total newb, i hate my legs

[scorpiogirl]

i know. i look back at pictures from about 2 years ago or so, and l remember thinking i looked fat back then. now, i think i almost looked too skinny. lol

i've never really been self conscious about anything, except my legs. just something i have to work on i guess. when i was at the lowest weight when i was in college, 105lbs (i'm 5' tall) i was almost happy with my legs. i was working out a LITTLE bit back then, jogging for about 15-20 minutes a few days a week. then i stopped, and it just went downhill. i think i'm going to go shopping for a tred mill and put it in the garage.


do you think it would be worth it to pick up any other machines? an eliptical (sp?), one of those bike machines, etc?

it's cold out, and i really dislike gyms, so, i'd rather just pick up a few machines, and some weights or something, and just do what i can here at the garage (where i work and spend 90% of my days).

Do you train with weights at all.....

 

[*MissFit*]

i know. i look back at pictures from about 2 years ago or so, and l remember thinking i looked fat back then. now, i think i almost looked too skinny. lol

i've never really been self conscious about anything, except my legs. just something i have to work on i guess. when i was at the lowest weight when i was in college, 105lbs (i'm 5' tall) i was almost happy with my legs. i was working out a LITTLE bit back then, jogging for about 15-20 minutes a few days a week. then i stopped, and it just went downhill. i think i'm going to go shopping for a tred mill and put it in the garage.


do you think it would be worth it to pick up any other machines? an eliptical (sp?), one of those bike machines, etc?

it's cold out, and i really dislike gyms, so, i'd rather just pick up a few machines, and some weights or something, and just do what i can here at the garage (where i work and spend 90% of my days).

Weights hunny

r the key to nice legs..
I have trouble doing dead lifts but squats have made my legs nicer than they have ever looked

 

[GG1234]

Weights hunny

r the key to nice legs..
I have trouble doing dead lifts but squats have made my legs nicer than they have ever looked

never weight trained. like i said, i'm a TOTAL newb, and really have absolutely no idea what i'm doing as far as working out, weight lifting, etc. lol i've tried doing squats before, but i don't know if i was doing it right or not.

 

[scorpiogirl]

Yep, you need to get some weight training in there! Cardio - especially too much cardio - isn't going to do it all. Diet, weights - then cardio.

 

[buffalogal]

Gotta have diet, and the weights. Squats are a great exercise, but I never noticed a huge difference until I started lunges. Walking lunges with DB's are probably the best, but standing forward or backward lunges work too depending on the space available.

 

[scorpiogirl]

If you want to workout at home, I would get some dumbells and a rack to start with. You can use them for almost every exercise. Have you been doing any calf raises? You can do them just standing there and it's a start.

Also about the scale saying you're the same weight, but you're looking smaller. It could be because you've put on some muscle, but lost some bf.

 

[Sassy69]

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=449825

I knew I was experiencing deja vu....

 

[buffalogal]

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=449825

I knew I was experiencing deja vu....

Hmmm, maybe we should have a forum just for legs???

 

[GG1234]

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=449825

I knew I was experiencing deja vu....

haha yea, i saw her post that up a little after i put my thread up.

i work in a huge warehouse/garage (3800sq/ft) working on cars and stuff. and i'm trying to convince my boss/business partner/roomate/not-quite-boyfriend to let me use one of the rooms on the side for exercise equipment and stuff (it's basically just used for storing crap right now). our apartment is EXTREMELY small (barely big enough to fit the couches and our bed), and there's no way we could fit anything else in there.

he wants to get back into running again also (he was a runner back in HS and college), so, i think he may go for it with a little convincing


what are calf raises? (sorry if that sounds like a dumb question)

i appreciate all the help the last forum i went to a while ago, no one replied, or they were just rude. thanks

 

[scorpiogirl]

Just stand there and raise up on the balls of your feet. I use a wood block to get a stretch on each rep when I come back down. Do a web search on "calf raises", look at the pics. There's a ton of them.