Strength training ideas? cardio is not cutting it.
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chrtyA
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Does anyone do kettle bells? I need to add more strength exercises to my routine. I love cardio:running and elliptical and all that but my body is really used to it. Last time I lost weight well it has been months. I am working on my calories and I do cardio regularly(it's a habit and has been for years) I feel great but no pounds lost. After my firstborn was born I lost all my baby weight with running because I was new to it but now my body is pretty used to it. Any direction for strength training and weights to my routine is appreciated.
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I have little 10 pound weights and exercise bands I do squats and a bit of strengthening but it's the same o'l stuff I need to add more.....0
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push-ups
pull-ups
lunges
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I like to run - and I've found that strength training actually improves my performance.
I'd recommend looking into Strong Lifts 5x5. Or look for the book "Starting Strength". Both are great choices for getting started.0 -
What Jacksonpt suggested is a good start. you can do all in one workout or split into upper/lower. A medicine ball and a set or two of DBs will help. Vary your cardio too. Sprints or 1/4 mile repeats are great. you can also combine both, cardio and strengthening. Without stopping...Start with crunches, do 12 push ups and then sprint 50 yards, do 12 pull ups and then 40 JJ, 12 lunges and then jog 100 yards, 12 deadlifts and sprint again, finish with a plank. rest ~1.5 - 2 minutes and repeat ~4-5x. Do this twice per week with your long runs or eliptical on alternate days. If you do the routine correctly (very taxing to give 100%) i would take the following day off completely to rest. Change it up every 2-3 weeks and mix in new exercises to target certain muscles more explicitly (curls, tricep extensions etc..) and dont always make it a cardio work out. Sometimes focus on strength alone and rest between sets while going heavy if your equipment allows.0
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I like to run - and I've found that strength training actually improves my performance.
I'd recommend looking into Strong Lifts 5x5. Or look for the book "Starting Strength". Both are great choices for getting started.
I've found this to be true as well.0 -
Can't out train bad eating. Start by making sure you are eating enough, but not too much and make sure you weigh or measure everything.
Like the other suggestions Strong Lifts or New Rules of Lifting for Women. You can also check out some of the free programs on Bodybuilding.com0 -
Another +1 for Strong Lifts 5x50
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Lift as heavy as you can.0
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push-ups
pull-ups
lunges
deadlifts
This guy always wins
WITH kettle bells - you can do thrusters, squats, push presses, turkish get-ups, american swings, alternating russian swings, cleans, clean and press ---stay awesome!0 -
Diet for weight control and nutrition...exercise for fitness. If you want to change body composition, you have to do more strength training...calisthenics are great...and I love kettle bell exercises; both are great options if you're unable to get to the gym and lift and/or don't have equipment at home. They are limited though and you'll have to change things up to increase resistance.0
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Thanks for all the input. No, I don't live close to a gym ( closest is 90 miles round trip).0
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Thanks for all the input. No, I don't live close to a gym ( closest is 90 miles round trip).0
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push-ups
pull-ups
lunges
deadlifts
Add squats and rows IMO0 -
Maybe more core? Crunches, oblique crunches, full planks, side planks, tba presses, wood chops, trunk rotations...0
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push-ups
pull-ups
lunges
deadlifts
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push-ups
pull-ups
lunges
deadlifts
Add squats and rows IMO
Oh, yea... definitely rows.0 -
I do (not a professional or anything just commenting):
Bicep/hammer curls, Dumbbell row, kickbacks, overhead press. Along with what others have suggested too. That's because I only had hand weights but I got some cheesy bench and bar weights yesterday only to add some other variety.
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Thanks for all the input. No, I don't live close to a gym ( closest is 90 miles round trip).
Bodyweight exercises are a good choice then - pushups, tricips dips, squats, lunges, planks, etc. If you don't have access to weights you can use a backpack filled with bottles/cans/etc. to add weight. And/or do more reps.
Also, you could switch up your straight cardio for HIIT workouts a couple of times a week to increase calories burned and endurance. There are a lot of great HIIT running programs available for free on the internet. Plyometrics are great for HIIT as well. YouTube is a great resource for free bodyweight and HIIT workouts.0 -
Thanks for all the input. No, I don't live close to a gym ( closest is 90 miles round trip).
Bodyweight exercises are a good choice then - pushups, tricips dips, squats, lunges, planks, etc. If you don't have access to weights you can use a backpack filled with bottles/cans/etc. to add weight. And/or do more reps.
Also, you could switch up your straight cardio for HIIT workouts a couple of times a week to increase calories burned and endurance. There are a lot of great HIIT running programs available for free on the internet. Plyometrics are great for HIIT as well. YouTube is a great resource for free bodyweight and HIIT workouts.
Thank You!0 -
Also, you might try varying the elliptical a lot. With mine, I'll vary it by pushing resistance very high and keeping the same strides per minute or keeping resistance the same and upping the strides per minute goal by 30% or doing it going backwards or doing it while squatting or any other way I can think of. It keeps changing it up and keeps my body from getting used to it and getting as efficient at it.
Sure, eventually the elliptical will not challenge me - say when I can do the highest resistance at the highest incline at 300 strides per minute forwards, backwards, while squatting, not holding on, etc but that is a long day from today, lol.0
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