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Sugar mami
Good morning!
I have recently signed up to the gym. I wanted to go and just loose a little bit of weight... So... On Saturday and sunday I went to see how it was... I did >>>>
30 minutes on the bicycle which burned 180 Calories
10 on Walking machine (VERY BORING) which burnt 50 Calories
5 minutes just doing 100 of the Hip adduction (when your push in) and 100 of where you push out lol. (Sorry if I am not making any sense lol)
Then Another
15 minutes on the Bicycle (which burnt another 100 calories)
DAY 2 (Sunday)
1 hour on the Bicycle which I burnt 300 Calories
10 mins on Cross Trainer (lol too hard so 10 minutes was all I could do) but burnt 100 calories in those 10 minutes... which is amazing lol! Considering it took me 1 hour to burn 300 on the bicycle!!
I don't want to gain muscle though... :( what do I do? someone told me if i use the bicycle I will just gain muscle and not loose the weight? :( is this true?
also with the exercise I was doing do you think that it was ok for first time? and do you think If i done that 3 or 4 times a week that i would start to loose some weight??
THANKS X X
Answer
If you want to lose weight the first thing you need to do before you even think about going to the gym is start tracking your calories. Weight loss is at its most basic is about eating less calories then the body requires, but you all have to ensure you get enough calories. Ideally you should aim for between 1000 and 1500, but certaintly no lower than 1000 calories. This should be food eaten minus exercise.
If you don't want to build muscle there's no point doing exercises using weight machines, as their entire point is to build muscle. You can't spot reduce fat, so if you are using them thinking they'll reduce your hip fat then it's a waste of time.
You need to focus on using cardio exercise machines, like the bike, cross trainer, and running machines. Cross training machines are very good, as they require more effort, which burns more calories. Don't think you can just sit on an exercise bike and spin your legs around at the lowest setting and burn a decent amount of calories, you need to do exercise that makes your heart beat faster and makes you sweat, otherwise you might as well just go for a long walk.
Whether or not doing it 3 or 4 times a week will help you lose weight depends entirely on your calorie intake, so again, you need to start tracking your calories, something you can do on one of the following sites:
http://www.livestrong.com/myplate/
http://www.sparkpeople.com/
http://www.calorieking.com.au/
If you want to lose weight the first thing you need to do before you even think about going to the gym is start tracking your calories. Weight loss is at its most basic is about eating less calories then the body requires, but you all have to ensure you get enough calories. Ideally you should aim for between 1000 and 1500, but certaintly no lower than 1000 calories. This should be food eaten minus exercise.
If you don't want to build muscle there's no point doing exercises using weight machines, as their entire point is to build muscle. You can't spot reduce fat, so if you are using them thinking they'll reduce your hip fat then it's a waste of time.
You need to focus on using cardio exercise machines, like the bike, cross trainer, and running machines. Cross training machines are very good, as they require more effort, which burns more calories. Don't think you can just sit on an exercise bike and spin your legs around at the lowest setting and burn a decent amount of calories, you need to do exercise that makes your heart beat faster and makes you sweat, otherwise you might as well just go for a long walk.
Whether or not doing it 3 or 4 times a week will help you lose weight depends entirely on your calorie intake, so again, you need to start tracking your calories, something you can do on one of the following sites:
http://www.livestrong.com/myplate/
http://www.sparkpeople.com/
http://www.calorieking.com.au/
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