Fit furries?

[Mr.Mustard]

I used to jog, or go on walks, and I used to do 50 push-ups spread throughout my day (Ten when I wake up, 20 while I wait for dinner to get done, etc.)

[CormacCoyotecraft]

I am not in shape. I have stretch marks from weight gain for Gods sake. However, I am attempting to fix this by eating better and implementing an exercise regiment this summer, mostly jogging/running, maybe some crunches and push ups. We'll see what happens.

[.: ♥ Kiniia ♥ :.]

To be honest, the best way to lose weight is wieght lifting combined with short bursts of cardio and a healthy diet It burns alot more calories than just running/jogging on its own and at the end you will have a nicely toned body

plus I would start sooner rather than later so you dont end up putting it off

[Alexei]

^
Iz good advice

[Drago Strega]

  Well I might not be the fittest of people, but I think I move around enough to burn off what I eat, and I try to at least have one well balanced meal a day which usually contains a small portion of meat, carbs., and veggies., I try not to eat too much. However my weakness for coffee and sugar treats and soda, along with my bad habit of eatting foods I'm allergic to (which involves most foods) I can only imagine how happy my doctors will be after they hand me my bill. And I don't usually drink plain water cuz it usually tastes funny to me. I can be sometimes lazy, but that usually depends on my mood, like a lot of things.... being female sucks.
I'm also anemic due to a certain blood disorder and hypoglycemic so I can't even do heavy sports even if I wanted to... though I should join a gym but don't really have the time for it yet. But I guess being 5'2" at around 130lbs.  with an average build and low blood pressure isn't so bad, I could be in worse shape.

[Rhett (Twister)]

I run every day for my senior track team, that has been enough to keep me under 130 lbs. and as to what I eat I'm a vegetarian but I do take dietary supplement

[CormacCoyotecraft]

To be honest, the best way to lose weight is wieght lifting combined with short bursts of cardio and a healthy diet It burns alot more calories than just running/jogging on its own and at the end you will have a nicely toned body

plus I would start sooner rather than later so you dont end up putting it off

Thanks for the advise; I'm going to begin following it this week.

When you say short bursts of cardio, do you mean lift weights for X amount of time, go to the treadmill for X amount of time and then repeat?

[Craxis]

To be honest, the best way to lose weight is wieght lifting combined with short bursts of cardio and a healthy diet It burns alot more calories than just running/jogging on its own and at the end you will have a nicely toned body

plus I would start sooner rather than later so you dont end up putting it off

True for the most part.

For the first ten to twenty minutes of any aerobic exercize you burn glucose. So if you go on a twenty minute run then do a few situps and pushups you are burning the sugar that you have taken in that day, or the day before.

But if you go lift for twenty or thirty minutes, then do your run your body has stopped burning glucose for fuel and has started burning fat.

Also the higher the body muscle ratio you have, the higher your metabolism. Simply maintaining muscle (IE normal cell division and what not throughout the day) burns more energy than maintaining fat.

It also helps to do your workouts in the morning and a light workout in the afternoon. However, you will be more tired for the first few weeks that you do this than if you do it the traditional way. 

[.: ♥ Kiniia ♥ :.]

I'd focus on weight lifting firstly. just to lose a bit of weight. Take it small at first. you'll wanna start off with a few small exercises to begin with. like maybe a few squats and reverse crunches (about 8-12 is best) and then work on weight lifting. try and get it so you can only get to about 8-12 reps. Do three sets for each exercise (I'll PM you some good exercises if you want) and then go from there.

As for the short bursts of cardio, for me that is 2 minutes of jogging, 1 and a half sprinting, back to 2 jogging, then sprint for two.
Maybe start at a bit of a lower level?

Good things to eat also is brown stuff, brown rice, pasta, bread stuff like that Fruit and veg also


^ also, what craxis said.

