"I'd like to tone up my butt, thighs, and stomach, but I don't really know what to do besides run the treadmill and do some sit ups."
There are two ways to change your body--lose fat, or build muscle, or both. "Toning" just means a person who has little fat on top of their muscle. In order to achieve the toned look, a base of muscle mass is required.
If you lose weight without gaining/maintaining muscle, you will in general become a smaller version of the shape you currently are. If you want your butt, thighs, and stomach to look more "toned" you'll need to build muscle and lose fat.
Really any beginner lifting program will work if you stick to it.
by ThatStitchCray 2017-08-19
Contrary to the other reply, I've lost about... 35-40 lbs since I started working out 8 months ago and I was in your position when I started. I could hang on the bar for a solid 5 seconds if I was lucky. Now I can do 3 pull-ups, which maybe isn't a lot but I'm still damn excited. I just do p90x, and I started doing pull-ups with a chair (the routine has you doing them twice a week). I eventually moved on to negative pull-ups which really helped me in being able to do real ones.
As for the butt, it's something I need to work on but I hear people mention this all the time: Strong Curves
"I'd like to tone up my butt, thighs, and stomach, but I don't really know what to do besides run the treadmill and do some sit ups."
There are two ways to change your body--lose fat, or build muscle, or both. "Toning" just means a person who has little fat on top of their muscle. In order to achieve the toned look, a base of muscle mass is required.
If you lose weight without gaining/maintaining muscle, you will in general become a smaller version of the shape you currently are. If you want your butt, thighs, and stomach to look more "toned" you'll need to build muscle and lose fat.
Here's a decent routine: https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/phul-workout A lot of women like this one: https://toptalkedbooks.com/amzn/1936608642
Really any beginner lifting program will work if you stick to it.
Contrary to the other reply, I've lost about... 35-40 lbs since I started working out 8 months ago and I was in your position when I started. I could hang on the bar for a solid 5 seconds if I was lucky. Now I can do 3 pull-ups, which maybe isn't a lot but I'm still damn excited. I just do p90x, and I started doing pull-ups with a chair (the routine has you doing them twice a week). I eventually moved on to negative pull-ups which really helped me in being able to do real ones.
As for the butt, it's something I need to work on but I hear people mention this all the time: Strong Curves
Amazon , and from what I understand it can also be found at Barnes and Noble and Walmart!