How to tone?
pinkraynedropjacki
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How can I tone up without lifting? I physically can not lift.
I bloody need to tone.
I bloody need to tone.
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How can I tone up without lifting? I physically can not lift.
I bloody need to tone.
"tone" comes from shedding fat from muscle mass you already have and are maintaining through some sort of strength program.
What about body weight exercises?
Also, With your profile closed, we have no idea where you are at from a fitness/weight loss perspective.0 -
squats, lunges, pushups, tricep dips.. these are all great ways to tone just using your body weight as resistance.0
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How can I tone up without lifting? I physically can not lift.
I bloody need to tone.
why cant you lift?0 -
Lose body fat and do body weight exercises. ("Toning" is losing the fat that covers the muscles. Eat at a deficit to lose the fat; lift..or body weight, or some sort of strength training to make the muscles look better when they are unveiled)0
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How can I tone up without lifting? I physically can not lift.
I bloody need to tone.
why cant you lift?
And when you say you can't lift, what do you mean?0 -
Dont bother with electrical stimulation ---
http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Effects of Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Body Composition, Muscle Strength.pdf
What can you do in terms of body weight exercises, yoga or strength training?0 -
How can I tone up without lifting? I physically can not lift.
I bloody need to tone.
why cant you lift?
And when you say you can't lift, what do you mean?
It means I can not lift. Anything more than 5kg & I'll hurt myself.0 -
Try yoga! It has smoothed out my body while also doing cardio three times a week. Start with an easy 15 minute routine and work your way up.0
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I like Physique 57. It's a workout that is based on ballet type moves. It used isometric movements with no lifting, but hurts so good!
Found it on Amazon0 -
Can you not lift because you lack the muscle strength or because you have an injury. You could be lifting with bad form if you are hurting yourself....but if you really want to avoid weights stick with body weight exercises. I youtubed a lot of exercises and went to bodybuilding.com for ideas. Bodyrock.tv has a lot of good body weight exercises and routines you could do at home.0
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Can you not lift because you lack the muscle strength or because you have an injury. You could be lifting with bad form if you are hurting yourself....but if you really want to avoid weights stick with body weight exercises. I youtubed a lot of exercises and went to bodybuilding.com for ideas. Bodyrock.tv has a lot of good body weight exercises and routines you could do at home.
Yep from injury that will be there for life that was there before losing weight.
I guess it's bodyweight then & hope that it does not do some damage.0 -
There always something you can do.
I started out just walking and stretching and that really helped my back pain.
After I conditioned my body I started jogging and I haven't ran ever before this as a workout.
Recently I started insanity and I love it because I'm seeing results fast, I don't need a babysitter to go to the gym to workout, and there's no equipment needed. It may seem hard at first but with each day you get stronger than the last and you can take breaks as needed. But if that's not for you I can help you find a program that works for you and your goals and to workout in the comfort of your own home, and show you an amazing support team that is loyal to making a change in their bodies and is more than helpful to help you make a change in yours.
I'm on my own fitness journey
Trying to lose my post prego weight
But I love fitness and nutrition and I'm here to help0 -
Toning.. it's one of those words people use and don't know what it means..0
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With an injury, it might be best to talk to a physical therapist. Bodyweight exercises are not equivalent to lifting a less-than-5 lbs weight.0
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There always something you can do.
I started out just walking and stretching and that really helped my back pain.
After I conditioned my body I started jogging and I haven't ran ever before this as a workout.
Recently I started insanity and I love it because I'm seeing results fast, I don't need a babysitter to go to the gym to workout, and there's no equipment needed. It may seem hard at first but with each day you get stronger than the last and you can take breaks as needed. But if that's not for you I can help you find a program that works for you and your goals and to workout in the comfort of your own home, and show you an amazing support team that is loyal to making a change in their bodies and is more than helpful to help you make a change in yours.
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I'm on my own fitness journey
Trying to lose my post prego weight
But I love fitness and nutrition and I'm here to help
Oh I can run easy. I walk a marathon a day. I run 10km easily enough under 50 mins. I even do Zumba. But lifting is a no go. I walk to keep the back pain to a bare minimum so I don't need painkillers as often. I run just cause I love it.
But lifting is strictly forbidden.0 -
There always something you can do.
I started out just walking and stretching and that really helped my back pain.
