How do I tone up my stomach, arms, thighs and butt?!
Question:
How do I tone up my stomach, arms, thighs and butt?
I'm currently obese. Over 260 pounds but i'm extremely tall for a female. I'm 5'10. I know I should worry about getting the weight off first.. but in the process of losing the weight I want to do a little working out so that my skin won't be flabby.. or ugly.. since I plan to go back to my old weight [i don't know how lol] which was 130. Um.. so any ideas?
Answers:
From personal experience, I can tell you biking and jogging will do it for you. Of course, obviously, a healthy diet with the right supplements helps a lot as well.
If you do some long distance biking (40-100 miles a week), and jog at least 30 mins, for AT LEAST three days a week, you'll definitely get there. In addition, you want to firm up your core muscles (abs and back) during the process, as well as doing some resistance training (weights). Weight training is the gift that keeps on giving; after you weight train, your muscles keep burning calories after your work out. Also, muscle weighs more than fat, so that "extra weight" in and of itself will cause you to continue to burn more calories after your exercise.
The best thing about both biking and jogging is that both activities firm up your thighs and butt, while holding up your weight on a bike can help tone your arms and stomach.
Alternatively, if you don't want to go biking, you should use the elliptical machine, or the stepper to tone your legs and butt. You could also use the stationary bike in the gym as well if you don't have a bicycle, or don't want to ride outside.
You might also check out the site below for some specific tips. The "Build My Workout" link might be the most useful of all in figuring out how to tone the specific areas you want to hit.
One final note...you might already know this, but just in case, you cannot spot burn body fat. So, you could do 1000 crunches a day, and still not see your six or eight-pack if you don't do cardio to burn off the fat.
BTW, for your height, 130 might not be a healthy body weight. You should aim to be healthy rather than simply target a specific weight. You might want to look into finding out your body fat percentage and then work from there to lose a specific amount of body fat; this is not, BTW, the same thing as the BMI.
Hope this helps, and I wish you healthy success in reaching your goal!