 

[Filipe]

using weights on legs of course will add bulk just if want, or that be, if u use weight that is a kind of too much for you, your muscles will start to work and of course you will notice that ur legs will get more volume, or that be, bulk.
bt if you want to toned them and dont add bulk, you can do it with low weight.
Bc like you are with low weight you are defining ur muscles, or that be, toned them, bt in this kind of exercises u have to do instead of 10 times per set that is what usually every person does to upgrade the muscles, you do 20 times per set just bc its low weight and u are defining them.

Im slim like you & my training is 90% weight training and 10% cardio, always.
the people that has more weight than usual for their own body, they have to do the inverse training that I do 90%(or more) cardio & 10% of weight training(bt this training is never to get more muscle bt to lose it) and imo sucks doing this training bt they have to do it, if not happens to a guy of my gym that doesnt really know how to work out, that has like 100 kg in his body and what he does is weight training and guess what, he looks like a football ball.

I hope you dont have more doubts sweetie, if so tell me

 

[adorefaith]

that's great...thanks so much for the info filipe. i have probably been doing about 90% cardio and 10% weights....sounds like i need to do the inverse too! i'm not trying to lose weight...just to tone. how do i know how heavy the weights should be to begin with? do you increase them over time or just stay the same? and one more question....when you say do 3 sets of 20 reps, how much time in between sets? thanks again!...much appreciated...this is very helpful...

 

[Filipe]

Well, that´s the training that I do, you are a girl its different, usually girls dont do much weight training.
I increase the weight when I feel that Im not working that much, so if Im doing like for example upper chest with halteres 3 sets - 10 times, I increase the weight and I just do 2 sets.
There´s 2 phases, that I dont really follow them, bc I didnt have time to as much I wanted in the gym, which is during a certain time that is only increasing weight over and over again to gain more muscle and then there´s the other phase that is called the definition phase, which is that what u want, is when I decrease the weight a lot & I do 20 times per set.

I cant tell you how much weight do you should use bc I dont know what exercises you do, the weight that u use varies in each exercise you do, its very relative.

Between each set how much time should you stop to rest?
if so 5 - 7 min, bt in this kind of training isnt very relevant.

 

[omotesandohills]

40 minutes of hill running with my trainer and then 20 mins of weights in the morning.

An hour long class of yoga in the evening

 

[castorpollux]

ran 8 miles
free weights

 

[adorefaith]

1 hr walk

 

[-Mya-]

Usually, I try to work out 5 times a week. 1 or 2 days a week, I do weight training. The rest of the days I do cardio, which is generally walking a mile on the treadmill followed by 30-40 minutes on the elliptical. And once in a while I do some pilates.

 

[Filipe]

I just found this video.

MTV The Hills Lauren Conrad Workout Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5H_5pI3hhY
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[sill]

20 min pilates..

 

[*Kristina*]

30 min. badminton
1h 15 min. tennis
15 min. bike ride

 

[cutxpaste]

since the beginning of the month, i've been doing 30 min on the station bike every morning, about 8-8.5 miles each ride, followed by squats, situps and hula hooping.

 

[shoegal2183]

I went on a long run last night at the lake. I get the craziest most fun ideas when I go running..I should do it more often!

 

[*Kristina*]

Yesterday:

- 1h tennis
- 45 min. walk