How can I be slim fit?

[Stacyzee]

I am already slim 5'6 120 lbs. My skin is tight that people usually think I work out when I do not. Although I am small I have a round butt that sticks out.
Although, I look ideal I've been wanting to take better care of my health.
What exercises will better tone me and not make me lose my butt?
I want a stronger look.
So far I do 20 min on the eliptical. / I alternate between that and the step up work out I do for 20 min.
90 squats.
30 arm lifts.
30 arm curls.
I hope this doesn't make me lose weigh because that's not what I want to do.
I'm new to working out and have always been blessed with a fast metabolism.

[MyNameIsJonas]

I think your question is a bit confusing...

If you are worried that the exercises you are doing are going to make you lose weight? It's really conditional on your diet. If you are eating enough calories and protein you will maintain and or gain muscle... If you are in a deficit you will lose weight. I'm not sure exactly what your end goal is?

Another note: This same routine will get stale... You will stop seeing results after doing if for two or three weeks straight.

I think that weighted squats will help keep muscle mass on your backside while keeping slim (plenty of slim women with big booty) if you are not comfortable with the barbell try out kettle bell or dumbbell squats. 5x10 at a fairly heavy weight.

If you have any other questions feel free to message me.

[Stacyzee]

Well, I am slim (I look fit) because of how my body deposits fat , but I want to know how can I actually be fit without losing my butt (my biggest asset).
Will the exercise that I do now , make me lose weigh (which I don't want) , or lose my butt? Or is it fine?

[MyNameIsJonas]

(How big is it?) So your question should be titled along the lines of "Will this make me lose my nice booty?" Answer:No. It's not that much volume that you will start shedding pounds.. Unless you start eating a lot less. Note: Looking physically fit and actually possessing physical fitness are not as coincidental as you'd think. That is why your question is a bit confusing. Also, message me a picture of the booty... So I can give you a better workout advice.

[Stacyzee]

I know... they're not coincidental. I look fit but lack strength. I want to build on it. I hate when some people think I work out , only for me to tell them that I don't and I'm just lucky. I kind of feel deceiving in a sense , lol.

Lol :P at your last few lines

[MyNameIsJonas]

Well if you're looking for strength start working on barbell or dumbbell squats. I can link you to some good instructional videos.

The picture is strictly for professional use...

[jormungand]

Hmph 😠, This little brother here senses this is not for professional use, but rather for 'research'. I call on this one! 😏

[Stacyzee]

Lol little bro I think ur right on that one

[MyNameIsJonas]

Stacey it's just so I can get a visual and give the best possible advice/exercises for you. No booty is exactly alike... round and sticks out is not a great description. 😏

[Stacyzee]

:) I see.

[WeaponZero]

None of what you're doing in any way contributes to building or even maintaining muscle. Doing upper body work at high repetitions does literally nothing, and doing lower body work at high reps only gives you a cardio workout. You need to be doing strength training working out with a weight heavy enough to challenge you for 8-12 reps. As in it's TOO heavy if you can't manage 8, but if you can do more than 12 it's too easy.

[Stacyzee]

If I'm not used to working out , don't I have to start from scratch instead of doing an intense workout and possibly risk injury?
I plan to work myself up to that point.

None of what I do will at least tone?

[WeaponZero]

The concept of "toning" is basically a myth. There's no such thing. There's fat and there's muscle. You can lose or gain fat, and you can lose or gain muscle (although there is no real medically safe way of deliberately losing muscle). The look women refer to as "toned" basically means building some muscle, and then burning fat so that you can just barely see the muscle starting to show through. In order to build muscle, you must induce hypertrophy, which means inducing stress to the muscles that causes microtears which then heal over as you let your muscles rest, rebuilding so that they are stronger when fully healed. When you work with a load that's light enough to where endurance--not strength--is the limiting factor (which is what you're doing when you're doing high rep sets), you're not actually stressing the muscles sufficiently to induce this state.

Basically, when you're doing high rep sets all you're doing is giving yourself a cardio/endurance workout.

[Stacyzee]

Wow , makes sense.

So my sore legs from the 90 squats were only because I did plenty of them? They aren't sufficient stress to cause me to build muscle?

I guess I have to add dumbbells soon since toning is my goal.
Don't want to waste my time or energy

[WeaponZero]

Soreness doesn't mean anything TBH.

[Stacyzee]

Hmmm...

