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Hi,
I have noticed since I began weight training that veins buldge on my hands and arms the day after I workout. I am 5′&6″ and weigh about 118 lbs. Is there any remedy or way to avoid this?
Thank you,
Patti
i am trying to loose weight and tone up, i am using my fitness pal to record my calories and exersize but am unsure how i count the weights, i am using 400grams at the miniute in each hand but do i say its 400grams or 800grams that i am lifting lol, please help!!! thank you.
Do whatever works best for you. When i keep track I write down if it’s barbell or dumbbells. If it’s dumbbells then writing the 400 g is fine, for barbell then you would write 800 g down. it’s all relative to your own preference.
Hi, I am a 14 1/2 year old, 5′ 2″, 115 pound girl. I really want to loose excess fat and get lean muscles. My legs are really strong since I’m in track but I’d like to be leaner, what exercises can I do to do this? Also, my arms are a bit flabby (especially in the back of my arms, triceps) and I’d love to have abs. What exercises should I do to attain my goals? I eat very healthy but have treats here and there. So if you could give me a list of exercises that would help me attain my goal it would be great! Thank you in advance, and you are such a great inspiration!
Hey Jesse, thanks for writing. You’re a great healthy weight for your age and your size. If you’re a track runner I am sure your coach has some great moves for you to do, and I would hate to go against his/her training for you. I seems like you’re very active though which is great. For your arms, push-ups and pull-ups are great moves to help tone up the entire upper body, but again at your age talk to your coach before adding any additional training.
Hi Taylor,
I am a 24 year old female from the United Kingdom. I recently viewed a few of your youtube videos which led me to this site. I have been trying to lose weight and tone up for quite some time- however, because of my busy schedule, I don’t have the time to join a gym and I am currently using a treadmill and 1 kg dumbells. My current routine is to run for 30mins on average speed (2miles) at least three times a week. I then do some exercises with dumbells to tone my arms. I also have a fitness ball and try to do about 50 sit ups. I am also attempting lunges but I am finding it very difficult, and my knees became very weak. Please could you advise me on how I can try to lose weight and tone up in a fast amount of time using the equipment I have at home.
I look forwards to hearing from you!
Hey Zara,
Thanks for writing. Congrats on taking steps to get healthy! That’s the first move and I can tell you’re motivated. My first piece of advice is to change up your cardio routine. Your body adjust to workouts quite quickly so if you’ve been doing that same speed for the same length of time you’re not having to work as hard any longer. change it up with intervals (walking/running); trying to go faster, or add some more time to your current workouts.
The same goes with your weight training, it’s important to really push yourself to make your body react. You can do a lot with what you have but you have to do exercises that use big muscles and you will have to do reps until you feel them.
And last, diet is super important and accounts for around 80% of how you look, so take a look at your diet and see how you might can make it cleaner.
For more help, theartofweightlifting.com has some great workouts, and there are good workouts here on the blog as well.
Good luck!
I over eat and feel horrible afterwards. Sometimes I throw up. Is there an exercise I can do to not eat so much?
Sarah, your comment concerns me. Unfortunately there isn’t an exercise to control your appetite though working out in general offten does help to decrease it and cravings. However, with your binge eating and burging I really recommend talking to your doctor. I wish you luck!!
If you were to continue giving advice to Jesse, what would you say are good excersises for creating well defined and strong abs?
First off good abs are made not just in the gym but more importantly in the kitchen. If you workout but eat only semi healthy you’re not going to see great abs. Just life unfortunately. For a woman to show off defined abs she has to bring her body fat down quite a bit which is best done with a fat burning, total body workout that includes weights and interval training. For core moves there are a ton of great exercises… in fact my youtube channel has a lot of ab exercises:
http://www.youtube.com/user/fitnesstaylor/search?query=abs