Health & Fitness?

[Malccolm]

I started to work out about 3 weeks ago, and I am barely seeing any results. I want some good exercises to do at home for my abs, legs & butt. Does anyone have any good suggestions?

Thank You for your input.

[thauma]

learn the art of patience
don't look at yourself everyday, look once per week or once per month, then changes will become clearer.
take measurements, unlike the eye, they don't lie

[Russ_1UK]

Sadly, the simplest and "known" methods are best. But it just doesn't happen overnight, which is a pain.

Simply - eat less, exercise more. Eat right - cut down on carbs (especially bad carbs), eat loads more veggies and white meat.

I've found that hard intervals have worked for me.

I also used slim-fast, a dietary supplement - which is probably cheating, but there we go. I've lost nearly two stone in four months - which sounds slow and rubbish, but crucially the weight has stayed off and the hard training is now a lifestyle (as opposed to something I flirt with when I'm feeling fat).

[CosmicFish]

It took me six months before I started seeing results, and even then, it was someone else commenting that I looked bigger, rather than me noticing for myself. I started skinny and trained for muscle size and strength, in case our goals may be different. Even for a fat-loss goal, you're still looking at seeing results in the mid-long term, rather than right away however.

Can you give more details on what your starting point is, what your goal is and specifically what you want to achieve by working your abs, legs and butt? (i.e. aesthetic, performance, etc.)

[seiken steve]

I started to work out about 3 weeks ago, and I am barely seeing any results. .


Yeah, because you started 3 weeks ago...



I want some good exercises to do at home for my abs, legs & butt. Does anyone have any good suggestions?

Thank You for your input


Yeah, choose routine do it for 3 months.

There are 2 rules of health and fitness

1)Everything works.

2)Everything works for a while.

[Custom Volusia]

Log what you do as well..that will help you see an increase in your reps/weights/times...etc. It will also help you REMEMBER what you did last time so you can improve instead of doing the same thing (or less) each time due to not being sure what you did the time before.

Agree with what the others have posted.

[Knight_Errant]

you might want to consider becoming one of us:
http://www.crossfit.com

[seiken steve]

you might want to consider becoming one of us:
http://www.crossfit.com

Haha! I was wondering how long it would take you!

I desperately want a rhea and an I met pukey shirt!

[Knight_Errant]

heh I have met pukey- but I train on my own, so I don't get a T-shirt. In all fairness to me, I wish I'd known about crossfit when I started working out, so from my point of view I'm just doing a good deed.

[tonyv107]

Yeah, because you started 3 weeks ago...





Yeah, choose routine do it for 3 months.

There are 2 rules of health and fitness

1)Everything works.

2)Everything works for a while.

Everything might burn calories, but it might not be efficient. Sure you could walk a treadmill for an hour and a half everyday and cut calories only feeding on "meal replacement" shakes.

I'd say what works isn't a diet and routine, but an actual lifestyle change. Something a person can be consistent with and stay with it to the end. More reseach should be done then simply saying everything works. Doing 200+ bodysquats aren't going to give big buns of steel.

[seiken steve]

Everything might burn calories, but it might not be efficient. Sure you could walk a treadmill for an hour and a half everyday and cut calories only feeding on "meal replacement" shakes.

I'd say what works isn't a diet and routine, but an actual lifestyle change. Something a person can be consistent with and stay with it to the end. More reseach should be done then simply saying everything works. Doing 200+ bodysquats aren't going to give big buns of steel.

They will for a noob, you have essentially made a point that agree's with me then said said I was wrong.
Almost anything will have an effect for a short while and then stop working, this is when you need to change the stimulus.
People always swear by their routine because they got great results, but frankly with any routine and any half decent nutrition plan they will see results.
It's not my saying, but one I've pinched from a number of world class coaches. Just a posh way of saying that you need to stick to a routine till you stagnate then change the stimulus, not change the stimulus every week or session then moan that the routine was crap and didn't work.
Obviously banging your head against a wall and breathing through your arse hole is stupid but I gather we all know that.

[seiken steve]

heh I have met pukey- but I train on my own, so I don't get a T-shirt. In all fairness to me, I wish I'd known about crossfit when I started working out, so from my point of view I'm just doing a good deed.

Yeah mate, I wish I was on map when I started!
When I join the real world and work full time with a family etc I'll be a cross fitter but till then my routine = more time under the bar.

[tonyv107]

Wasn't trying to say you're wrong! Something is better then nothing. I was just trying to point out that it's better to do some research so folks can reach their goals ( assuming they have some. )

My current goals are 2x my body weight on a backsquat( 400 lbs). 10 hand stand pushups and 20 good form pullups with no rest ;)

[Socrastein]

My current goals are 2x my body weight on a backsquat( 400 lbs). 10 hand stand pushups and 20 good form pullups with no rest

Those sound like fantastic goals Tony, way to set the bar high!!

And I agree with you that while nearly anything will work the first time, many things work better than others and since nobody lives forever we can only waste so much time discovering what doesn't work very well. So continually learning, reading, debating, experimenting, etc. to find what actually works well is very important.

[Gary]

Eat well, train well, rest well and keep learning. Continue Ad Infinitum et Ultra!

[seiken steve]

Wasn't trying to say you're wrong! Something is better then nothing. I was just trying to point out that it's better to do some research so folks can reach their goals ( assuming they have some. )

My current goals are 2x my body weight on a backsquat( 400 lbs). 10 hand stand pushups and 20 good form pullups with no rest ;)

Nice goals!

Yeah mate i totally agree that science always beats fumbling around to find out, I was just any and all exercise will work to an extent.

Reading back I do sound a bit snotty in that post, wasn't intended mate sorry, i owe you a hug.

[seiken steve]

Soca words it better than me!

[tonyv107]

It's all good Steve in the end we all agree!