Gym workout ideas would be helpful please! :)

xbabeykayx
xbabeykayx Posts: 78
edited September 24 in Fitness and Exercise
Ive just join\ed a local gym and was wondering what can i do to maximize the number of calories being burned? :) x

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  • jammyone
    jammyone Posts: 80
    Hi xbabeykayx

    If you're new to the gym, the best thing to do is experiment with everything your gym has to offer. Maybe start with 10 minutes on the treadmill, 10 minutes on the cycles, 10 minutes on the cross trainer.

    Maybe you could do some excercises with free weights too?

    What excercise equipment do you have to hand?
  • skinnyb450
    skinnyb450 Posts: 288
    Hi - Do they have any classes? I usually do a couple of 1 hour classes during the week. Of course you could just use the machines - probably the treadmill, elliptical and exercise bike would burn the most calories - Good luck on your weight loss journey:smile:
  • xbabeykayx
    xbabeykayx Posts: 78
    Hi xbabeykayx

    If you're new to the gym, the best thing to do is experiment with everything your gym has to offer. Maybe start with 10 minutes on the treadmill, 10 minutes on the cycles, 10 minutes on the cross trainer.

    Maybe you could do some excercises with free weights too?

    What excercise equipment do you have to hand?

    Yeah i have been doing 10 minutes of the tredmill, crosstrainer and the bike then i usually go onto using the weight machienes, reps of 20 a break then another 20.. :)x
  • luv2ash
    luv2ash Posts: 1,903 Member
    yahoo voted Kickboxing as the #1 form of calorie burn and overall exercise
    see if they offer a kickboxing class.
  • kwardklinck
    kwardklinck Posts: 1,601
    I prefer the group fitness classes. I take Zumba and Power Pump. Zumba is extremely fun and Power Pump does the firming I want.
  • jammyone
    jammyone Posts: 80

    Yeah i have been doing 10 minutes of the tredmill, crosstrainer and the bike then i usually go onto using the weight machienes, reps of 20 a break then another 20.. :)x

    That sound like a fantastic work out. I think you should definitely keep going with what you're doing and you will soon see the benefits! If you feel you can do more, why not challenge yourself? For example, see if you can go an extra minute on each of the excercises. Enjoy what you're doing :-)
  • annettekp
    annettekp Posts: 1
    Hi

    I'm a fitness instructor. What you're doing sounds fine but here's a tip for working on the weights. Mix the weight exercises up so that you do one for arms, then legs, then arms etc and pop in your ab exercises too. This makes the heart work harder to get the blood (and oxygen) to the place its needed most so you burn more calories. Make sure you're working hard enough on the weights too. If you can do 20 reps easily then you probably need to go up a weight and bring down your reps to 10.

    Good luck!
  • Mark_99
    Mark_99 Posts: 39
    Just a quick thought BabeyKay, if you have joined a Gym there should be instructors there, They will be qualified and will have the time to show you exactly what exercises will do what your asking!! It is their job after all lol.

    Let them earn their money, you are pating for it after all !!!!

    Have Fun ;-)
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