Looking to star gaining muscle and lifting where do I start

NASAwife13
NASAwife13 Posts: 130 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Good morning all, I am trying to get back into shape. I am not concerned so much about my weight loss as I am about my muscle gain, but I have never really tried to gain muscle. I was always under the impression thinner was better. I have things like a pull up bar, resistance bands, and a few weights (right now ranging from 8lb to 25lb) But I am not really sure where to begin and what is important to work on. My biggest thing is I would love to tone my arms and thighs. Please help!!!! Thank you all have a wonderful day!!!1

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  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    Fitness Blender is free and has a varied assortment of exercise routines. Search them.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Stronglifts 5X5 is a good starter program. You can download the app and watch videos for form at stronglifts.com.

    It's easy, relatively quick workouts (about 45 minutes), and I have seen visible results. In fact...

    erbllhv7fk32.jpg

    That's six weeks of difference. Counting calories, too, of course.
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    You are your own gym, Convict Conditioning. If you're on reddit, there's a sub reddit called bodyweightfitness that's pretty good.

    Your post is a little conflicting, you want to "tone" and you want to gain muscle. If you want to gain muscle (and by gain I'm assuming you mean you want bigger muscle) you have to do a progressive load program like stronglifts, new rules of lifting for women, etc and eat at a surplus. Now if you just want to "tone" up, keep the existing muscle you have then you can do any program that involves weights.

  • LBL1986
    LBL1986 Posts: 58 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Stronglifts 5X5 is a good starter program. You can download the app and watch videos for form at stronglifts.com.

    It's easy, relatively quick workouts (about 45 minutes), and I have seen visible results. In fact...

    erbllhv7fk32.jpg

    That's six weeks of difference. Counting calories, too, of course.

    Awesome work and progress! I have seen several people mention and recommend Stronglifts. Is there a fee?
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    LBL1986 wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Stronglifts 5X5 is a good starter program. You can download the app and watch videos for form at stronglifts.com.

    It's easy, relatively quick workouts (about 45 minutes), and I have seen visible results. In fact...

    erbllhv7fk32.jpg

    That's six weeks of difference. Counting calories, too, of course.

    Awesome work and progress! I have seen several people mention and recommend Stronglifts. Is there a fee?

    http://stronglifts.com/5x5/
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    edited December 2015
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Stronglifts 5X5 is a good starter program. You can download the app and watch videos for form at stronglifts.com.

    It's easy, relatively quick workouts (about 45 minutes), and I have seen visible results. In fact...

    erbllhv7fk32.jpg

    That's six weeks of difference. Counting calories, too, of course.
    IDK, your swimsuit looks exactly the same.



    ( :p Nice job!)
  • annaskiski
    annaskiski Posts: 1,212 Member
    Stronglifts group here

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/4601-stronglifts-5x5-for-women

    There's sticky at the top that explains the program:
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/560459/stronglifts-5x5-summary/p1
  • NASAwife13
    NASAwife13 Posts: 130 Member
    Thanks all

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