30 minutes a day of ab workout, how long...?
until I'll see results, I've been doing it almost a week. I do 15 minutes in the morning, and 15 a few hours before I sleep. I also walk for 30-45 minutes everyday. I do as many push-ups as I can (I'm terrible at push-ups, but I just got to 35 today :D was 20, three days ago ^^). What other things could keep me more in shape other than sports (I asked that question before, I got break dancing and swimming which I'd love to do (something inexpensive as well)? Thanks!
Ok im Doing 100 To 200 sit ups a day will i eventually get abs? If so how long will it take?
Your abs are already there. Yes, your ab routine will assist you, but just doing cardio with that and good eating habits will do it also. If you want abs, and I know you do, you cannot eat fast food or deserts. They are gone for you now. It's not a "diet", it's just the way to accomplish your goal. Tell you what I did. I'm 6' was 192#, 38" waist. Now I'm same height of course, 154#, 31" waist. It took 5 months of hard work, but I made it fun. Used to wear lose jeans, now I wear 514's and I know you know what those are. I'm three times your age and I'll just tell you that I'm glad you are interested in yourself. I was at Thanksgiving and two of the boys made a bet. One is 19 the other is 27. They bet who could do the most. I'm about twice their age so I said, "I'll bet I can do three times what you both can together. We hit the deck and the 19 year old did 6, his brother did 7. I stopped at 40 since I had already beaten them. You do what you think is right and what works for you. Protien drinks help a lot if you're doing all those situps. It helps in muscle recovery. Chocolate milk is a good one also, and I'm not joking. My profile pic is me now and I'm proud of it at 50. You'll look better since you're starting off earlier than I did. Well, your tan line might not be as good, but... Good luck!
What are some good 20-30 minute daily workouts?
You need: a jump rope, two light weights and two medium weights, one yoga mat, one mirror3 minutes: Stretch your legs, back, abs and arms.2 minutes: Jump rope 1 minute: Practice a jab slowly with a light weight, switching arms (check youtube for proper form, watch yourself in the mirror)1 minute: Practice a cross slowly with a light weight, switching arms1 minute: Practice an uppercut slowly with a light weight, switching arms1 minute: Practice a hook slowly with a light weight, switching arms1 minute: Rest, pull out your yoga mat2 minutes: Holding medium weights across your chest, do as many crunches as you can.1 minute: Jump rope2 minutes: Holding medium weights across your chest, do as many crunches as you can.Repeat two through ten.2 minutes: Jump rope3 minutes: Stretch your legs, back, abs and arms.30 minutes. A little cardio, a little strength without making you too sore.
If I do 30 minutes of pilates each day, how long will it take to get my abs noticeably toned?????
Could take a couple of months. Variety of exercise is the key I have found. For example..an exercise called Mountain Climbers. Its from a workout that also contains a section for females and males which is excellent. Mountain climbers are done by starting in a pushup position and then shuffling your feet in and out so that your knees are moving in under your chest and then back out to starting position. It sort of resembles climbing a mountain but flat on the floor. If you want an advanced version, you can also shuffle your hands 8-10 inches forward and backward in addition to the leg movements. This really makes it a full body exercise and MUCH more difficult than standard mountain climbers. After finishing each exercise, rest about 30 seconds before starting the next exercise. Rest about 1-2 minutes after completing each "tri-set" before repeating. This will give you one of the best ab workouts you've ever had without even doing any direct ab exercises. You'll see what I mean after you try it! Once you get away from the myth that a 1000 crunches and 500 situps a day is all you need to do for great abs, then amazing results can be seen. There is a completely free 65 page ebook about exercise, nutrition, abs and stomaches in particular at http://www.projext.co.uk that you can download (no catch!) and it is excellent. It helped me greatly.
How long will it take to have toned abs if I do 30 mins. abs pilates every day?