After I conditioned my body I started jogging and I haven't ran ever before this as a workout.
Recently I started insanity and I love it because I'm seeing results fast, I don't need a babysitter to go to the gym to workout, and there's no equipment needed. It may seem hard at first but with each day you get stronger than the last and you can take breaks as needed. But if that's not for you I can help you find a program that works for you and your goals and to workout in the comfort of your own home, and show you an amazing support team that is loyal to making a change in their bodies and is more than helpful to help you make a change in yours.
Message me on Facebook
Facebook.com/revupurlife
I'm on my own fitness journey
Trying to lose my post prego weight
But I love fitness and nutrition and I'm here to help
Oh I can run easy. I walk a marathon a day. I run 10km easily enough under 50 mins. I even do Zumba. But lifting is a no go. I walk to keep the back pain to a bare minimum so I don't need painkillers as often. I run just cause I love it.
But lifting is strictly forbidden.
Which of these exercises are you allowed to do?
Captain's chair leg lifts?
Leg press?
Body weight squats?
Curls?
Push-up (any kind)?
Negative pull-ups or hangs?
Rows?0 -
There always something you can do.
I started out just walking and stretching and that really helped my back pain.
After I conditioned my body I started jogging and I haven't ran ever before this as a workout.
Recently I started insanity and I love it because I'm seeing results fast, I don't need a babysitter to go to the gym to workout, and there's no equipment needed. It may seem hard at first but with each day you get stronger than the last and you can take breaks as needed. But if that's not for you I can help you find a program that works for you and your goals and to workout in the comfort of your own home, and show you an amazing support team that is loyal to making a change in their bodies and is more than helpful to help you make a change in yours.
Message me on Facebook
Facebook.com/revupurlife
I'm on my own fitness journey
Trying to lose my post prego weight
But I love fitness and nutrition and I'm here to help
Oh I can run easy. I walk a marathon a day. I run 10km easily enough under 50 mins. I even do Zumba. But lifting is a no go. I walk to keep the back pain to a bare minimum so I don't need painkillers as often. I run just cause I love it.
But lifting is strictly forbidden.
Which of these exercises are you allowed to do?
Captain's chair leg lifts?
Leg press?
Body weight squats?
Curls?
Push-up (any kind)?
Negative pull-ups or hangs?
Rows?
I'd be able to do anything that does not involve lifting, that may or may not include pullups (but I have no idea with that one & no way to do that anyway where I live)0 -
There always something you can do.
I started out just walking and stretching and that really helped my back pain.
After I conditioned my body I started jogging and I haven't ran ever before this as a workout.
Recently I started insanity and I love it because I'm seeing results fast, I don't need a babysitter to go to the gym to workout, and there's no equipment needed. It may seem hard at first but with each day you get stronger than the last and you can take breaks as needed. But if that's not for you I can help you find a program that works for you and your goals and to workout in the comfort of your own home, and show you an amazing support team that is loyal to making a change in their bodies and is more than helpful to help you make a change in yours.
Message me on Facebook
Facebook.com/revupurlife
I'm on my own fitness journey
Trying to lose my post prego weight
But I love fitness and nutrition and I'm here to help
Oh I can run easy. I walk a marathon a day. I run 10km easily enough under 50 mins. I even do Zumba. But lifting is a no go. I walk to keep the back pain to a bare minimum so I don't need painkillers as often. I run just cause I love it.
But lifting is strictly forbidden.
Which of these exercises are you allowed to do?
Captain's chair leg lifts?
Leg press?
Body weight squats?
Curls?
Push-up (any kind)?
Negative pull-ups or hangs?
Rows?
I'd be able to do anything that does not involve lifting, that may or may not include pullups (but I have no idea with that one & no way to do that anyway where I live)
A pull up bar that can be used at home costs about $20 US or if you walk a lot and pass a park there are either monkeybars or tree branches - keep an eye out.
So you can use a rows machine, a curls machine but not do actual rows or curls with weights. If you decide to look at a gym look for one that has machines that will fit your limitations - a lot of exercise machines (which i wouldn't normally recommend because dumbells just require better freedom of motion mechanics) can fit your needs - muscle under tension without lifting weights.
By the way - core strength exercises such as planks, leg extensions, etc will help with strengthening the muscles thhat support your back and help reduce further injury risk.
Good luck.
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There always something you can do.
