What's better to lose weight and tone muscles? Boxing or Spinning Bike?
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Go with boxing. on a bike you only work your legs. Boxing you work you legs, arms, abs. its just an all around better workout. I would know, im only 13 and i can bench 200 pounds.
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walking and riding a bike are both good exercises...what needs to change is the intensity of the workout...consider walking up/down hills...different terrain....and as for biking riding on different terrain will give you intense or moderate workouts...just change up your workout and try different lengths of time to see what works for you...good luck!
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cardio like treadmill, jogging, and biking is always good to burn the fat and train lower body. To further tighten and tone that area you should try pilates. I've heard many models and celebrities do this exercise with good result.
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If you can handle a routine with both I would do that. What tends to happen is if you constantly do one style only your body and muscles will become accustomed to the routine and you will burn less calories and your heart rate will maintain at a certain rate. Interval training is better for weight loss overall as your heart rate peaks and troughs. You will burn more calories going harder than taking the softer option so it's better for weight loss. \n\nWhat I would do is a combination so start for 10 minutes with a slow continuous run. They find a hill and do 10 really fast sprints up then recover downhill and go again with no breaks. Then 10 min of jogging then do 50 alternate lunges. 10 min of jogging then 50 squats 10 mins jog then 50 push ups 10 minutes of jogging then stretch. \n\nIf you have sand dunes nearby that is the perfect combination of short sprints and jogging in one routine.  \n\nMake sure you only run for 3 days max. per week so your body does not get conditioned. Again you need to include weights as this shapes your body. Refer to this website for some great ideas: \nwww.bodybuilding.com  \n\nAlso, to ensure you keep on track try spin and boxing into your routine. The easiest way to lose weight is to go on a 1200 calorie plan with exercise. You need to work out 6 times per week for max 1.5hrs per day. \n\nGood luck!
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Spinning is awesome.  It is high cardio which is great for belly fat
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better diet, cardio exercise, and weight training
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There are two questions here- a toning and a weight loss question.  Unfortunately, there isn't any way to target weight loss in any one area of the body... and the best way to lose weight is by eating healthy and doing regular cardiovascular exercise.  \n\nAs for toning- there are a few really good ways.  The first is riding a bicycle... serious bicyclists have buns of steel.  The other is climbing stairs... lots and lots of stairs.  Both will give you a really good gluteal workout and will make you solid!
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Both actually work, and suprisingly, anerobic (done without using oxygen, so we're talking weights, sprints, push-ups and the like) might be better. As you probably know, you're ALWAYS burning fat, this is called your resting metabolism. Think of it as a pilot light that's always burning. Anerobic exercise causes that light to get bigger, and thus you lose more thoughout the day.\n\nAerobic also burns fat too, of course, and is more effective while you're actually exercising. Plus, it's obviously beneficial for your all around health to improve your respitory and cardiovascular systems.
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lifting weights burns fat...cardio is heart exercise and won't really burn fat...i'm 32, 5'1" 140 pounds..(need to loose 20) and when i lift weights, i need to make sure my heart rate does not exceed 25 beats per 10 seconds, cuz then i'd be burning muscle...it's according to your weight, height and age...ask your doctor, if they're a good doctor, for you specifically...BEFORE STARTING ANY FITNESS PROGRAM!!!
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If your goal is "strengthening" as you say, then biking would be better. Biking offers more resistance and stress to the muscles of both the legs and arms. Reistance and stress on the muscles build muscle and strength. \n\nIf you are just starting a fitness program from a fair inactive lifestyle, you might want to consider walking as a "first step."
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What do you want to accomplish?  Just general fitness, build up a specific muscle group, lose weight, or what?  Answer that and you'll be 90% of the way to your ideal workout.\n\nAs a very general rule, exercise that uses your arms AND legs is better than just one or the other, and exercise that raises your arms over your heart is better than exercise that doesn't (because the heart has to pump harder to push the blood uphill).  Which means that if you're stuck indoors and don't have equipment, the humble jumping jack isn't a bad choice.   (Hmmm... jumping jacks with a 5-lb dumbbell in each hand?  I've never tried that...)\n\nIf you have access to a health club, try the elliptical cross-trainers, especially the ones that let you pump with your arms as well as "pedal" with your legs.  I find those get my heart rate up faster than treadmills or stationary bikes, and are a more "concentrated" form of exercise, at least for my body and its many flaws and weaknesses.  Your mileage may vary.\n\nFrom my personal experience, though, I haven't found anything that is as intensive, complete, and thorough as martial-arts practice.  Kicking and punching for half an hour, either alone or with a partner, is incredibly intense, especially if you have a heavy bag to provide some resistance.  I've been teaching my 15YO daughter her next form lately while we are at the gym, and just minutes of walking across the floor doing  reverse punches gets me more winded than half an hour on the elliptical.
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It's impossible to say, but it would most definately be beneficial.\n\nBiking is a great exercise becuase not only do you build calories, you also build muscle tissue in your lower body.  Because your lower body groups are the largest, they build up faster.\n\nThis is important because from a weight-loss perspective, every pound of muscle that you add burns about an additional 50 calories per day.  A pound of fat contains about 2,000 calories.  If your weight is relatively constant now, and you were to add 5 pounds of muscle, without changing your diet, you would lose about one pound every eight days just from adding the extra muscle tissue.\n\nSo really, the number of calories burned just from riding the bike, while beneficial, are secondary.
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I'd say elliptical would be better on the joints.  You can increase the tension so you get a better work out (though build up to it, and don't push yourself too hard if you're just starting).  If you want to use the treadmill, avoid the running and increase the incline.
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I would say run/cycle to lose weight, either on treadmill/fitness bike or outside. About 1hr per day for that. 300-500 situp/crunches combination (takes about 30 minutes) in order to build abdominal muscles, and the dumbbells to build arms (whatever rep until your arms feel tired, but not extremely tight). You can lie down and lift the weights from your arms in a T position up to build chest muscles but benching is more effective.
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well sure it helps but the key is a balanced diet along with exercise just by doing exercise wont help you lose weight as if afterwards you go and eat a hamburger and chips you will just pile the weight back on. Another advantage of using a fixed bicycle is that it will build up you leg muscles and some stomach muscles.
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That entirely depends on your goals.  If your goals is to increase cardiovascular endurance, then the best machines for you are probably ellipticals, treadmills and stationary cycles.  If your goals are to increase strength and muscularity, then free weights, hammer strength and different machines that rely on resistance are more advisable.  \n\nI personally do not think there is one "best exercise machine" but rather a diverse set of tools is best to accomplish a specific goal whether cardio, stength or power.
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You will burn more calories with a HR of 165. But if you are talking fat loss you will also burn more fat with a HR of 165. Note that your body greatly changes when you are exercising during fatigue. For example do a spin class and then run moderately for 30 minutes after you will see faster results.\n\nYou can get scientific but I won't bore you cause in reality it's get mathematics and doesn't work out. But in reality everyone is totally different. Take me for example I work out 6 days a week up to 9 sessions. I burn more body fat & weight during exercises that are high in intensity.  \n\nWhat you are asking is fat not weight so in theory the harder you train the bigger difference you will see so in essence the higher the heart rate the more fat you will burn.