What exercise equipment should I use at the gym?

[thatcrazygirl21]

I learned that I will be spending time with the guy I like and all the people we work with (and mostly get along with) at overnight camping trip in the middle of nowhere. When will this be? In May. That means that I have now until May to get into a decent bathing suit body. I'm currently overweight (but can't tell that much), but I really want to lose a few pounds to fit into a nice bathing suit.

So, which exercise equipment would be the most helpful to help me lose weight. I currently use the bike thing with a resistance of 5, 7, 10, 7, 5 in a matter of an hour (10 minutes in each resistance). Is this fine or should I try something else at the gym. by the way, it's a college gym so there's not much variety.

[Anonymous]

You should lift some free weights and walk. That is all you need.

Lifting:

-Upper Body: Bench press, shoulder press, curls, dips and Dumbbell incline.

-Lower Body: Squat, Straight Leg Dead Lift, Box Step ups.

-Core/conditioning: Countdowns [5 countdowns = 5 sit ups, 5 push ups, 5 jump for joys(aka burpees) and 5 bear crawls (about 20-30 distance). After that than do 4 for each exercise, than 3, than 2 and 1.]

Separate these exercises into 3 days per week with a different group per day. (For instance, M/W/F with M-Upper, W-Lower, F-Core)

Walk one hour per day about 5-7 times per week (Usually around 3 miles or 5 km). This can be really relaxing, you can listen to audio books or talk with a friend. The walk will make you feel great and is an easy way to lose weight!

Diet-

Drink Water, lots of it. Green tea is good too.

Cut ALL sugar and moderate carbohydrates. No brownies. Fruit shouldn't be eaten very often, beware of grains (whole grains too) and starchy carbohydrates like potatoes.

Green veggies, poultry, fish and a little meat should become your new friends.

Drink whole milk instead of that bullsh*t "skim" milk.

That is about it. You follow this and within a couple of weeks you will be a new person.

[temptationfalls]

If you want to lose weight, cardio machines are your friend.

[Izzy2102]

If you want to get there until may you have to work hard. Workout everyday 60 - 100 min. Lift weights, lifting weights will increase your metabolism and give you a more toned look. The machines are easy and safe to use but once you have more expierence the free weights will offer more variety.

As for cardio doing Interals is good but 2 -3 times a week you should do a higher intensity than what you're doing. I usually use the treadmill and do something like

3 min warm up

2 min at 15 km/h,1 min at 6,

1 min at 17, one min at 6

1,5 min at 15, 30 sec at 6

3 min at 11, one min at 6

... until you get to 45 -60 min. I'm actually not sure if its mph or kmh but depending on how fit you are you'd need to adjust it anyways.

Workout is good but losing weight is 70% diet so if you slack there you might as well not even start. To lose weight quick but healthy follow a high protein and fairly high fat diet and cut out most carbs. You should still eat around 1400 -1600 cal depending on how much you work out or 1200 if you don't) but most of your calories should come from fish,meat,beans,lentils,dairy products,vegetables,fruit and healthy fats such as olive oil