I started out just walking and stretching and that really helped my back pain.
After I conditioned my body I started jogging and I haven't ran ever before this as a workout.
Recently I started insanity and I love it because I'm seeing results fast, I don't need a babysitter to go to the gym to workout, and there's no equipment needed. It may seem hard at first but with each day you get stronger than the last and you can take breaks as needed. But if that's not for you I can help you find a program that works for you and your goals and to workout in the comfort of your own home, and show you an amazing support team that is loyal to making a change in their bodies and is more than helpful to help you make a change in yours.
Message me on Facebook
Facebook.com/revupurlife
I'm on my own fitness journey
Trying to lose my post prego weight
But I love fitness and nutrition and I'm here to help
Oh I can run easy. I walk a marathon a day. I run 10km easily enough under 50 mins. I even do Zumba. But lifting is a no go. I walk to keep the back pain to a bare minimum so I don't need painkillers as often. I run just cause I love it.
But lifting is strictly forbidden.
Which of these exercises are you allowed to do?
Captain's chair leg lifts?
Leg press?
Body weight squats?
Curls?
Push-up (any kind)?
Negative pull-ups or hangs?
Rows?
I'd be able to do anything that does not involve lifting, that may or may not include pullups (but I have no idea with that one & no way to do that anyway where I live)
A pull up bar that can be used at home costs about $20 US or if you walk a lot and pass a park there are either monkeybars or tree branches - keep an eye out.
So you can use a rows machine, a curls machine but not do actual rows or curls with weights. If you decide to look at a gym look for one that has machines that will fit your limitations - a lot of exercise machines (which i wouldn't normally recommend because dumbells just require better freedom of motion mechanics) can fit your needs - muscle under tension without lifting weights.
By the way - core strength exercises such as planks, leg extensions, etc will help with strengthening the muscles thhat support your back and help reduce further injury risk.
Good luck.
edit: spelling
I was with a gym but never went. Cost me more than it was worth & all I was doing was using the treadmill lol. I do have a Total Flex here at home, and a few billion resistance bands of varying weights. Pullup bar at home would damage the house (it's an old house so we are better off without that) ...the park has poles for a flying fox & swings but they are far 2 high up for me to even to begin to reach lol... but I can jump I guess. I can try, dont know how well I'll do.0 -
The Total Flex has progressive bands and can provide sufficient resistance to get a work out. Try it. Having it at home is easy access and you can rejoin the gym when you've reached its limitations and want to move on.0
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The Total Flex has progressive bands and can provide sufficient resistance to get a work out. Try it. Having it at home is easy access and you can rejoin the gym when you've reached its limitations and want to move on.
Oh no I'm never joining a gym again. I always swore I'd never join one & no idea why I did. I'd lost all my weight without stepping into one. I only joined cause I figured it would be easier to run out of the heat in summer.... I was wrong. It was harder. Treadmills are not for me0 -
Maybe I am too harsh.....and I DO understand you have some sort of injury (although you are not very forthcoming with information about that)....but I hear an awful lot of excuses. Are you serious about this? If so then you find a way. Just DO IT!
All right, ready to be attacked now.0 -
Well, for me - it's not about weight loss (I'm at an acceptable weight) but about being able to do things, travel on my own and do things that I find challenging - in short, fitness.
The gym is a tool to serve me to refine myself to get to those fitness goals. It isn't an end to itself - although I enjoy it. For some, it is enough and the personal reacords one can acheive there are personal summits.
People use different tools - gym, yoga, body weight, outdoor work ot get to a physical level that meets their needs - much like your "toning" objective.
Just a tool - but a very effective tool. So I am reading what you are writing and its a lot like a conversation one might have about building a house:
- I need to hammer about 5 thousand nails but I don't want to use a hydraulic hammer gun.
- OK, well, how about a regular hammer.
- Nope hate them. Ballpeen? Maybe, I might have one.
- Sure about that regular hammer?
- Yep, swore off of them.
- Welllll....
What does one answer? It's a tool, it's effective. If you want to pound nails with a mallet or skillet, it might work. But it's going to be slow going - and the house you want to build - you might not finish from frustration.
I hope you find the tool that fits your need and that you enjoy it. Setting a barrier of swearing "never to go to a gym" just makes things that much harder for what seems arbitrary reasons to me - I'm sure they make sense to you.
