Quick tone up excercises

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xxkarliexx
xxkarliexx Posts: 6 Member
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Does anyone have any tips for quickly toning up? Doesn't need to be drastic, just enough to make my clothes fit a little better due to a wedding on Friday (my calendar didn't alert me to start one week shred last week

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  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,022 Member
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    In a week, you're more likely to add size from water retention from new exercise than you are to "tone up," whatever you might mean by that.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
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    Yeah, that's not a thing. Buy some Spanx.
  • xxkarliexx
    xxkarliexx Posts: 6 Member
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    Tone up as in appear less flabby...
  • xxkarliexx
    xxkarliexx Posts: 6 Member
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    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    Yeah, that's not a thing. Buy some Spanx.

    Got spanx, need something for the arms
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    edited October 2017
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    xxkarliexx wrote: »
    Tone up as in appear less flabby...

    Lose fat. But that's not going to happen to a great extent either unfortunately.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
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    If only there was such a thing. Two week shredding? Where do it sign up.
  • xxkarliexx
    xxkarliexx Posts: 6 Member
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    It doesn't need to be drastic, just a sort of quick fix so my clothes are a little looser that's all
  • xxkarliexx
    xxkarliexx Posts: 6 Member
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    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    xxkarliexx wrote: »
    Tone up as in appear less flabby...

    Lose fat. But that's not going to happen to a great extent either unfortunately.

    Don't need it to be drastic :/ do you think upping my cardio for this week?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    xxkarliexx wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    xxkarliexx wrote: »
    Tone up as in appear less flabby...

    Lose fat. But that's not going to happen to a great extent either unfortunately.

    Don't need it to be drastic :/ do you think upping my cardio for this week?

    probably not, you'll probably retain more water.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    xxkarliexx wrote: »
    It doesn't need to be drastic, just a sort of quick fix so my clothes are a little looser that's all

    cut out carbs for the week. but be aware that you will then be really bloated if you then eat carbs at the wedding...
  • Muscleflex79
    Muscleflex79 Posts: 1,917 Member
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    if "toning up"/losing weight could be done safely, quickly and easily in one week don't you think everyone would just do that? rather than this whole longterm lifestyle change thing?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
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    xxkarliexx wrote: »
    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    Yeah, that's not a thing. Buy some Spanx.

    Got spanx, need something for the arms

    Spanx arm tights

    https://www.spanx.com/introducing-arm-tights/

    There's no exercise that is going to change your arms at all between now and one week from now.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    edited October 2017
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    As others have said... nothing meaningful is going ot happen in a week. Find some different/more flattering clothing if you can, and if it's that big of a deal to you. You could probably reduce water retention (don't work out this week, reduce carbs and sodium intake) a bit which might help in some areas, but probably not enough to be noticeable by others.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
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    5 days? As in this coming Friday? Yeah, nothing going to happen to make your clothes fit better, even if you did whoosh off some water by lowering carbs.

    Cardio, especially if you don't already exercise, is going to add to the problem as you'll be retaining water for muscle repair.

    You should have started in January really. Or bought a size up.

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