Do different workouts give different body shapes?

Hilauren · February 2015

I usually work out with Jillian michaels(cardio) , and I find my body becomes more curvy, my waist smaller and generally more feminine.
However I I worked out to T25 *just the cardio segment, for a month, I burned the same amount of calories but I seemed to find my body become almost, flat, it seemed to take away my curves and give a straight line from my waist to the bottom of my stomach.
I know people say, as long as your burning x amount of calories, you'll lose weight, it doesn't matter what you do.
But is it a case of finding a workout which will shape your body the way you want? Or am I just seeing things? haha
thanks.

Holly_Roman_Empire · February 2015

You're just seeing things.

Docmahi · February 2015

Those programs seem wayyyyyy too similar for you to see noticeable differences solely from the training method

ILiftHeavyAcrylics · February 2015

It's more likely what you're seeing is your genetic predisposition to fat loss. First you lost from the waist, then from everywhere else, which seemed to flatten everything out.

Or you're just seeing things. There's not enough difference between those programs to see dramatically different results from them.

tomatoey · February 2015

I think at elite levels where people are training in that sport for hours every day, you can see some sport-specific changes (although these people are also usually selected for their suitability to that sport**). Thinking of cyclists, mostly.

** check these out

quiz: Which sport were you made for?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28062001

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/newsid_3574000/3574420.stm

SueInAz · February 2015

If you were doing a specific sport and training every day you might notice some changes due to that sport (think of the triangular upper body shape that men who swim get) but two different exercise DVDs aren't going to give you different results like that.

What you are seeing is probably just a progression of weight loss from the areas that your body is genetically programmed to lose from first.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics · February 2015

tomatoey wrote: »

I think at elite levels where people are training in that sport for hours every day, you can see some sport-specific changes (although these people are also usually selected for their suitability to that sport**). Thinking of cyclists, mostly.

** check these out

quiz: Which sport were you made for?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28062001

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/newsid_3574000/3574420.stm

I tend to think it's more a matter of not making it to the elite level of a sport unless you have the body type that's most likely excel in that sport. But, if OP was at the elite level or she were comparing two different sports that would make more sense.

At the "regular person" level, which is where most of us are, I think the OP's question is more like comparing powerlifting 3x5 with powerlifting 5x5.

tomatoey · February 2015

ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »

tomatoey wrote: »

I think at elite levels where people are training in that sport for hours every day, you can see some sport-specific changes (although these people are also usually selected for their suitability to that sport**). Thinking of cyclists, mostly.

** check these out

quiz: Which sport were you made for?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28062001

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/newsid_3574000/3574420.stm

I tend to think it's more a matter of not making it to the elite level of a sport unless you have the body type that's most likely excel in that sport. But, if OP was at the elite level or she were comparing two different sports that would make more sense.

At the "regular person" level, which is where most of us are, I think the OP's question is more like comparing powerlifting 3x5 with powerlifting 5x5.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I just thought those links were interesting

cwolfman13 · February 2015

Docmahi wrote: »

Those programs seem wayyyyyy too similar for you to see noticeable differences solely from the training method

especially not in a month...

Hilauren · February 2015

Thanks everyone! much appreciated

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