Help! I hate the treadmill!
sassyrufuscat
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I need to lose 15 to 20 pounds but I hate the treadmill!! I do not have a gym membership and do all of my workouts at home. I love to do strength training workouts but have heard that this will not help me lose the weight. Does anyone have any other suggestions for cardio workouts that can be done at home? Or had any experience with strength training and how it affects weight loss?
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Cardio is the key to weight loss. How about a tv in front of the treatdmill. Jogging or powerwalking outside...how about that. Lifting does not induce weight loss.0
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So don't go on the treadmill. Exercise isn't required at all to lose weight. Strength training is great, but bear in mind that it will make you fluctuate more as your muscles retain water to recover. It's not stopping you losing weight at all, I'm just saying don't freak out if the scale doesn't go down everyday! Just do whatever exercises you enjoy.0
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strength training - weight lifting WILL help you lose weight. and don't worry about "bulking up" as a woman...that is a myth. weight lifting helps you burn calories far past the actual work-out. get into a good routine and add walking or other cardio. put a t.v. in front of your treadmill or use music. you only have to do about 30 min per day to get your heart rate up. before i got pg, i lost all my weight with weight-lifting + cardio (usually elliptical)0
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sassyrufuscat wrote: »I need to lose 15 to 20 pounds but I hate the treadmill!! I do not have a gym membership and do all of my workouts at home. I love to do strength training workouts but have heard that this will not help me lose the weight. Does anyone have any other suggestions for cardio workouts that can be done at home? Or had any experience with strength training and how it affects weight loss?
If you hate it don't do it
Strength training is excellent when eating at a calorie defecit to preserve LBM
You don't need cardio for anything other than cardio-vascular fitness and gaining extra calories to eat
You could achueve similar taking a brisk walk0 -
sassyrufuscat wrote: »I need to lose 15 to 20 pounds but I hate the treadmill!! I do not have a gym membership and do all of my workouts at home. I love to do strength training workouts but have heard that this will not help me lose the weight. Does anyone have any other suggestions for cardio workouts that can be done at home? Or had any experience with strength training and how it affects weight loss?
Nothing will help you lose weight unless your diet is on point, but whoever told you the strength training thing is wrong. I lost 30# strictly lifting weights.0 -
Cardio is the key to weight loss. How about a tv in front of the treatdmill. Jogging or powerwalking outside...how about that. Lifting does not induce weight loss.
This is wrong. Cardio does nothing for weight loss, it just allows you to eat more and lose the same as you could with diet alone.
Strength training will help ensure that a larger % of your weight loss comes from fat, instead of fat and lean muscle.0 -
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weight loss happens in the kitchen....feeling healthy/fit happens with cardio and strength training. With that said, I enjoy (mostly) T25 for a quick calorie burn. Insanity Max30 is another good program. Yeah I hate the treadmill too but I'll jump on it at 10% incline for 10-15 minutes on occasion.0
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Cardio is the key to weight loss. How about a tv in front of the treatdmill. Jogging or powerwalking outside...how about that. Lifting does not induce weight loss.
Bulls**t.sassyrufuscat wrote: »I need to lose 15 to 20 pounds but I hate the treadmill!! I do not have a gym membership and do all of my workouts at home. I love to do strength training workouts but have heard that this will not help me lose the weight. Does anyone have any other suggestions for cardio workouts that can be done at home? Or had any experience with strength training and how it affects weight loss?
A calorie deficit is the key to weight loss - if you don't want to go on a treadmill, don't. Just eat less calories than you burn and you'll lose weight. A good strength training programme is ideal, so go for it if you want to do that.
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Exercise to Burn CaloriesChristopher Wharton, PhD, a certified personal trainer and researcher with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, put it simply: "The more time spent exercising and the more vigorous the exercise, the more calories will be burned."
Indeed, obesity expert George Bray, MD, with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., believes that taking a brisk walk every day is probably the single most important piece of advice for anyone wanting to burn more calories.
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ruggedshutter wrote: »Yeah I hate the treadmill too but I'll jump on it at 10% incline for 10-15 minutes on occasion.
doing an incline helps, as well as a decline if your treadmill has that setting. i also turn it down to about 1.5 on the speed setting and really clinch my glutes with each step. or turn it up to a 15 incline and a very slow speed and make very slow but steady strides. then turn it up to 4 on speed, but no incline and go fast for a song. there are so many things you can do besides just walking at a steady pace.
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I hate the treadmill.
I pretty much hate all cardio unless I'm outside hiking on a nice day or perhaps playing Quiddich with my fellow nerds. (this usually involves beer, though, so...not so much with the weight loss)
I like to pick up heavy stuff. It makes me moosles feel lovely.
I have lost weight doing just that along with a calorie deficit.
~stirring music~ THIS IS MY TRUTH! ~fade to black~0 -
Cardio is the key to weight loss. How about a tv in front of the treatdmill. Jogging or powerwalking outside...how about that. Lifting does not induce weight loss.
Stuff and nonsense. Cardio is good for cardiovascular health.
OP, if you don't like the treadmill, don't use use it. A calorie deficit is all you need for weight loss. If you can, you might find that you enjoy walking more if you do it outside. Fresh air and the sights of your neighborhood add a lot to the experience. Strength training is great because it helps you retain lean body mass as you are eating in a deficit.
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Exercise to Burn CaloriesChristopher Wharton, PhD, a certified personal trainer and researcher with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, put it simply: "The more time spent exercising and the more vigorous the exercise, the more calories will be burned."
Yes, that's true. I can't see how you went from what you've just said to what you said earlier.0 -
Exercise to Burn CaloriesChristopher Wharton, PhD, a certified personal trainer and researcher with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, put it simply: "The more time spent exercising and the more vigorous the exercise, the more calories will be burned."
