Toning up with household objects. :)

A person doesn't even have to lift weights to tone up. Bodyweight workouts do exist. I know that lifting heavy is popular on this group, but that's not for everyone. Lifting heavy is not the way. A six pack or muscular legs don't come from lifting heavy weights. A person can get both without picking up a weight. I know no one will disagree with this fact.

I'm tired of people telling women they need to lift weights heavier than their purse. The only way a woman's purse will be heavy is if it's full of junk. A lot of women don't carry large purses. Some carry small purses and these purses can weigh less than a can of soup.

If you want to lift heavy, then do so, but don't try to make it seems as if everyone has to.

To the OP, you can use a chair to do chair exercises. You can use cans goods. You can create your own sand bag. Some people use sand, dirt, rocks, etc to make their bags. I've created me an almost 16 pound sandbag, using salt, large ziplock bag that I bought from the Dollar Tree, a pillow case and string bag.

Get creative.

Bodyweight exercises can work. Curling a 12 oz. can won't.

Curling nothing at all IS a body weight exercise. Some people have heavy arms. It won't hurt to add another few oz, will it?

If curling nothing is an exercise than I might need to enter a Strongman competition because I just did it for a ridiculous amount of reps. I understand some people may not have strength levels to do anything high (hell I sure don't comparatively), but if they do, they should be doing more than soup cans. Nobody is criticizing those for starting off with this, but it needs to be that. A starting point. Nobody progresses without progression.

"Toning" is just a combination of low bodyfat and higher muscle mass. Lifting soup cans and water bottles will just fatigue your muscles without giving them enough of a load to actually grow.

You dont know what your talking about! I have flipped tires and lifted railroad ties for a work out! If you dont know dont post!

Bodyweight exercises can work. Curling a 12 oz. can won't.

Curling nothing at all IS a body weight exercise. Some people have heavy arms. It won't hurt to add another few oz, will it?

If curling nothing is an exercise than I might need to enter a Strongman competition because I just did it for a ridiculous amount of reps. I understand some people may not have strength levels to do anything high (hell I sure don't comparatively), but if they do, they should be doing more than soup cans. Nobody is criticizing those for starting off with this, but it needs to be that. A starting point. Nobody progresses without progression.

Moving at all is an exercise so curling nothing is one too. You move your arms and burn calories=exercise.

Did you read the OP at all? She is pretty much AT a starting point as far as lifting is concerned. This isn't a freaking power lifting thread and no one said she has to lift soup cans forever. We are giving her somewhere to START because that's what she asked for.

The title of this thread is Toning up with HOUSEHOLD objects not "how build copious amounts of muscle".

"Toning" is just a combination of low bodyfat and higher muscle mass. Lifting soup cans and water bottles will just fatigue your muscles without giving them enough of a load to actually grow.

You dont know what your talking about! I have flipped tires and lifted railroad ties for a work out! If you dont know dont post!

Yes because that is EXACTLY like lifting soup cans....:huh:

You have to start some where! What is your point that if people dont lift thing the way you say it doesnt do any good? Ridiculous:huh: Right back at you! You dont need weights to get tone you just need to start doing something!

"Toning" is just a combination of low bodyfat and higher muscle mass. Lifting soup cans and water bottles will just fatigue your muscles without giving them enough of a load to actually grow.

You dont know what your talking about! I have flipped tires and lifted railroad ties for a work out! If you dont know dont post!

Yes because that is EXACTLY like lifting soup cans....:huh:

You have to start some where! What is your point that if people dont lift thing the way you say it doesnt do any good? Ridiculous:huh: Right back at you! You dont need weights to get tone you just need to start doing something!

Really, because my original post just said that bodyweight exercises are good and curling soup cans wouldn't be. Disagreeing =/= looking for a fight.

Bodyweight exercises can work. Curling a 12 oz. can won't.

Curling nothing at all IS a body weight exercise. Some people have heavy arms. It won't hurt to add another few oz, will it?

If curling nothing is an exercise than I might need to enter a Strongman competition because I just did it for a ridiculous amount of reps. I understand some people may not have strength levels to do anything high (hell I sure don't comparatively), but if they do, they should be doing more than soup cans. Nobody is criticizing those for starting off with this, but it needs to be that. A starting point. Nobody progresses without progression.

Moving at all is an exercise so curling nothing is one too. You move your arms and burn calories=exercise.

Did you read the OP at all? She is pretty much AT a starting point as far as lifting is concerned. This isn't a freaking power lifting thread and no one said she has to lift soup cans forever. We are giving her somewhere to START because that's what she asked for.

The title of this thread is Toning up with HOUSEHOLD objects not "how build copious amounts of muscle".

I said nothing about building muscle. You are confusing me with someone else. However, she did fall victim to several of the fallacies that plague "women's fitness." Either way, like I said originally, there are plenty of good bodyweight exercises that will produce results, but imo curls are useless to begin with. Even more so if you're going to try using them for very high reps.

You went from splitting hairs to back peddling and now curls are useless? mmmkay...

(hey fitness gurus, believe it or not, you can be informative without trying to making people feel like idiots!)

Please tell me you guys aren't serious.

But of course. 18 year olds who have just started working out know far more than everyone else.

I'm not 18 years old. But, lets remember that age doesn't make a person smart. Everyone on here can only speak for their own body. That's what everyone should understand. When you speak about exercise, you should pull from your own experience. I do.

I'm not 18 years old. But, lets remember that age doesn't make a person smart. Everyone on here can only speak for their own body. That's what everyone should understand. When you speak about exercise, you should pull from your own experience. I do.

Not sure I understand what you're saying. My point was the person to ridicule the OP is only 18 and just started working out. I was being sarcastic.

i used to use my son as a weight... now he's like 25 lbs. But i would highly suggest purchasing a medicine ball. I used it for a week and saw results faster than at the gym.

I'm not 18 years old. But, lets remember that age doesn't make a person smart. Everyone on here can only speak for their own body. That's what everyone should understand. When you speak about exercise, you should pull from your own experience. I do.

Not sure I understand what you're saying. My point was the person to ridicule the OP is only 18 and just started working out. I was being sarcastic.

You don't understand what I have wrote. Good. Yet, you have a point.

Please tell me you guys aren't serious.

But of course. 18 year olds who have just started working out know far more than everyone else.

But of course, people who do their own research know far more than Cosmo magazine sheep.

^fixed that for you.

But of course, people who do their own research know far more than Cosmo magazine sheep.

So, women who want to use household items as weights are Cosmo sheep? You do realize that whether you're lifting a 5 lb can or a 5 lb dumbbell, you're still lifting 5 lbs, right?

There is someone in this thread will tell you the 5lb dumbbell is heavier....

You do realize that whether you're lifting a 5 lb can or a 5 lb dumbbell, you're still lifting 5 lbs, right?

There is someone in this thread will tell you the 5lb dumbbell is heavier....

Ha! That would be awesome. I'd love to know the thought process behind that argument!

I'll give you a hint who said it. She's ignoring half the people in this thread.