Tinned food lifting

cerenia

Possibly a silly question, but ive been focussing on my legs excercise wise alongside weight loss and doing well, but I havnt worked on my arms yet, im getting some basic weights once payday has arrived, but have tried tins of food today, so far have done 300 reps on each arm while running up and down stairs, is there firstly a way to calculate calories, and what sort of rep numbers would be good to aim for?
Apologies if this is a silly question, thank you

dbmata

You know, good on ya for trying.

Check what your hrm said for the stair running, there's really negligible benefit to waving around 500 grams of peas a few hundred times.

Now, you'd be on to something if you had a 12 liter or larger container you could put water into and sling about.

cerenia

You know, good on ya for trying.

Check what your hrm said for the stair running, there's really negligible benefit to waving around 500 grams of peas a few hundred times.

Now, you'd be on to something if you had a 12 liter or larger container you could put water into and sling about.

Now, that would have been smart thinking! I'll go raid the recycling box, sure theres a couple of 1.25l empties in there, thanks

acogg

You can also use your own body weight, such as doing push ups against the counter (or real push-ups). When you buy your weights, get the heaviest you can lift 6-10 reps.

firstsip

Am I understanding this correctly? You're running with canned food? Like... beans in a tin, or Spam?

contingencyplan

Your best bet if you don't have access to a weight that is enough to fatigue you in under 15 reps is to stick exclusively with bodyweight training. Modify if you have to.

dbmata

Now doing some mental conversion here, but I think 4 liters = 4kg

I've seen most women's purses weigh over 4kg, so crank it up.

KinoM

1.25l filled with dry sand is 2kg, not the worst place to start. You'd probably be better off with body-weight exercises to be honest though.

keepongoingnmw

If you google body weight exercises there are plenty to choose from=)
Keep trying!!!!

cerenia

Ive not researched much into weights admittedly, and my strength isnt great long term, short bursts not that bad (apparently), so ideally building up is what I need to do, so I need to do less reps with more weight is better, rather than more reps with a lower weight? I shall give push ups against a counter a go as well thanks guys, sorry it sounded silly!

WhiteRabbit1313

Possibly a silly question, but ive been focussing on my legs excercise wise alongside weight loss and doing well, but I havnt worked on my arms yet, im getting some basic weights once payday has arrived, but have tried tins of food today, so far have done 300 reps on each arm while running up and down stairs, is there firstly a way to calculate calories, and what sort of rep numbers would be good to aim for?
Apologies if this is a silly question, thank you

This really seems more like cardio, than weight training? I don't think it will "tone" your arms.

contingencyplan

Ive not researched much into weights admittedly, and my strength isnt great long term, short bursts not that bad (apparently), so ideally building up is what I need to do, so I need to do less reps with more weight is better, rather than more reps with a lower weight? I shall give push ups against a counter a go as well thanks guys, sorry it sounded silly!

Press ups/push ups, as well as some sort of resisted pulling motion that engages the muscles in the upper back and biceps (the primary muscles responsible for generating pulling force) working with a level of resistance high enough to fatigue yourself in a single digit number of reps is most ideal for your goals at this point. Modify however you have to by doing them against a wall or a counter top or on stairs or whatever