I'm 14
Best Exercise to Lose Weight For You
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I'm so sorry that you have to read really rude posts by others.
It's great you're so concerned with your health at a young age! Way to go! As for toning up your legs, the best thing I've found is squats, leg lifts, stretching, water exercises that include jumping (stand in the shallow end, put on ankle weights and just keep moving. Also, you could put ankle weights on your ankles while you clean, do chores, or watch TV.
In highschool, I took 35 min for myself before bed. In these 35 min, I had my nightly routine. Brush my teeth, wash my face, then I'll spend 20 min doing random core workouts. And, my night work outs included incorporating the ankle weights any way I could. After the exercises, I would shower and get all the gross of the day off of me. After I showered I made sure to moisturize my skin, and drink at least 2 bottles of water before bed. I'd then make sure everything was ready for the next day, picked up my room, tied my hair loosely on top of my head with a scrunchi (to have extra body in my hair) and went to sleep
After only a week doing this, I saw myself losing inches everywhere! It was great. I never thought it would be that easy. The truth is, the hardest part of working out is starting. The thing to remember, if you've spent time improving your body, you'll see that everything else starts to look better too.
You'll have clear bright skin, healthy hair, you'll function better and probably see a rise in grades, you'll also experience a boost in self esteem. At your age, it's important to have something you do privately to improve yourself and let other people notice on their own. (That's how you'll really know when you e made progress). Don't forget, taking care of your physical body is only half of the requirements for a healthy life.
Good luck!
- Cut off your leg
- Just move. Swim, run, jog, swing, horse back ride, join a sport, find activities. Play with some little kids.. jump rope. ...
Don't worry to much abuot the food you're eating. I mean don't eat tons of carbs, and drink tons of soda. Try to make healthy choices when you can, but if you're moving you'll burn calories. If you're not into moving more. Switch to just plain water, no other drinks. - cut out the junk food and sodas...or if you can't do that just reduce quantity.
try weightlifting and alternate with different types of exercise. Listen to music or think about something that you need to do for the day when you exercise...
Diet matters the most when you are trying to lose weight! I mean you need to exercise but if you don't eat right (eat frequent smaller meals), then you won't accomplish much. ask that person who answered before saying exercise is the only thing that matters but later said that she gained it back! lol - Start jogging plus sit-ups, plus walk at night must
- Well congrats on spelling lose right. You're already one step ahead of the other gerbil minds who want to lose on here.
Cut out meat , pasta , rice, NO simple carbs. Add grains, oatmeal etc.. Make all your meals vegetable based. I'm not going to go into the "rabbit food" comment. I'll let that slide since you're 14. Thin people do not eat "crazy" they eat healthily.
No sugar besides fruit. Eggs, whey protein. There are TONS of meal suggestions in the vegetarian section thats not "rabbit food" use the search bar ^^. - Running really makes your legs look better, after 2 months of running and healthy diet my legs looked way better than before, now they look even nicer. I ran 5 times a week, I started with 30 minutes and raised it to 50-60 minutes within a month. When you stick to it you really see results. Walking is really good for your legs too. If you don't want to run 5 times a week, you can replace 1-2 times with walking, but do it with fast speed and 60-90 minutes each time.
I ate 1000 calories a day, but that's not a lot, I recommend you eat 1200 if you want to count calories. If you don't want to, just try to make healthy choices and eat regularly. Breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. Try not to eat anything with sugar (except sometimes of course) because it can make you crave more sugar or food. You should eat all kinds of vegetables, fruits, berries, oatmeal, low fat yogurts, low fat cottage cheese, wholegrain rice/pasta instead of white, chicken breast/other lean meat/if you're a vegetarian/vegan eat soy protein or tofu, they're extremely healthy (low fat content and lots of protein). 100g of plain soy protein contains 45g of protein! You're 14, so if you don't want to cook for yourself that's fine.
Then Drink 2 liters of water a day. Green tea boosts up your metabolism -> you burn more calories.
Good luck! :) - Do you have any friends at school that might be interested in walking around the track or some area that is interesting? Just try to keep the pace up with legs & arms in sync. For aerobic action. As for food just cut back on foods high in fat or cooked in fat & watch your sugar intake, high fructose corn syrup is in drinks & juices: try to limit intake of these but drink filtered water or water processed by osmosis. Make fruit infusions with water, just cut up fruits you like & add them to water. Green tea & herbal teas are fun. Try to eat more fresh vegetables. I hope this information is helpful to you. Also yoga is a good healthy strengthening exercise which you can do indoors.