Variety of exercise is the key I have found. For example..an exercise called Mountain Climbers. Its from a workout that also contains a section for females and males which is excellent. Mountain climbers are done by starting in a pushup position and then shuffling your feet in and out so that your knees are moving in under your chest and then back out to starting position. It sort of resembles climbing a mountain but flat on the floor. If you want an advanced version, you can also shuffle your hands 8-10 inches forward and backward in addition to the leg movements. This really makes it a full body exercise and MUCH more difficult than standard mountain climbers. After finishing each exercise, rest about 30 seconds before starting the next exercise. Rest about 1-2 minutes after completing each "tri-set" before repeating. This will give you one of the best ab workouts you've ever had without even doing any direct ab exercises. You'll see what I mean after you try it! Once you get away from the myth that a 1000 crunches and 500 situps a day is all you need to do for great abs, then amazing results can be seen. There is a completely free 65 page ebook about exercise, nutrition, abs and stomaches in particular at http://www.projext.co.uk that you can download (no catch!) and it is excellent. It helped me greatly.
What is the best workout for a 16 year old who is 5'7" and weighs 145lb?
You need to focus on full body strength training using dumbbells, and you can use any of the cardio machines for your HIIT cardio training but you can also use your body weight or medicine ball for cardio training, pull downs can help you train biceps and lats.For complete full body dumbbell strength training workouts below:Dumbbell & Barbell Workouts & TutorialsYou can start with this full body dumbbell workout 3 times per week every other day to help you burn calories and lose fat while building muscles:You can use medicine ball and any other cardio machines to help you get a 20 min HIIT cardio 2 to 3 times per week.Hopefully this helps and for some body weight HIIT cardio workouts you can perform instead below:Ab Workouts - YouTubeTabata Workouts - YouTubeOutdoor WorkoutsBody Weight Only Quick Fat Loss WorkoutsBest of luck!
Will doing 30 minutes of HIIT a few times a week help me tone my stomache?
Losing body fat and having a toned stomach is a function of several factors: diet, cardio, age, weight lifting and overall lifestyle. If all you are doing is HIIT 2 to 3 times a week, and not paying attention to your diet and / or doing lower intensity cardio, then the answer is no - you will not lose that much body fat. Plus you increase the likelihood of injuring yourself if you are a beginner to HIIT. The key to a flat stomach is to combine HIIT (glycogen depleting activity) with low intensity cardio (fat - burning activity) WITH a low calorie / high protein diet. I can't emphasize the latter part enough. What this means is that you need to do HIIT (15-20 min) to burn off the carbs in your stomach and glycogen stores, then move to lower intensity cardio to start burning fat (30 - 45 min). Following exercise, your body will continue to burn fat because of your elevated metabolism and low carb levels. Hope this helps.
How many times a week do you work your abs?
Lily, you are not fat! I do 30 sit-ups like an hour or so before every meal. I used to do 30 only before dinner like 2 months ago, but I have seen my weight loss & energy boost, so I get as most workouts I can in the day. But, that does not allow you to copy my methods. Just see how many you can do daily, then you raise the amount as you feel that you are comfortable with. I hope this helps you but for more weight loss help, visit the page below.
How effective is the 30 day ab challenge?
Yes and no.Yes it is effective.No if you expect to have a flat or six pack abs after completing the challenge.Is it the best??? Then also no.Do you have abs muscles covered by little fat in you. Then the abs will be visible after this challenge if your diet is proper.These challeges are short term fat killer to remove excess fat and build abs muscles.Its impossible to build abs with in a short period of time.How to build absEat proper diet.Drink plenty of water.Sleep efficiently. ( Min 7 hours max 9 hours)Workout for abs 4 times a weak with one day gap for resting. ( 1 easy, 1 hard , 1 med exercise per working day)Avoid sugar.Say no to junks.NoteBy doing this also it will take weaks or months for your abs to visible. It all depends on amount of fat nd muscles you have in your belly.All the best