quick result fitness routines

[light my tiki 72]

OKay big quicky here...what fitness routine do you absolutely love with quick results (including diets, diet pills, exercise dohickies, etc.) I'm trying to keep it switched up so that i can shed some of those extra mcdonalds milkshakes but i like high intensity and bordom~free fitness tricks...help me out here girls!

[Bonnie]

No tricks! Stop drinking the shakes, and do some good old-fashioned cardio (jogging, swimming, stairmaster, aerobics) every day, varying it so you won't get bored. Try to do 20-30 minutes a day and gradually increase intensity. And if you're in a gym anyway, try some targeting exercises.

[njchica]

intervals are great! jog 2 min, sprint 1, jog 2, sprint 1....

[ladyboss]

Unfortunately there is No quick trick, changing your eating habits drinking a lot of water and excercising at least 20 mins. per day - that's the quickest trick I know For motivation I keep before & after (fat) pictures on the fridge

[tnewcom]

well i work at at Curves for Women 3x a week. it is a 30min. workout...and trust me it works! it is also fun!!! check it out! i love it!

[seximomma04]

ok so i have been doing 30 mins on the treadmill and 30 mins on the elecpitical(spelling) machine in the morning and i am ready to add weights in the evening how many reps should i do and how many sets??

[Emoore]

If you're just starting to lift, I'd do one set of 12-15 reps for the first week or two so you can get your body used to exercising and not get so sore that you have to quit. After the first couple of weeks, move up to 2 sets of 10-12. After your initial few weeks, you want to use a weight that fatigues you at the 10th-12th rep.

[Emoore]

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On 2004-03-18 01:04, light my tiki 72 wrote:
OKay big quicky here...what fitness routine do you absolutely love with quick results (including diets, diet pills, exercise dohickies, etc.) I'm trying to keep it switched up so that i can shed some of those extra mcdonalds milkshakes but i like high intensity and bordom~free fitness tricks...help me out here girls!


Heavy lifting. Squats, deadlifts, bench presses, and military presses in 5-7 rep sets. Keeps the pounds off and the muscles looking good.

[divabutterfly]

I agree with Bonnie, also in addition to 2-3 sets of all exercises, try to do a high intensity workout once in a while - 1 set for each muscle group, weight heavy enough so that you can't do more than 6 reps, then immediately reduce the weight by 10-20% and perform another 4-6 reps to fatigue. Move fast from one exercise to another.
Also you can try to add extra cardio on your strength training days by doing intervals: 2-3 sets of one muscle group + 1-2 mins of high intensity cardio (any machine or jogging or jumping jacks). Hope that helps!

[Kay]

Cardio is always great for droppin the weight... however it's gotta be a routine/habit, not just a phase!

[pinkflamingo]

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On 2004-03-18 08:04, tnewcom wrote:
well i work at at Curves for Women 3x a week. it is a 30min. workout...and trust me it works! it is also fun!!! check it out! i love it!

i go to curves too, and love it! i havent gone too much lately, my classes and work keep me busy, so ill go more regularly when im on summer break...im so glad i found it, because its SO much easier going and working out w/ just women, i HATE working out w/ guys! im not as self-concious (spelling?)...and, also, i have a friend who goes to the gym 6 days a week, and is always being stared at by gross old men...id rather stay away from all that...yuck!