[Stacyzee]

I will look into what you said. If what I'm doing is literally nothing then that sucks for me :(

[WeaponZero]

I wouldn't say it's doing nothing. But it's doing nothing to stimulate the muscles, which means all you're doing is getting in a cardio workout. And if that's all you're trying to do, there are better ways of going about it.

[Stacyzee]

What type of work outs do u suggest? I can't join a gym. I own two 12 lb dumbbells, a strong up machine and a eliptical

[Stacyzee]

*step up machine

[WeaponZero]

Building muscle requires linear progression. That means increasing the difficulty/resistance level as you gradually grow stronger so that you can stay within that 8-12 rep range as your fitness level increases. If you only have a pair of 12 lb dumbbells then to be honest they're completely useless to you. If you don't have the luxury of being able to increase the weight to keep up with your growing strength levels, then you're better off going with a 100% bodyweight based program. The best one out there that's cheap is an app-based one called You Are Your Own Gym. The app costs like 3 bucks on both the Android and iOS app stores.

[Stacyzee]

Thanks. Yeah I'll eventually buy heavier dumbbells when I master the 12 lbs. But right now I lack strength even the body weight squats are difficult. I slowly want to work myself up until I can get to a point in which you described. If I jump right into what you described as a beginner I may risk injury or be unable to finish my exercise due to lack of strength.
I get what you're saying , my muscles can't be at a comfortable level if I want them to grow. I plan to do much more eventually. Thanks for the hell

[Stacyzee]

*help

[WeaponZero]

Fair enough, but if you can do more than 20 to 30 bodyweight squats without being completely blitzed you're already at that point. And you're at the point where it's no longer really doing anything at all to benefit you.

[Stacyzee]

I only started exercises a week ago. I'll probably finish this week out and see how I do with the dumbbells

[Stacyzee]

the next week.

[WeaponZero]

If you can I recommend going with adjustable dumbbells like powerblocks or bowflex. They're expensive but worth it. In the beginning you will experience such rapid strength growth that you will literally need to up the weight every workout in order to stay within the prescribed range. This is because when you're first start out your strength I'd bot being limited by your actual muscle strength but rather your nervous system's ability to optimize use of the muscle fibers, which will improve every workout.

[Anonymous]

thats arm and lower body specific workouts... if I was you I would probably go for more Ab etc... I think Yoga and Pilates are good all round things to do :)

[Stacyzee]

What I am doing , will It make me lose my butt?

[Opinion Owner]

no it will make it bigger, and your thighs.

[Stacyzee]

Thanks

[WeaponZero]

Honestly no these won't make it bigger because the rep ranges are too high to actually stress the muscle in a way that will induce hypertrophy. Also muscles can only grow in a calorie surplus

[Opinion Owner]

@WeaponZero totally not true. My very close friend is a very well known bodybuilder and even he will hit the protein and the low cal diets before a competition. As long as you are getting all the protein your muscles need to not deplete, you will build muscle mass and lose fat.

I am also an ex athlete and we used to do 1000 jumps (over hurdles and high jumping and other drills) a night and I can tell you now, I wish my muscles had depleted because they were huge. No hypertrophy for me...

[Anonymous]

If you want to better tone yourself and not lose your gluteus muscles, you should add some resistance during your squats, carry 25 lbs dumbbells and squat 60 times. High reps at low weight will tone the body, slow and controlled movement.

[Stacyzee]

I may have to train myself with regular squatting first. Start with 10 lb dumbbells doing so and eventually get to 25. That may be too much for me since I am a beginner. Thanks for the idea though , I'll add weights soon enough.

If I do only squatting without dumbbell is it guaranteed I will lose my butt?

[Opinion Owner]

Oh yes start lower, I was just using 25 as an example number. If you continue performing body weight squats you will not lose your butt, but it won't get any bigger either. It will, however, remain toned.

[Stacyzee]

Great toned is what I want.

I'm too weak for dumbbell squats at this point. I have tried with 12 lbs on each side but find myself coping out of doing it the next day because of the physical soreness.
I may try to master basic squats then add on like you said. My butt is already big for my frame but I wouldn't mind it being larger.
I'll definitely take into account what you said.
it's a good idea on Improving my figure , thanks !

[Anonymous]

Fuck that. Your body is perfect. Those legs omfg and oooooohhhmfgggg that ass of yours.

[Stacyzee]

Do I know you

[Opinion Owner]

You do yes and you are truly delicious. If you were my girl I would skip at least two meal. From what I know about you I love all of it.

[logesh]

Do push up ya.