Indeed, obesity expert George Bray, MD, with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., believes that taking a brisk walk every day is probably the single most important piece of advice for anyone wanting to burn more calories.
You can't out-exercise a bad diet
You do not know what you think you know
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Exercise to Burn CaloriesChristopher Wharton, PhD, a certified personal trainer and researcher with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, put it simply: "The more time spent exercising and the more vigorous the exercise, the more calories will be burned."
Indeed, obesity expert George Bray, MD, with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., believes that taking a brisk walk every day is probably the single most important piece of advice for anyone wanting to burn more calories.
Sweet.
My muscle helps me to burn calories at rest tho.0 -
While it's hard to pinpoint just how long this effect (of aerobic exercise) lasts (it varies depending on body composition and level of training), "itâs safe to say metabolic rate can be elevated with aerobic exercise for at least 24 hours," says Wharton.
If you want to prolong this calorie-burning effect, Wharton advises exercising for longer periods.
"Studies have shown that with increases in exercise time, the elevation in resting metabolic rate is prolonged," he says.
2. Do Strength Training to Build MuscleWhen you exercise, you use muscle.0 -
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Cardio is the key to weight loss. How about a tv in front of the treatdmill. Jogging or powerwalking outside...how about that. Lifting does not induce weight loss.
Professor Einstein is rolling over in his grave. E=MC², and a calorie deficit is the key to weight loss. It wouldn't matter if happy time was their only exercise. As long as there's a deficit, she will lose weight.0 -
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Exercise to Burn CaloriesChristopher Wharton, PhD, a certified personal trainer and researcher with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, put it simply: "The more time spent exercising and the more vigorous the exercise, the more calories will be burned."
Indeed, obesity expert George Bray, MD, with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., believes that taking a brisk walk every day is probably the single most important piece of advice for anyone wanting to burn more calories.
That has nothing to do with what you said earlier. Burn MORE does not equate to burn ANY as in KEY to weight loss. We all know that a calorie deficit is the cornerstone to weight loss. You're backpedaling from a poorly worded post. And using the logical fallacy of appeal to authority to boot.
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sassyrufuscat wrote: »I need to lose 15 to 20 pounds but I hate the treadmill!! I do not have a gym membership and do all of my workouts at home. I love to do strength training workouts but have heard that this will not help me lose the weight. Does anyone have any other suggestions for cardio workouts that can be done at home? Or had any experience with strength training and how it affects weight loss?
1. If you hate the treadmill (or dreadmill, as some of us call it), then don't use the treadmill. Simple as that.
2. Whoever told you strength training will not help you lose weight does not know what they're talking about and you should go ahead and ignore every single thing they say from now on.
3. Weight loss is calories in vs. calories out. Weight loss happens in the kitchen; fitness happens in the gym. If you're eating at a calorie deficit, you'll lose weight. Do whatever exercise you enjoy doing.
4. There's plenty of cardio you can do without a treadmill. Check out fitnessblender.com for free at-home workouts that include HIIT, cardio kickboxing, strength training, yoga/pilates, etc.Cardio is the key to weight loss. How about a tv in front of the treatdmill. Jogging or powerwalking outside...how about that. Lifting does not induce weight loss.
5. Never listen to this person. What a crock! Amazing that I managed to lose over 30 lbs eating 1800+ calories per day with very limited cardio and plenty of strength training. I must be a medical marvel! Me, and a bunch of other people on MFP who did the same thing.
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I hate the treadmill, too. I like (and do) weights, kickboxing, yoga, dancing, and walking/jogging/running outside. find what you like and do it. picking up heavy things might do more for "inches" instead of "weight," but are you doing this for the numbers on the scale, or for the way your body looks?0
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DemoraFairy wrote: »
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I find the treadmill deadly boring. I walk and run outside.
Here's a gaming attachment for the treadmill if you are in to that sort of thing:
http://www.gojiplay.com/
I completed twelve minutes on my recumbent bicycle the other day and burned a royal total of fifty calories. What's that? Half a cookie?
I do love to run. You could go through a C25K or a Running Room eight week class or online equivalent program.0 -
Calorie deficit is what you need for weight loss as others have said here.
I've recently started more strength training. I was doing some bodyweight things before, but actually bought a small, cheaper dumbbell set to get me started. I know I'm not gaining muscle, but it is making a difference already for me that I can see and feel. I used to be very very fit and strong (not bulky or manly looking - just defined/toned), so I don't know if that is contributing as well. I do cardio just because I love to move and to earn calories some days. My absolute favorite is hiking in state parks when my body lets me.0 -
Cardio is the key to weight loss. How about a tv in front of the treatdmill. Jogging or powerwalking outside...how about that. Lifting does not induce weight loss.
This is wrong. Cardio does nothing for weight loss, it just allows you to eat more and lose the same as you could with diet alone.
Strength training will help ensure that a larger % of your weight loss comes from fat, instead of fat and lean muscle.
Complete rubbish to say it does nothing. Cardio does burn calories and that helps you lose more, all things being equal. The actual effect it has depends upon duration and intensity.
The weight loss depends on calorific deficit from whatever source.
OP read up and you will see you are misinformed, but common sense says if you hate it then why do it, but go and find an alternative form of exercise that you enjoy and can do consistently, from walking to swimming, yoga etc. Anything that gets you moving and burns calories. If you join a gym and want to maximise weight loss, then do both cardio and resistance becayse they complement each other and have different benefits.
urloved33 assume thats a troll or yr wonger than a very wrong thing.
OP there are plenty of workouts on youtube or try fitnessblender.com.0
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