I'm about to workout every day for about 20 days and need to know if what I'm doing is good enough..
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ohkay32
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Hi! So this is my first time posting on this forum!
I have an event coming up and I'm trying to tone up in the remaining time I have until the event. I'm not great at working out and I second guess what I do a lot whenever I do workout. I'm not sure if any of you are familiar with Jillian Micheals, but I do the morning workout on her "One Week Shred" DVD and I just started the first day of her "30 Day Shred" DVD, which I do at night. I'm wondering if that's enough to see some toning results in 20 days. I was thinking about adding a walk before my nighttime workout.
Would someone mind telling me if that's a good workout routine? Or, if not, recommend what I *can* do? Thanks so much!
I have an event coming up and I'm trying to tone up in the remaining time I have until the event. I'm not great at working out and I second guess what I do a lot whenever I do workout. I'm not sure if any of you are familiar with Jillian Micheals, but I do the morning workout on her "One Week Shred" DVD and I just started the first day of her "30 Day Shred" DVD, which I do at night. I'm wondering if that's enough to see some toning results in 20 days. I was thinking about adding a walk before my nighttime workout.
Would someone mind telling me if that's a good workout routine? Or, if not, recommend what I *can* do? Thanks so much!
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Why only 20 days? Fitness is a lifelong endeavor.7
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L1zardQueen wrote: »Why only 20 days? Fitness is a lifelong endeavor.
I'll definitely be working out after the 20 days, but I only have 20 days until my event and I'm just trying to get a little advice on how to tone up a bit by then...2 -
Sure, that can work short-term, provided you don't get overuse injuries (common when trying to push fat loss with exercise). If you get unexplained pains, take a day off, don't work through it.
After the event, follow a better strength program, like the ones in the pinned post.
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If you haven't been working out at least 3x week consistently for a few months, this is too much too fast. If you are used to working out, 20 days still requires some rest days to avoid injury and give your body the opportunity to recover and rebuild. Remember working out breaks down your body, recovery rebuilds it.8
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Depending on exactly what your event is and your existing fitness level, 20 days will likely either make no difference or do more harm than good.
If your event is an athletic competition, you would need to have built a good fitness base more than 20 days before the event. At three weeks out, you're not looking to make big fitness gains, and in some sports you would actually be tapering (i.e. a controlled, intentional decrease in activity) during most of that time. If you were to exercise more intensively for three weeks before a competition, you would raise your risk of injury and possibly not get enough recovery time. You need to follow a set training plan for your sport.
If your event is something where you want your body to look slimmer (i.e., you want to fit into a new dress), then 20 days of intense activity may do exactly the opposite. When you increase your activity, you may gain water weight as part of the normal muscle repair process. This water weight can stick around for several weeks.
I would recommend following your existing training plan rather than increasing activity at this time.11 -
As per above but also you likely wouldn't see much difference in 20 days. I'm three weeks into a new program and I look exactly the same and gained a kg in water weight.3
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"An event" doesn't help people give relevant advice.
Social event or sporting event?
I've got a 100 mile cycling event coming up so my training is likely very different to your needs and jigging about to a DVD wouldn't be appropriate for me.3 -
New video category for The SufferFest? They have strength training, yoga, and mental toughness videos now, jiggling about should totally be their next series of videos"An event" doesn't help people give relevant advice.
Social event or sporting event?
I've got a 100 mile cycling event coming up so my training is likely very different to your needs and jigging about to a DVD wouldn't be appropriate for me.
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Looking "toned" means you have a lower body fat that shows your muscles. You must build muscles to be able to reveal them. Building muscles requires a calorie surplus and progressive weight lifting--meaning you need to lift heavy weights.
The toned look that most people are referring to takes years to develop with a very specific nutrition plan.
If you want to slim down for an event then that will take a calorie deficit.5 -
Hi! So this is my first time posting on this forum!
I have an event coming up and I'm trying to tone up in the remaining time I have until the event. I'm not great at working out and I second guess what I do a lot whenever I do workout. I'm not sure if any of you are familiar with Jillian Micheals, but I do the morning workout on her "One Week Shred" DVD and I just started the first day of her "30 Day Shred" DVD, which I do at night. I'm wondering if that's enough to see some toning results in 20 days. I was thinking about adding a walk before my nighttime workout.
Would someone mind telling me if that's a good workout routine? Or, if not, recommend what I *can* do? Thanks so much!
While it's not enough to get the look you want, it is enough to do some serious damage to your knees.
