Posts Tagged ‘Muscles’

How to build arm tone and muscle with only dumbbells?

Saturday, August 14th, 2010
Westie asked:


I want to know what movements i could do to build muscle in my arms, lower and upper.
I have dumbbells only.
I don’t want to be like a bodybuilder, just medium/small muscles.
Thank you.

How long should I do strength training per day?

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Kayla ♥ asked:


I’m able to workout 6 days a week and I was just wondering how much time I should spend strength training each day? Please note that I will not be exercising the same muscles everyday but spending each session on one set of muscles (Example: Monday- upper body; Tuesday- abs)

Thanks!

Can I skip weight training and do Pilates instead?

Saturday, August 7th, 2010
Laura T asked:


I’m 20, 5′2″, 115lbs, 22% body fat. I’m planning on doing 40mins elliptical training and 20mins of jump-roping 5 times a week. My goal is to reach 17% body fat. I was planning on doing an hour of weight training 4 days a week (just for toning up) but I kinda got discouraged ‘coz there aren’t many home workouts and I really don’t have the budget for more equipment. (I have 2lbs dumbells)

I was thinking of skipping weight training altogether and replacing it with an hour of Pilates. What “look” will that achieve? Will it be different than when I’m weight training? And will that affect my metabolism?

Note: I don’t really wanna build muscles. Just wanna firm up.

P.S. Or can you guys refer me to a good (cheap) home workout website? I’ve basically gone to most of them. Thanks!

Is it still considered strength training if I use resistance bands instead of weights?

Saturday, July 24th, 2010
oh geez asked:


I want to build lean muscle by doing some more strength training, but I want to use resistance bands instead of weights. Is this still considered strength training and will it work my muscles in the same way?