What do you do for excersise???

Spinning, circuits & lifting

I do running, resistance stuff with kettlebells and dumbbells, the elliptical and occasionally swimming.

With reference to the running, I ran inside for a full year on a treadmill and my calves were unimpressive, definitely not muscular-looking. I've been running outside for 18 months on top of that, and they remain unimpressive.

Cycle/Core/Lift

Lifting heavy things and putting them back down. Also you're not gonna accidentally "get huge calves". Lolz. :noway:

BrittaniDirks wrote: »

Also what's the best excersise to work inner thighs and arm jiggle ? Lol. My outer thighs are toned and awesome but inner thighs yuck lol!! Pretty much I need a smaller stomach , to get rid of cellulite/ fat on inner thighs and arm juggle/fat

Calorie deficit.

Martial arts, horseback riding and extreme horse grooming, aka hoof trimming. I also sometimes get in an extra mile or so of walking.

Cycling and lifting. I also walk a lot as I live in a city and don't own a car.

I lift. I stopped doing cardio 4 weeks ago. I might consider it again but I'm over it for the moment.

I walk outside whenever I can ... as part of my commute, at lunch, after work, etc. My husband and I also go on long hikes together now and then.

I cycle whenever I can ... these days is it mainly weekends because it's winter. But my trainer will be set up soon so I can cycle inside too.

I lift weights at home.

Occasionally I'll jog stairs ... my yards is full of short flights of stairs (house is built on quite a slope), so I'll spend 15 or 30 min jogging up and down and up and down stairs. Once in a while I also take the stairs to work ... up all 5 flights.

We keep talking about getting the canoe out, but the swell has been too high lately.
We keep talking about going snowshoeing, but it snows during the week, and then melts on the weekend.

One day we'll do those things.

I use to workout at the gym but right now I'm doing beach body programs at home including TurboFire, 21 Day Fix and piYo. Loving it by the way! TurboFire is my fav!!!!!

BrittaniDirks wrote: »

So far I walk on treadmill and (try) lol to do a blender workout I found on youtube, it's a 37 min cardio workout, the longest I last is 15 mins lol!! I want to do something other than treadmill, I'm afraid my legs are gonna get really huge calves, I do t want football player calves lol if you know what I mean I personally don't want the budging muscular calves, no offense to anyone!! I need something that's not too hard but will burn lots of calories if that exists.. Let me know what you do

Your calves will be determined by genetic make up. I have bigger calves, and I run. My wife runs and has slender, muscular, calves and legs. Her side of the family tends towards slender build regardless of weight. Not mine.

Regarding what I've emphasised in your quotation, your comment suggests that your cardiopulmonary system could use further improvement. If a cardio workout defeats you less than half way in, it only stands to reason that building cardio will help.

Running, among other things, can help. You can use some well tested running endurance building principals to help your situation whether you run, or just keep doing cardio workouts.

One of the simplest things a beginning runner can do to build endurance (and burn fat) is to slow down and run longer. You need to get your heart rate up, but you don't need to, or want to, push it beyond your aerobic capacity. If you can carry on a back and forth conversation with someone while running without being totally breathless, you've got it right. The simple program (used by many formulas including Couch 2 5K) reolves around starting with shorter runs and build, build, build. Slowly.

Side benefits to such training include a) you can do it longer, and doing it longer keeps your fat burning machinery engaged longer, and b) reducing the pace of the run dramatically reduces the risk of injury, and c) reducing the pace of the run reduces the wear and tear on your body allowing it to recover faster.

If running doesn't work for you, use the same principals in your aerobic workout. Just slow it down. Don't go at peak performance. You don't need to for a cardio endurance building workout.

Slow down your standard work out. Try it that way for a week with whatever rest schedule you normally use. At the end of each workout you should find that you feel refreshed and invigorated or close to it. You'll probably find you are doing more reps and lunges within a week or two (the equivalent of running a slightly faster pace) for the same work effort. If you are doing the entire workout instead of just 15 minutes, on your next workout try "intervals" of high output and then recovery slow periods. Mix it up in other words.

You won't build a better cardiopulmonary system overnight but if you work at it within a few weeks you should notice improvement and within months huge improvement that will help you in everything you do, workout related and otherwise!

Every time I have tried "traditional" exercise (aerobics, walking, treadmill, gym apparatus, etc) I NEVER stick with it because I hate it and dread "working out". I bought a bike because it is fun to meander around town, listening to tunes, looking at people's landscaping and gardens/home architecture/porches full of junk/pets, etc. The fact that it is "exercise" is just a bonus. I actually look forward to doing it. I started using an app to track my mileage and beause I'm competitive (even with myself) I try to go longer/harder which makes it even better for me exercise-wise. Makes me remember how much I loved it as a kid.

I also started doing yoga. I'm very anxious and always have my muscles all seized up so I started yoga as a way to try to relieve stress. Again, it is now something I actually look forward to. It doesn't feel like exercise, but makes my stiff, tense body feel good temporarily. Afterwards I'm sore, but not post workout sore...like post massage sore.

For the first time in my life I don't dread "exercise" because I don't feel like either are "exercise" in my mind...just things I WANT to do that happen to be good for my body.