What program are you deciding to use after all of this?0 -
Maybe I am too harsh.....and I DO understand you have some sort of injury (although you are not very forthcoming with information about that)....but I hear an awful lot of excuses. Are you serious about this? If so then you find a way. Just DO IT!
All right, ready to be attacked now.
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.Maybe I am too harsh.....and I DO understand you have some sort of injury (although you are not very forthcoming with information about that)....but I hear an awful lot of excuses. Are you serious about this? If so then you find a way. Just DO IT!
All right, ready to be attacked now.
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Talk to a physical therapist and find out exactly, specifically, what you are not allowed to do and what is OK for you to do.
Bring a long list of activities and exercises with you and go over them with the PT.0 -
Pilates, especially mat, is practically made for people with back injuries. Before it became a fad, it was the thing that injured dancers did to get back onto the floor. And these days, you can get the whole sequence online. Cheap, easy, do-anywhere strength training. Well, not easy if you work at it.0
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Well, for me - it's not about weight loss (I'm at an acceptable weight) but about being able to do things, travel on my own and do things that I find challenging - in short, fitness.
The gym is a tool to serve me to refine myself to get to those fitness goals. It isn't an end to itself - although I enjoy it. For some, it is enough and the personal reacords one can acheive there are personal summits.
People use different tools - gym, yoga, body weight, outdoor work ot get to a physical level that meets their needs - much like your "toning" objective.
Just a tool - but a very effective tool. So I am reading what you are writing and its a lot like a conversation one might have about building a house:
- I need to hammer about 5 thousand nails but I don't want to use a hydraulic hammer gun.
- OK, well, how about a regular hammer.
- Nope hate them. Ballpeen? Maybe, I might have one.
- Sure about that regular hammer?
- Yep, swore off of them.
- Welllll....
What does one answer? It's a tool, it's effective. If you want to pound nails with a mallet or skillet, it might work. But it's going to be slow going - and the house you want to build - you might not finish from frustration.
I hope you find the tool that fits your need and that you enjoy it. Setting a barrier of swearing "never to go to a gym" just makes things that much harder for what seems arbitrary reasons to me - I'm sure they make sense to you.
What program are you deciding to use after all of this?
After all of this I'm going to have no choice but to use my own body weight as my gym. Cheaper as well in the end. I'll continue running & walking & doing all the other stuff I CAN do. Then I'll see if I can somehow workout on the playground opposite my place (if the kids dont kill me 1st...may have to get in early) and then just work something out with the stuff I have here.
Not going back to a gym is not just a personal reason... but a financial one. Unable to work because of my injury it kinda means that I can't afford it.0 -
Well, for me - it's not about weight loss (I'm at an acceptable weight) but about being able to do things, travel on my own and do things that I find challenging - in short, fitness.
The gym is a tool to serve me to refine myself to get to those fitness goals. It isn't an end to itself - although I enjoy it. For some, it is enough and the personal reacords one can acheive there are personal summits.
People use different tools - gym, yoga, body weight, outdoor work ot get to a physical level that meets their needs - much like your "toning" objective.
Just a tool - but a very effective tool. So I am reading what you are writing and its a lot like a conversation one might have about building a house:
- I need to hammer about 5 thousand nails but I don't want to use a hydraulic hammer gun.
- OK, well, how about a regular hammer.
- Nope hate them. Ballpeen? Maybe, I might have one.
- Sure about that regular hammer?
- Yep, swore off of them.
- Welllll....
What does one answer? It's a tool, it's effective. If you want to pound nails with a mallet or skillet, it might work. But it's going to be slow going - and the house you want to build - you might not finish from frustration.
I hope you find the tool that fits your need and that you enjoy it. Setting a barrier of swearing "never to go to a gym" just makes things that much harder for what seems arbitrary reasons to me - I'm sure they make sense to you.
What program are you deciding to use after all of this?
After all of this I'm going to have no choice but to use my own body weight as my gym. Cheaper as well in the end. I'll continue running & walking & doing all the other stuff I CAN do. Then I'll see if I can somehow workout on the playground opposite my place (if the kids dont kill me 1st...may have to get in early) and then just work something out with the stuff I have here.
Not going back to a gym is not just a personal reason... but a financial one. Unable to work because of my injury it kinda means that I can't afford it.
In your case then, yeah, bodyweight work is your best bet.0
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