how often a week should you do toning (by this i mean situps, crunches, lunges, and squats)? is everyday okay? and if you're doing these things, do you really need to do weights in the gym?
dolceXeuore answered Sunday January 23 2005, 10:10 pm: every day is fine , try doing 10 or 15 when you wake up and 10 or 15 before you go to bed . you can do more when ever your want. you dont really need to lift weights. they willjust be of good use in toning. [ dolceXeuore's advice column | Ask dolceXeuore A Question ]
EricStarr answered Sunday January 23 2005, 7:52 pm: To stay in top physical shape, its best to let your muscles rebuild before tearing them down again. Its not the exercise that tones or builds muscle its the repair they do after words. Once you exercise you stress a muscle. The muscle repairs itself by growing harder or bigger depending on whether you are exercising the fast twitch cells (for size) or slow twitch cells (tone and endurance) I recommend never working a body part till it has had time to heal or you will just be wasting your time. [ EricStarr's advice column | Ask EricStarr A Question ]
Shelbyjune answered Sunday January 23 2005, 3:01 pm: Everyday is fine for about 20-30 minutes. If you can't do it everyday, then try 45-60 minutes 4-5 times a week. And don't forget your cardiovascular. You may think it's important because you're "only toning," but, believe me, toning inside is as important, if not more so. By the way, I heard a long time ago that situps are only good if you want to hurt your back. Crunches are the best for your stomach muscles. That's just a bit of trivia you might want to check out. Weights are not always necessary unless you want to sculpt also. Hope I helped. [ Shelbyjune's advice column | Ask Shelbyjune A Question ]
Michelley answered Sunday January 23 2005, 2:13 pm: Yah, its ok to do them every day. Its ok to do most exercises every day except for strength training bc thats hard on your muscles
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Karen answered Sunday January 23 2005, 2:04 pm: Yup, toning everyday is alright. You could also tone 3-4 times a week. It all depends on you and how many times you want to tone. You don't have to do wieghts at the gym if you don't want to. Hope I helped :)
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swimprincess026 answered Sunday January 23 2005, 1:46 pm: It really depends on how athletic you are. If you are really athletic and do many things then yeah you probally should work out everyday. If your not then just try to maybe work out once every week or every-other day. The same thing goes with weights also. Hope I helped! xoxo -*Carly*- [ swimprincess026's advice column | Ask swimprincess026 A Question ]
MyPainIsReal answered Sunday January 23 2005, 1:42 pm: Everyday is fine. About 20-30 minutes. If you do it every day then your body will get used to it and perhaps you can increase your time a little bit. You don't HAVE to lift weights in the gym unless you're searching to get muscles and muslce strength. If you're just looking to get tone, you should be fine without weights. Hope i helped [ MyPainIsReal's advice column | Ask MyPainIsReal A Question ]
funkyfresh answered Sunday January 23 2005, 1:32 pm: Everyday so your body gets used to it! You dont lose weight by doing this tho you actually gain muscels and muscels are fat!
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ShOrTnSwEeT42094 answered Sunday January 23 2005, 1:15 pm: I've always heard that doing approx. 20-30 minutes a day of situps,crunches,squats,and lunges is a really good workout.That's what I did when I was actually disciplined enough to work out!Haha! ;) As far as the weights,that's really up to you.If you're looking for more muscle definition in your arms and/or legs that's definitely a great thing to do.I reccomend checking out Seventeen magazine's Seventeen Trainer section.They have some really great exercises that I've tried and found to actually work!Hope this helps some!!! :) [ ShOrTnSwEeT42094's advice column | Ask ShOrTnSwEeT42094 A Question ]
PrincezPeach08 answered Sunday January 23 2005, 1:00 pm: You should do it daily, so that your body gets used to this routine. But DO NOT over do it, because you could seriously get hurt. Doing situps, crunches...etc is fine, so you don't need to go do weights in the gym, because that is one way to over do it. I mean you could go there once in a while, but you don't and should'nt do it daily like situps. About 30min of crunches and situps a day and that'll be good!
Hope I helped!
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