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Beginner toning

midge16117
midge16117 Posts: 8 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hey all I want to start a workout routine for toning and weight lose. I already do the treadmill band elliptical. I also joined golds gym. Now I want to tone all over. Any good ideas??!

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  • HealthierRayne
    HealthierRayne Posts: 268 Member
    bodybuilding.com/fun/the-ultimate-30-day-beginners-guide-to-fitness.html

    This is a great beginners program
  • sunflowerhippi
    sunflowerhippi Posts: 1,099 Member
    edited April 2016
    To be "toned" you need muscles and lower body fat. You can get that by lifting weights in a progressive program. Meaning add more weight as it becomes easier.

    I spent years doing diet and cardio and only saw the toned results I wanted once I started lifting heavy. I did stronglifts 5x5.

    You can look at my profile. The fit with abs pic is me the same weight at the other pic. One is lifting, one is without. That is how much lifting make a difference in body composition and looking toned.

    See below post. :) Staci is awesome but wasn't saved on my computer.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Pick up heavy things and put them down...

    Meet Staci...

    Screen-Shot-2011-07-21-at-9.23.11-AM1.jpg

    Believe it or not, she’s 11 pounds HEAVIER (142 pounds) in the picture on the right (May 2011) compared to the picture on the left (131 pounds, October 2010).

    Read her story here...

    http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/

    Good beginner programs:

    StrongLifts 5x5
    Starting Strength
    New Rules of Lifting For Women
    New Rules of Lifting
    StrongCurves

    And there are many more...my advice would be to follow some established beginners program for best results. Doing your own things probably isn't going to have the best results because it takes a lot of knowledge to program your own routine without missing muscles/muscle groups or over-training others...muscular imbalances, etc.
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