What should I add on top of running?

MissCreepyLovestruck

What exercises should I add on top of my daily run to help lose weight (burn fat). I know this might seem like a silly question but I would truly like to get some input from others who have an idea. Thanks guys!!! : )

Ninkyou

Weight loss isn't fast.

Calorie deficit for weight loss, exercise for fitness and cardiovascular health. If you want to lose weight, it all comes down to eating a deficit.

That being said, I'd add in strength training.

MelissaLimeKiwi

Some sort of strength training- I do workout videos that use Dumbbells, kettlebells and body weight resistance. Doing some sort of strength workout will give your body a better shape instead of just skinny. I've been doing tone it up videos for the last 8 weeks in addition to walking and running and I already see ab definition, triceps and quads.

heavy_heavy_lowlow

incline. and switching speeds from fast to medium to walk and back to run. fast incline running helped me shred calories fast.

MissCreepyLovestruck

Ninkyou wrote: »

Weight loss isn't fast.

Calorie deficit for weight loss, exercise for fitness and cardiovascular health. If you want to lose weight, it all comes down to eating a deficit.

That being said, I'd add in strength training.

Thank you. I have started eating clean and at a deficit. I stay under my goals allotted by MyFitnessPal, and I do not eat back my earned calories. I don't mind the process being slow, as long as it's slowly changing. thanks!!!

MissCreepyLovestruck

spcmartinm wrote: »

Some sort of strength training- I do workout videos that use Dumbbells, kettlebells and body weight resistance. Doing some sort of strength workout will give your body a better shape instead of just skinny. I've been doing tone it up videos for the last 8 weeks in addition to walking and running and I already see ab definition, triceps and quads.

That's great!!! You must be excited!!! I have a set of weights that I have have been working a little bit with, but I will definitely have to step it up. Thanks for your advice

cwolfman13

Resistance training...

And as has been stated, losing weight is all about consuming less energy than you expend...exercise is great in that an added bonus of exercise is additional energy expenditure...but if exercise was for weight loss then all of us folks in maintenance wouldn't be doing it.

Weight management is simply about energy management irrespective of exercise.

sympha01

Strength training is a good idea not least because it can help prevent some injuries from running. Many running injuries are ultimately caused by muscle imbalances -- weak glutes or hips or core for example -- that contribute to poor running form or stabilization.

endlessfall16

Gardening. I couldn't believe how tired and achy I got after only 1 hours of digging up a plant root.

I_amnr

Try doing a circuit

I usually do upper body and hit lower body.. 30 seconds intense and 1 minute rest
6 rounds with 3 sets of exercise and takes me about an hour

so I may do
dumbbell press (50 kg dumbells, 10 to 12 rest in 30 seconds)
Knee ups
Dead left (40 kg and about 12 reps)
Kettle squats(10kg)
Kettle swings (10kg)
Skipping or bear crawl

by the end of the 30 seconds my heart rate is usually 150 to 160 and I can hardly stand half way through my work out .. once I complete the circuit I rest 2 and a half minutes and do it again. I do another 5 to 6 exercises 2 more times and another 5 or 6 exercise another 2 times (I usually repeat knee ups and dead lifts)..take about an hour and burns about 750 calories .. you would need to set up and do it when gym isn't too busy or best to find exercises where you can just us your body weight or you can do in one area (I usually have to move around a lot)

This works for me at the moment as I'm carrying about 20 kg extra fat (weight gained after injury)and the pain from tearing my tendon does restrict me so I tend to avoid certain exercises