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building muscle with limited resouces.
Okay I'm 17/m,
Currently I'm living on the top floor of a 3 story building. I have an ingrown toenail and weak lungs (asthma). I'm looking for ways to toughen up my body, make it firmer than it is. I do a lot of cardio-activity but for the last 8-10 months I haven't seen any results in my midsection. I want to strengthen my biceps, chest and stomach so if anyone has any tips they're greatly appreciated.
Thank you and sorry about the length.
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yeah just like the other person said. Cardio-activity doesn't do much for your mid-section. So let me get this straight... you can't really walk/run much because of your ingrown toenail, and you can't really work that hard because of your asthma? Well you can go to a doctor and prescribe an inhaler.
To tone your abs- Do a few crunches. maybe about 25 and then break. then repeat. I have a lot of other ways. You can can do this, which is called the boat, lay flat on your back. Bring everything up except have your tailbone on the floor. So your legs are up and bent, and your head is up with your arms out. so it's kinda like a sit-up, except your feet are up to and you are balancing on your tailbone. stay like that for about 1 minute. ((if you are shaking... thats a good thing! I always shake when I do that)) Another exercise is lay down flat on your back, then hold on to something that is sturdy (like a chair, or couch) then lift your feet up and get them to be vertical ( so you are forming your body like an L) Then slowly lower your legs, but do not touch them to the floor. Then lift them back up. If you want it tougher... then lower them to 1 side, but don't tip your body over. Oh and here's 1 more- again lay down and hold onto something sturdy. Then roll your legs up into your stomach ( like the fetal position ) and roll yourself up so that your back is no longer touching the floor. So the only thing touching the floor would be your shoulders. Then slowly roll back down but keep your legs rolled into your stomach. Don't drop them to the floor! then roll back up and repeat.
Chest- Sit on a bench and use dumbbells to do this one. Lay down and have your arms stretched out to your sides (( so your arms should make a T )) Then hold the dumbbells and bring your arms straight up . So your arms would be stretched out in front of you. then bring them back down to your side ((making a T)) then bring back straight.
Biceps- Push-ups!! everybody loves them. If they are too hard, do them on a wall. Or on the floor with your knees on the floor. If it's too easy- do it with your arms closer in, or further out. Or do it holding yourself up with a ball. maybe put 1 hand on the ball and the other on the floor and do it. You can always just lift weights with dumbbells.
If you don't understand these- you can go to a local gym and ask for a trainer to help you.
I hope everything goes great!
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The best thing that I can suggest is to just do crunches and sit-ups. It would also help if you do some weightlifting. I couldn't see how weightlifting would affect your asthma, so I think that might help. Just have your inhaler on the side whenever you are doing any form of exercise, just to be safe. Also, cardio exercising doesn't do anything for your midsection, it only affects your loss of calories and mostly your legs and your butt. That is why nothing is happening to your midsection. You have to do weightlifting, crunches, or sit-ups in order to see results in that area. To tone your legs, I'd walk a few miles. To burn calories, I'd run a few miles. Walking for toning, running for burning calories...
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