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Weight loss and calorie burn through exercise is mainly about getting and keeping your heart rate up. And pretty much all kinds of consistent activites, like running, bicycling, swimming, dancing etc etc does a better job of keeping your heart rate up than lifting weights does. If you can lift weights at a high enough intensity and long enough to match the pulse rate and duration of a run, they you'll burn the same amount of calories. But odds are you can't. I can do around 1000 cal/hour during intense cardio, but find it really difficult to get past 600 while doing weight training. Keep in mind that the big thing is your diet. If you are overeating it's pretty much impossible to exercise hard enough to lose anything that way. A snack that takes 5 minutes to eat, like a cupcake, can take one hour to burn off.
If you insist, you should do fairly low weights and plenty of repetitions, exercises that boosts your heart rate and keeps it up consistently. Not something that's done in two big grunts and then over with.
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Where can I get a good gym workout from?
I am sorry to hear about your problem but perhaps you should just try a gym workout at your local gym. If you do not want to go to the gym for workouts, perhaps the following will give you some ideas about workouts at your home: www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/main.html
What other equipment should be part of a complete gym?
It depends on what type of workouts you are interested in. If building muscle is your goal, then weight training equipment like dumbbells should be sufficient to start with. If you want to add cardio or aerobic workouts, consider adding a treadmill or elliptical trainer, or exercise bike.
What are some easy workouts I can do without joining a gym?
Some easy workouts you can do at home are walking, jumping jacks, sit ups, pushups and more. Just basic exercises will go a long way to losing weight.
Where can I find workout routines to do at home?
MuscleandStrength.com has over one hundred workouts one can do at home. These workouts appear to be simple and would do away with need to join a gym. You do not need heavy gym equipment to do gym exercises.
Where can one find a list of total gym workouts?
You can find a list of Total Gym Workouts on the Total Gym website. On the website you will find more than seventy-five Total Gym Exercises and Work Out Routines for every Major Muscle Group of your body.
I do not have work out machines or access to a gym and am wondering if it is possible to do similar exercises in a gym without a machine?
Yes, you can do a variety of effective workouts without equipment or a gym, and much of it can be done with simple body weight and a few basic weights. Here are a few options for you: 1. P90-X: a workout that uses body weight, a set of dumbbells, a chair, and a pull-up bar. You can learn more about it by googling it. 2. Youtube also has some workouts you can do. 3. Buy a "Men's Health" book. Don't buy the magazine. The book has a lot of effective home workouts and diet information.
Where can I get weight training to lose at-least 10 pounds?
You can ask your doctor for an idea, go to a local gym or read this: http://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/beginner.html Any of those sources should be able to help you get a good routine that fits with your overall health at this point in time.
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How should a thirteen year old kid lose weight in a gym?
Exercise!!
Where can I go to exercise that has treadmills?
Bally Fitness and Gold's Gym are two national gym facilities that have treadmills for workouts. You can find out more at BallyFitness.com and GoldsGym.com.
How do you get bigger to play college football?
eat a lot of carbohydrates and proteins plus do workouts in the gym
How Can I Stay Fit without going to a gym?
If you don’t have time and resources to go to a gym then you can do home workouts. There are ‘n’ number of articles and videos available on bodyandstrength to help your reach your fitness goal. Select your best fit there.
