Advise about body shape

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Lo0n3y
Lo0n3y Posts: 68 Member
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Started doing les mills body pump in June I do 3-4 maybe 5 classes a week they last an hour at a time.
When will I start to see results ? I have taken measurements photos and all that stuff just want to change my body and tone it up!?
Any advise

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  • ReptileRose
    ReptileRose Posts: 11 Member
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    It all depends on your body shape and how much you have to lose. I didn't begin to see results until I lost over a stone. Be patient and work hard and it will happen!
  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
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    what have you done to adjust your nutrition as well? That is perhaps most important.
  • Lo0n3y
    Lo0n3y Posts: 68 Member
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    ReptileRose wrote: »
    It all depends on your body shape and how much you have to lose. I didn't begin to see results until I lost over a stone. Be patient and work hard and it will happen!

    I only want to lose a stone to date I've lost 1half stone but this late one won't go anywhere
  • Lo0n3y
    Lo0n3y Posts: 68 Member
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    Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »
    what have you done to adjust your nutrition as well? That is perhaps most important.

    Ditched all the crappy food and switched it for healthy option
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    Lo0n3y wrote: »
    Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »
    what have you done to adjust your nutrition as well? That is perhaps most important.

    Ditched all the crappy food and switched it for healthy option

    Weigh and log your food to your calorie allowance across the week...switching to healthy option is not really a solution unfortunately.

    What's your goal? Is it to lose weight? Eat at a defecit

    Is it body recomposition? Eat at or just below maintenance as you follow a progressive resistance programme
  • AsISmile
    AsISmile Posts: 1,004 Member
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    Bodypump will get you some muscle but not as musch as a progressive lifting program will. Pump is too many reps and too much cardio for that. Nevertheless it is a great workout.
    Every body is different, and therefore predicting when you will start seeing results is hard. You need a minimum of a month for that.

    The most important thing though is making sure you keep on increasing the weight on your barbell. Try to keep it challenging.
    Hopefully you are already doing this. Not every instructor puts enough emphasis on this though.
  • JayTE83
    JayTE83 Posts: 11 Member
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    You should research your body type ie Ectomorph, Endomorph or Mesomorph and then you can find the right type of workouts for your genetic disposition. Body type is a set thing, but can obviously be altered with lots of hard work, but you can't change your genetics just enhance or alter them.
  • Lo0n3y
    Lo0n3y Posts: 68 Member
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    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Lo0n3y wrote: »
    Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »
    what have you done to adjust your nutrition as well? That is perhaps most important.

    Ditched all the crappy food and switched it for healthy option

    Weigh and log your food to your calorie allowance across the week...switching to healthy option is not really a solution unfortunately.

    What's your goal? Is it to lose weight? Eat at a defecit

    Is it body recomposition? Eat at or just below maintenance as you follow a progressive resistance programme

    My goal is to try and turn lose the wobbly bits, I always wanted to lose my final stone but I can't move the figure it's been over a month and it won't budge,
    I weigh everything and stick to a calorie count of 1560 also do les mills body pump, kettlebells etc
  • Lo0n3y
    Lo0n3y Posts: 68 Member
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    AsISmile wrote: »
    Bodypump will get you some muscle but not as musch as a progressive lifting program will. Pump is too many reps and too much cardio for that. Nevertheless it is a great workout.
    Every body is different, and therefore predicting when you will start seeing results is hard. You need a minimum of a month for that.

    The most important thing though is making sure you keep on increasing the weight on your barbell. Try to keep it challenging.
    Hopefully you are already doing this. Not every instructor puts enough emphasis on this though.

    Yeah I do increase my weights every week or when I no I can. I do keep challenging myself, the instructors are brill as they push u in every class.

    I started this wanting to lose a stone but now I just want to change my body
  • Cryptonomnomicon
    Cryptonomnomicon Posts: 848 Member
    edited July 2015
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    JayTE83 wrote: »
    You should research your body type ie Ectomorph, Endomorph or Mesomorph and then you can find the right type of workouts for your genetic disposition. Body type is a set thing, but can obviously be altered with lots of hard work, but you can't change your genetics just enhance or alter them.

    I would disregard this advice, do a web search on the Somatotype myth. It is an unscientific classification method, which can lead to one simply placing physiological/psychological limits on one's self for absolutely no reason.

  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,594 Member
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    JayTE83 wrote: »
    You should research your body type ie Ectomorph, Endomorph or Mesomorph and then you can find the right type of workouts for your genetic disposition. Body type is a set thing, but can obviously be altered with lots of hard work, but you can't change your genetics just enhance or alter them.
    Unfortunately somatotyping has be debunked as a description for one's body type. Originally it was developed by a psychiatrist obeserving people's behaviors and deeming their body type off that.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,594 Member
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    Lo0n3y wrote: »
    Started doing les mills body pump in June I do 3-4 maybe 5 classes a week they last an hour at a time.
    When will I start to see results ? I have taken measurements photos and all that stuff just want to change my body and tone it up!?
    Any advise
    It's been less than 2 months. Realize it can take a year or more to condition the body to where you think it should be. People that look in shape didn't take a few months to do it, they took YEARS to do it. Patience.
    Also, Les Mills Body Pump is great as a muscle endurance developer, but there's no need to do it 5 days a week. You're better off doing it a couple of days a week and then doing some progressive low rep/high weight training the other days.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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  • Lo0n3y
    Lo0n3y Posts: 68 Member
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    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Lo0n3y wrote: »
    Started doing les mills body pump in June I do 3-4 maybe 5 classes a week they last an hour at a time.
    When will I start to see results ? I have taken measurements photos and all that stuff just want to change my body and tone it up!?
    Any advise
    It's been less than 2 months. Realize it can take a year or more to condition the body to where you think it should be. People that look in shape didn't take a few months to do it, they took YEARS to do it. Patience.
    Also, Les Mills Body Pump is great as a muscle endurance developer, but there's no need to do it 5 days a week. You're better off doing it a couple of days a week and then doing some progressive low rep/high weight training the other days.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
    9285851.png
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Lo0n3y wrote: »
    Started doing les mills body pump in June I do 3-4 maybe 5 classes a week they last an hour at a time.
    When will I start to see results ? I have taken measurements photos and all that stuff just want to change my body and tone it up!?
    Any advise
    It's been less than 2 months. Realize it can take a year or more to condition the body to where you think it should be. People that look in shape didn't take a few months to do it, they took YEARS to do it. Patience.
    Also, Les Mills Body Pump is great as a muscle endurance developer, but there's no need to do it 5 days a week. You're better off doing it a couple of days a week and then doing some progressive low rep/high weight training the other days.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
    9285851.png

    I have a pt session booked in for next week I'm thinking of starting 1 every week or 1 every 2 weeks, with that and the pump & kettlebells I hope to start to see results lol

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