I need help with firming up. mostly lower body but upper to

mamagooskie
mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Okay.....so I really want to lift my butt and trim it down......along with my hips and thighs. Of course my upper body needs work too but my lower 1/2 is always so much bigger and misproportioned and harder to loose than upper.

I don't know what exercizes are best for this? I don't have money to go to a gym so I have to make due with what's around the house. I already do my treadmill (almost everyday) and I am doing the C25K program right now (I'm on week 5) and I've noticed my thighs are firmer and I've lost 1 inch off each of them, my hips are slightly smaller and I dunno about the bum but my pants all around fit nicer.

I know that the treadmill though is only a cardio workout so I really want to add in some weights or resistance exercizes in place of 2 of my weekly treamill workouts.

Anyone know of any good links that could show me how to make a program for myself that can give me a 45-1 hour toning workout? I have an exercize ball that I use to do a few core/stomach/back/leg exercizes but it's not enough and It bores me when it's all I do. I don't really know how to do proper squats but I'd like to learn, I'd like to work on my inner and outer thighs, and you know that dangly arm fat......I WANT IT GONE!!

I plan on doing crunches and pushups but there has to more that I can do using just what I have around the house.

**I don't mind getting a few inexensive items If I need to (small hand weights or resistance bands etc) but only if the exercizes really will show results**

ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED

thanks
Vickie

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  • sngnyrslp
    sngnyrslp Posts: 315 Member
    I'd also love to tone up my lower body. I hope there is some website to create a work out plan, that would be so handy! I don't have any advice for you haha, but hopefully someone will have some for both of us!
  • junebug523
    junebug523 Posts: 196
    Last week I started Jillian Michaels' No More Trouble Zones DVD, and so far I love it. I've done it about 4 times. The main portion of the workout is 40-45 minutes, and there's also a 5 minute warm-up and 5 minute cool down. The workout includes 5-minute circuits that focus on different parts of the body; i.e. a tricep (jiggly underarm) and quad (front of thigh) circuit; a core circuit; shoulders and glutes, etc. You can customize it to focus only on the circuits you want, but I prefer to do the whole thing start to finish. It is very good workout, and I already feel like I'm toning up.

    This comes after completing the 30 Day Shred, which was also fantastic (25 minute workouts). I started losing inches within the first ten workouts, and it really set me up well for more intense workouts.

    Both DVDs cost about $10 each, and you only need a pair of hand weights (I have a pair of 3 lbs and also a pair of 5 lbs that I alternate with) and a mat if you are working out on a hard surface. I work out on a carpeted area, and I use a towel to keep the carpet free from my sweat...because these workouts definitely make you sweat!

    Good luck! Find something that works for you, and then stay consistent with it! I'm a big believer that spot reducing isn't possible, but the great thing about the Jillian Michaels DVDs is that you are training the whole body, so you will see results if you keep it up.
  • maleva720
    maleva720 Posts: 165 Member
    Try The Firm workouts. The DVD's are fairly cheap and I got great results and some only require hand weights or resistance bands...Good luck!
  • angiereid
    angiereid Posts: 158
    the best way to tone up the upper arms is very simple and you dont have to leave your house, most women have trouble with flabby arms and the best way to get rid of that is tricep dips which you can do off back of chair or steps. also there are two parts to our triceps the inner and out doing dips mostly hits outter to get the inner you nee to do tricep pushdowns which you can do with resistant bands hang them around something in your basement or house and grab handles and push down and go back up keeping your arms very close to sides do not go all the way up only halfway. free weights are great for biceps and if you dont have that use cans of soup or something heavy in the house. squats are great for firming up the backside, as well as lunges which will also help your quads and hamstrings.
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    Thanks everyone.....those videos sound good..........I'm gonna do some searching on the internet too.
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