[Octavia]

i get a workout at work...lifting between 1kg-5kg bags of lawn seed every 10 seconds...then sometimes i'll get called to do a "Hand bomb" where me and one other person empty a 53'' trailer of 50lb (25kg) bags of seed....1100 of them..and it's constant lifting  a bag every 15 seconds roughly..stopping for 45 seconds or so when a skid is full and needs to be taken away by a forklift/tow motor

and I bike EVERYWHERE...I do trail riding and such....and I got a high end bike to do so on....(cost me $1,200 roughly to build) so much fun

[CormacCoyotecraft]

I'd focus on weight lifting firstly. just to lose a bit of weight. Take it small at first. you'll wanna start off with a few small exercises to begin with. like maybe a few squats and reverse crunches (about 8-12 is best) and then work on weight lifting. try and get it so you can only get to about 8-12 reps. Do three sets for each exercise (I'll PM you some good exercises if you want) and then go from there.

As for the short bursts of cardio, for me that is 2 minutes of jogging, 1 and a half sprinting, back to 2 jogging, then sprint for two.
Maybe start at a bit of a lower level?

Good things to eat also is brown stuff, brown rice, pasta, bread stuff like that Fruit and veg also


^ also, what craxis said.

If you could PM me some exercises to get started, that'd be great! 
Does this need to be implimented on a strict day to day regimine, or can it be modified for weekends?
Also, I thank you and craxis for the excellent advice.

[Craxis]

I'd focus on weight lifting firstly. just to lose a bit of weight. Take it small at first. you'll wanna start off with a few small exercises to begin with. like maybe a few squats and reverse crunches (about 8-12 is best) and then work on weight lifting. try and get it so you can only get to about 8-12 reps. Do three sets for each exercise (I'll PM you some good exercises if you want) and then go from there.

As for the short bursts of cardio, for me that is 2 minutes of jogging, 1 and a half sprinting, back to 2 jogging, then sprint for two.
Maybe start at a bit of a lower level?

Good things to eat also is brown stuff, brown rice, pasta, bread stuff like that Fruit and veg also


^ also, what craxis said.

Does this need to be implimented on a strict day to day regimine, or can it be modified for weekends?
Also, I thank you and craxis for the excellent advice.

That is gonna depend on which mindset you subscribe to. Some folks believe that you should never skip a day. Others, myself included, believe that you need downtime. But don't take too much downtime or it is hard to get back into.

[Kin Kitsune]

I'll eat pretty much anything I can fit in my mouth (most of it is terrible for me), but I love running and martial arts.

[Self-sain]

If you are trying to tone your body, you don't have to take a break. If. You are trying to build, you have to take a break. This is because when you work out (if your doing it right) you more or less rip your muscle cells and they have to heal, which usually takes a day, when they "grow" back the will be bigger, and then you rinse and repeat.


I eat what ever I want, but I don't just indulge in food, I also tend not to eat crappy food a lot. I eat when I am hungry, not when I am "suppose to". I also drink only water or tea here and there. My biggest weaknesses are cookies, Ill indulge in those like there is not tommorow, there won't be if you interfere with my cookies .

I work out basically every day, I do push ups and curls 3x, then I do sit ups with a workout ball (its my moms, idc its a work out). And some arm things that work my lower arms. I also want to stat running a mile, I ran a mile in half bare footed, bad mistake, so I thought I do it easy and just a mile.

Also another note, I'm not trying to get big, I acctualy wanted to lose wight, when I started my wight was like 112 I wanted to go down more, so I thought I try and lose fat. All I did was put on wight -_- I put on almost. Twenty pounds fml.

another note, I'm quite good when it comes to the huamn body (understanding it), along with food wise, so if any one wanted to ask a question, or need help with a diet plan ect, ill be happy to help.

[Craxis]

If you are trying to tone your body, you don't have to take a break. If. You are trying to build, you have to take a break. This is because when you work out (if your doing it right) you more or less rip your muscle cells and they have to heal, which useually takes a day, when they "grow" back the will be bigger, and then you rinse and repeat.

You are not entirely correct. Individual muscle groups need breaks, but you do not have to take a day off from working out when building mass. Just rotate what you work on each day. General consensus is 48 to 72 hours rest for the major muscle groups when trying to build mass. When I was talking about taking a break I was referring to a day where you do not exercise to keep yourself from getting burnt out. And yes you should rest them even when toning or trying to cut up. You are still working and tearing the muscle fibers, and it still takes time for them to heal properly.