Treadmill and toning

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BlackPantherChick123
BlackPantherChick123 Posts: 425 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
If I up my protein and wear ankle weights while walking on my inclined treadmill, can this tone my thighs? I can get lazy by doing simple thigh workouts and rather just keep doing cardio but want to tone up.

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    No
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    sorry, doesn't work like that.

    If you want to do a simple switch that is a little more difficult, i suggest the stair master instead.
  • BlackPantherChick123
    BlackPantherChick123 Posts: 425 Member
    Even if I walk on a high incline (30, with a speed of 3.8)?
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    BlackPantherChick123 wrote: »
    Even if I walk on a high incline (30, with a speed of 3.8)?

    walking, doing cardio, is not going to do what you want.

    You need some sort of strength training. Even with the suggestion of the stair master, it's still probably not what you want.
  • BlackPantherChick123
    BlackPantherChick123 Posts: 425 Member
    Will it at least slim them a bit?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    edited December 2015
    OP you have made a lot of posts recently which leads me to believe you have been reading the stickies or at least reading the responses to your post. You know you need a calorie deficit to slim down and lose fat. Exercise such as cardio creates a larger deficit. Exercise such as heavy lifting helps you maintain muscle, which will give you the "toned" look you desire as you lose. Pick a goal, understand how to accomplish it, and train and eat to be successful. We can help you do so but you must understand the basics of fat loss/body composition first.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    BlackPantherChick123 wrote: »
    Will it at least slim them a bit?

    you can lose fat, but you don't choose where you lose from. You need to lose overall. This comes down to being in a calorie deficit. You can achieve that with diet alone, or a combo of diet and exercise.

    But usually, when people say "toned" they will need to do strength exercises to get there.

    Sorry. it seems like this isn't what you want to hear.
  • ydyms
    ydyms Posts: 266 Member
    Exercising on a steep incline, slow walking does help tone somewhat but not enough...
  • BlackPantherChick123
    BlackPantherChick123 Posts: 425 Member
    So complicated...thanks for trying tho.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    ydyms wrote: »
    Exercising on a steep incline, slow walking does help tone somewhat but not enough...

    What does "tone" mean and what is considered enough of it?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    BlackPantherChick123 wrote: »
    So complicated...thanks for trying tho.

    You got it.
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    I don't know, my legs are pretty tight. :) I've been walking at an 8% incline at 3.6mph. Once all the flab is gone from the inside of my thighs, I'll have some killer legs. I can feel it in my butt too.
  • dewd2
    dewd2 Posts: 2,445 Member
    BlackPantherChick123 wrote: »
    So complicated...thanks for trying tho.

    It doesn't have to be complicated. There are 4 or 5 basic lifts that will work your entire body and build muscle. Combine this with a good diet and some cardio and you will be set for life.

    Check out some of the better lifting routines to get you started (5x5, New Rules for Lifting, etc.). You don't have to spend hours in the gym or on cardio equipment and you don't have to starve to get the body you want.

    Good luck.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,346 Member
    BlackPantherChick123 wrote: »
    If I up my protein and wear ankle weights while walking on my inclined treadmill, can this tone my thighs? I can get lazy by doing simple thigh workouts and rather just keep doing cardio but want to tone up.
    No. And NEVER wear ankle weights to do any cardio activity. They can seriously change your gait and cause ankle issues over time.

    You want to tone up? (No such thing as "toning") Then consider weight resistance training on a CONSISTENT basis.

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  • Verdenal
    Verdenal Posts: 625 Member
    BlackPantherChick123 wrote: »
    If I up my protein and wear ankle weights while walking on my inclined treadmill, can this tone my thighs? I can get lazy by doing simple thigh workouts and rather just keep doing cardio but want to tone up.

    Are you near your goal weight, in other words, you have almost no more weight to lose? Do you have disproportionate amounts of fat on you thighs? If so, I would concentrate on losing fat through a targeted eating plan, doing cardio (without the ankle weights), and doing selected weight exercises for the legs.

    There's a bias against the word "toned", but everyone knows what it means when women use it. It means being firm without having extreme muscle definition.
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    BlackPantherChick123 wrote: »
    If I up my protein and wear ankle weights while walking on my inclined treadmill, can this tone my thighs? I can get lazy by doing simple thigh workouts and rather just keep doing cardio but want to tone up.

    This is a recipe for injury. Don't do this.

    Calorie deficit to loose fat (over all, can't target where the fat comes from).
    To "tone" means to add muscle (requires slight calorie surplus and lots of protein and a workout like this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFD9I2cFPyI
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