- Lots of sports and activities help to strengthen and tone legs. Some
of these include running, swimming, cycling, blading, ice skating,
skiing, and jumping rope, just to name a few.
Specific resistance exercises can help strengthen and shape specific
muscles in the leg. You may wish to begin by doing exercises that use
your own body weight and require no special equipment. Here are a few:
Lunge
This exercise works the quadriceps (muscle of the front upper
thigh).
(1) Stand with your feet together, keeping your head up and looking
straight ahead.
(2) Take a long step forward with one foot, making sure this leg is
at a right angle (don't let your knee bend in front of your toes), and
bend the knee of your back leg until it's as close to the floor as
possible.
(3) Hold this position for a second or two and then slowly push back
to a standing position.
(4) Repeat with the alternate leg going forward.
(5) Be sure that your movements are slow and controlled.
(6) Build up your repetitions over time.
(7) To increase resistance, you may hold hand weights alongside your
body.
Heel raise
This exercise works your calf muscle (official term: gastrocnemius).
(1)Stand with the balls of your feet on a step -- hold onto a wall or
handrail for balance.
(2) Slowly rise up on your toes, pause for a second or two, and then
decline.
(3) Progress slowly -- don't overdo it at first.
(4) Increase repetitions as you become stronger.
Toe raise
This exercise for your shin is particularly useful if you are a
runner.
(1)Sit on a stool, bench, or chair with feet flat on the floor.
(2) Raise your toes toward the ceiling while keeping your heels on
the floor.
(3) Hold this position for a second or two and then slowly lower your
toes.
(4) Increase repetitions as you become stronger.
Squat
This works the hamstrings, located in the back of your upper thighs.
This exercise is difficult for beginners. It is best to do this in
front of a mirror to check your form.
(1)Position your feet shoulder width apart, with your hands on your
hips or the front of your thighs.
(2) Slowly lower your body until you're in a "sitting" position. Your
front thighs should be parallel with the floor. You may also feel
muscle contraction in your rear end (you're working these muscles as
well!).
(3) Hold this position for a second or two and then slowly stand up
straight.
(4) Increase repetitions as you become stronger.
(5) With increasing strength, you may also wish to add resistance by
using a barbell, held behind your neck, that's resting on your upper
back.
Lying side lift
To work the outside muscle of your leg called the abductors:
(1)Lying on your side, slowly lift your top leg as high as you can
while keeping it straight, and then gradually lower it.
(2) Repeat as many times as comfortable.
(3) Lie on your opposite side to work the other leg in the same
manner.
To work the inner thigh muscle (adductor):
(1)Lie on your side, crossing and slightly bending your top leg over
your bottom one. Be sure not to let your hips roll back -- stay
exactly on your side.
(2) Slowly lift your bottom leg as high as you can and then lower it
gradually.
(3) Do this as many times as possible (without extreme pain).
(4) Repeat with your other leg.
(5) Some people like to use ankle weights for these exercises as they
become stronger.
If you have access to a gym, you may wish to use machines to
accomplish the same exercises. Particularly useful ones are the leg
extension (for quadriceps) and leg curl (for hamstrings). A seated leg
press is also beneficial for quads and gluteal muscles. If you use
weights, don't increase the load too quickly because you may injure
joints and connective tissue.
One other thing that some people don't realize is that leg exercises
like squats and the stiff leg deadlift, or any other leg exercise for
that matter, will only help build muscle and increase strength in your
legs. Leg exercises DO NOT target any of the fat that is specifically
located on your legs. If there is any fat, muscle will be built
underneath this fat. The ONLY way to lose fat from ANY part of the
body is through either a proper diet, cardio or a combination of both.
I ran ot of space, answering you about exercising. Please, ask about food separately. - Since you are so young this will be a good time for you to learn how to keep your weight in check through exercise and physical activity as well as eating the right foods. Please don't let the word exercise make you scared or skeptical. That would be the state of mind of a lazy person. And lazy people who have physical weight issues and more than likely keep having these issues.
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