Gym Time

[kisha28 12]

I joined the gym surgery was Oct 4th so far Down to size 14. Please recommend excerises or classes I should take. Im 5'2 my weight is now 189. Trying to get to size 9_10 Wt 145 by April. Is it possible?

[urboyp 85]

I would recommend starting off with a full body work out with rest days in between. Doing cardio each time you go to the gym will be helpful. Depending on the gym you joined , they may have circuits already set up. After a few weeks of that you may want to split your workouts into body parts. Bodybuilding.com is a great resource for that. Just remember you get what you put in. If you can make the gym apart of your everyday life and you will get the results that you are looking for.

[funinthesun00 157]

I am pre-surgery, but I have some suggestions about the gym. First off, I would try several different things at the gym. Here are some things to try:

1. Get on a treadmill and walk on an incline(3.5-5.5) at a fairly decent pace (3.5-4.0 mph) for 4 minutes, then on the fifth minute lower the incline to 0, and run for 1 minute at (5.5-6.5), then repeat for 30 minutes total.

2. If your gym has an arc trainer, they are really awesome. It's my favorite machine at the gym. I do the weight loss, hill climb mode for about 45 minutes and a I burn around 600 calories.

3. Try a spinning class. You can burn TONS of calories with spinning!

4. Take a body pump class.

Try lots of different thing and change your workouts up a lot!

I would also suggest when you are on the machines to enter your weight and age.

Good luck!

[Tink22-sleeve 528]

I belong to Curves and i love it. 3x/week for 1/2 hour and you get cardio, toning and stretching. And you get to have fun.

[lollyfidy1965 402]

I highly recommend deep Water aerobics classes, and "power walking" in the shallow end of a pool. You'll burn lots of calories in the pool, and can dunk yourself when you start to drip sweat!!