What can I do if I don't have weights or access to a gym?

[Anonymous]

I'm wanting to slim and tone upper arms, inner thighs and tummy (including hips) what are some exercises I can do

[temptationfalls]

jumping jacks- duh

squats- squat with your back straight, lift arms straight in front of you

running- duh

situps- duh

crunches- duh

overhead arm claps- feet shoulder width apart, arms out making a straight line, keeping arms straight, clap them above your head.

flys- lay on your back, arms straight out making a T with your body, bring straight arms up (above your chest) and touch them.

sideways leg lifts- lay on your side, one hip above the other, keeping your legs straight, lift the top one up a foot, lower it to 6 inches, keep leg above ground 6 inches at all times. Repeat.

sideways leg crunch- lay on your side, one hip above the other, keeping your legs straight lift the top one 6 inches. Now bring it to your chest and straighten it. Keep leg above ground 6 inches at all times. Repeat.

bicycles- lay on your back like a crunch, bring opposite knee to opposite elbow. Repeat.

I have a ton more. Just shoot me a message if you want to know more.

[temptationfalls]

I can't believe I forgot to mention pushups...

[kheserthorpe]

Slimming and toning are offsetting goals, to some extent.

Slimming is primarily about eating at a caloric deficit.

Toning is about resistance work.

Pullups (if you can't do them, find a bar where you can have your feet on the ground, so you are more horizontal, like reverse pullups) for biceps and back.

Pushup variants (use a variant where you can only do sets of 10-12) for triceps. Hands relatively close together to be tricep vs. chest focused.

Planks, crunches, reverse crunches for tummy.

Pistols or squats for thighs.

Generally speaking you can do most things with bodyweight, but where with a gym, you can do the same exercises while adding weight over time, with bodyweight exercises you need to change the variant over time to increase resistance.

Again, for toning, you should be choosing exercises that you can only complete 10-12 times per set, otherwise you need a more challenging variant.

[vintagelover92]

Do you want to loose weight? If so then diet is really what will help you. I don't mean go on a "diet" that's a bad way to think about it, instead change your diet life style. Start eating a whole food plant based diet. What you will find after a few months is that you will prefer healthy food and only need to eat the right amount of calories to stay full. That along with running even just 1/2 mile everyday should really help.

[Izzy2102]

exept for what already has been said, get resistance bands, you can do most exercises you can with weights with them and they're much cheaper

[justmesaying]

Weights build up the muscles. Take up running, walking or other long strenuous exercise. You will burn the fat and not build up too much muscle. Look up anaerobic exercises that is what you need, WII P90X, Zumba, something on video you can do at home. A lot of sweating is a requirement. Remember when you start to see the change do not quit or its back to where you where or worse.

[asdaven]

Good old pushups and sit ups/crunches. I get good results and I don't belong to a gym. Warm up with 15 minutes of Cardio. You could get some hand weights for bicep curls and such. Workout the areas you want to loose fat as building muscle in those areas, will burn off and displace the fat cells. Cardio will reduce your overall calories, but I find resistance training better for loosing fat in certain areas. Don't forget to do stretches as well.

[kawasakiinvader]

Push-ups are great for upper body. Sit-ups or crunches for your abs / Belly. Cardio..get that heart rate up to lose weight in you hip area. Streches for you legs in the back. Sprints work as well. Get Moving.

[Acroatic]

I saw what nocluebro said... Some crossfit moves will do it nicely..

Diet is key though

[Looner]

push ups.

Sit ups.

Lunges.

squats.

Squat thrusts.

Burpees.

The possibilites are endless.

[nocluebro]

Cardio... 20 min of reasonably intense cardio, followed by some squats, push ups, burpees, cruches, sit ups.. and if your serious.. just buy the smallest set of dumbells... from 2- 10 pounds;..

[Anonymous]

Yoga.

Running.

Swimming.

Walk up and down stairs.

Sit ups.

Cruches.

Push ups.

[Anonymous]

go for runs around your neighborhood, time yourself and see your improvement.

[iPood]

Squats, pushups, crunches and cardio

[Konnour]

Go out & run! You can't "spot-burn" the fat.

[tadpole25]

p90x