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The one time I tried to cram too much training into too little time for an event I ended up pushing too hard and developed a nasty musculoskeletal injury in my chest wall which put me out of any upper body exercising for several months. Months later I still don’t have all the feeling in my left hand.
Can’t do the event I wanted to do this weekend!!5 -
"An event" doesn't help people give relevant advice.
Social event or sporting event?
I've got a 100 mile cycling event coming up so my training is likely very different to your needs and jigging about to a DVD wouldn't be appropriate for me.
I've got a 21 mile hike on Saturday, jigging about to DVDs is all I'm allowed to do. Builds mental toughness to keep me from quitting.2 -
NorthCascades wrote: »"An event" doesn't help people give relevant advice.
Social event or sporting event?
I've got a 100 mile cycling event coming up so my training is likely very different to your needs and jigging about to a DVD wouldn't be appropriate for me.
I've got a 21 mile hike on Saturday, jigging about to DVDs is all I'm allowed to do. Builds mental toughness to keep me from quitting.
@NorthCascades
I worked on the mental toughness aspect by throwing myself over the handlebars at speed 14 miles into a 100 ride.
In retrospect I really wouldn't recommend this approach.....
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I honestly doubt you'll see a difference in 20 days. What you could do is not doing these cardio workouts but doing proper strength training that focusses on your core. You'll not lose fat there and build muscle but you might become more aware of your core muscles and achieve a more upright posture, meaning the belly will stick out less. Also, stretching those muscles around the pelvis and thighs, those that are often shortened by people sitting too much will also help a bit to give you a better posture.1
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NorthCascades wrote: »"An event" doesn't help people give relevant advice.
Social event or sporting event?
I've got a 100 mile cycling event coming up so my training is likely very different to your needs and jigging about to a DVD wouldn't be appropriate for me.
I've got a 21 mile hike on Saturday, jigging about to DVDs is all I'm allowed to do. Builds mental toughness to keep me from quitting.
Allowed to do by whom? Your doctor? If all you're allowed to do is "jigging about to DVD's" should you be undertaking a 21 mile hike?0 -
20 days for a formally sedentary beginner, self described as "Not great at working out" = enough time to risk injury and begin recovery or at best learn how bad DOMS can be and live with the forced recovery...
OP - don't go on a crazy workout spree for an event - take it slow and learn and grow over time. The reward will be much better than what you'll get for an event while potentially hurting yourself...
Just my humble 2 cents....2 -
NorthCascades wrote: »"An event" doesn't help people give relevant advice.
Social event or sporting event?
I've got a 100 mile cycling event coming up so my training is likely very different to your needs and jigging about to a DVD wouldn't be appropriate for me.
I've got a 21 mile hike on Saturday, jigging about to DVDs is all I'm allowed to do. Builds mental toughness to keep me from quitting.
@NorthCascades
I worked on the mental toughness aspect by throwing myself over the handlebars at speed 14 miles into a 100 ride.
In retrospect I really wouldn't recommend this approach.....
I hope this was a long time ago and you're funny recovered. Still sorry to hear it.0 -
NorthCascades wrote: »"An event" doesn't help people give relevant advice.
Social event or sporting event?
I've got a 100 mile cycling event coming up so my training is likely very different to your needs and jigging about to a DVD wouldn't be appropriate for me.
I've got a 21 mile hike on Saturday, jigging about to DVDs is all I'm allowed to do. Builds mental toughness to keep me from quitting.
Allowed to do by whom? Your doctor? If all you're allowed to do is "jigging about to DVD's" should you be undertaking a 21 mile hike?
That was a joke, and probably not made very well. I was getting at the idea of tapering.2 -
Let me guess. An event = you want to look thin in a dress or a swimsuit.
20 days isn't going to change your body nearly as much as you want it to.6 -
NorthCascades wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »"An event" doesn't help people give relevant advice.
Social event or sporting event?
I've got a 100 mile cycling event coming up so my training is likely very different to your needs and jigging about to a DVD wouldn't be appropriate for me.
I've got a 21 mile hike on Saturday, jigging about to DVDs is all I'm allowed to do. Builds mental toughness to keep me from quitting.
@NorthCascades
I worked on the mental toughness aspect by throwing myself over the handlebars at speed 14 miles into a 100 ride.
In retrospect I really wouldn't recommend this approach.....
I hope this was a long time ago and you're funny recovered. Still sorry to hear it.
It was last Sunday and I'm not recovering at all well unfortunately.
Limped into Accident & Emergency today for them to investigate a very painful knee (medial ligament damage is my guess) and walked out with my arm in a sling! Displaced the AC joint end of my clavicle in the crash.6
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